da poker： Glamorgan have the upper hand at the end of the second day`s play oftheir County Championship match with Somerset at Sophia Gardens
da aposte e ganhe： Andrew Hignell10-Jul-2003Glamorgan have the upper hand at the end of the second day`s play oftheir County Championship match with Somerset at Sophia Gardens. TheWelsh county are 113/3 in their second innings, giving them an overalllead of 229, after a fine performance by their seam bowlers, especiallyMichael Kasprowicz who took 4/53, as Somerset were dismissed inside twosessions.The day began with Robert Croft and David Harrison adding a further 12 runsbefore Croft was dismissed for a season`s best 122 as Glamorgan finished on349, just one run short of a fourth batting point. It was a finecaptain`s innings, given the fact that Croft had arrived at the crease withthe score on 93-5.As on the first day, the new ball bowlers soon made early inroads as PeterBowler was dismissed by Alex Wharf for 5, before Darren Thomas, playinghis first Championship match since the opening week of the season, dismissedMatthew Wood and James Bryant to leave Somerset on 38-3.Jamie Cox and Michael Burns then added 64 for the fourth wicket before Burnswas caught behind off Kasprowicz. Ian Blackwell took over Burns` mantle andadded 61 with Cox before the Australian was dismissed by Kasprowicz for 24.The Queenslander then made further inroads in a fine spell after lunch, taking 3-0in the space of eleven balls as Somerset slumped to 169-7.Blackwell then launched a counter-attack on the Glamorgan bowling, but wicketscontinued to fall at the other end, and the spinner had scored 82 before he becameanother victim for wicket-keeper Mark Wallace as Somerset`s first innings ended on233, 116 runs behind the Welsh county.Glamorgan extended their lead by 113 during the final session, with Keith Dutch pickingup two of the three wickets to fall. At the close, Jimmy Maher was unbeaten on 42, andGlamorgan fans will be hoping that Maher can mark his return to the county`s ranks, with furtherruns on Friday as Glamorgan consolidate on their healthy position.
