India A slump to 149-6 before the weather intervenes

A spell of 3-3 in 14 balls from Robert Croft put Glamorgan in a promising position on the opening day of their match against India A at Swansea, as the tourists slumped to 149-6 in the 53rd over. However, Glamorgan`s hopes of making further inroads were thwarted by persistant rain which swept in from the Mumbles and prevented any further play after 2.35pm.

The Welsh county had earlier reduced the tourists to 26-2 after a disciplined opening spell by David Harrison, with the young seamer dismissing both openers, Shiv Sunder Das and Satyajit Parab, at a cost of just 4 runs in 28 balls.

The tourists then recovered from being 26-2 in the 12th over, thanks to a watchful partnership of 116 in 35 overs by Sridharan Sriram and Rohan Gavaskar before both were dismissed by Robert Croft after scoring 62 and 61 apiece. Gavaskar was well caught by a diving Owen Parkin at short third man as the Indian miscued an attempted drive after striking 8 fours and a pull for 6 off a short ball from Darren Thomas.

Sriram quickly lost his new partners Vijay Bharadwaj, who was leg before to Parkin for 1 and then Hemang Badani was adjudged leg before for 0 as he padded up to Robert Croft. Then Sriram was caught at first slip by Mike Powell off Croft, after striking 6 fours in his patient innings.

Sriram`s departure meant that the Indians had lost four wickets for just 7 runs in the space of 5.2 overs, but heavy drizzle, followed by more persistant and heavy rain meant that no further play was possible.