da apostebet： An unbeaten 111 Robert Croft allowed Glamorgan to recover from 93-5 to 337-9 at theend of the first day of their County Championship match against Somerset at Cardiff
Andrew Hignell10-Jul-2003An unbeaten 111 Robert Croft allowed Glamorgan to recover from 93-5 to 337-9 at theend of the first day of their County Championship match against Somerset at Cardiff.The Glamorgan captain added 223 for the seventh, eighth and ninth wickets with DarrenThomas, Michael Kasprowicz and Alex Wharf, with the stand of 104 for the ninth wicketbetwween Croft and Wharf being a record for Glamorgan against Somerset, eclipsing the99 added by John Derrick and Terry Davies at the same ground in 1986.By the close, Croft had also added a further 30 runs with number 11 David Harrison, and thepair will be eager to press on towards another batting point tomorrow morning. Such richeslooked a long way off in the first hour as Glamorgan slumped to 35-3 after having won thetoss and electing to bat first with a side containing two overseas players – Maher and Kasprowicz- for the first time in a Championship match since August 1981 when Javed Miandad and EzraMoseley were in the Glamorgan side.Jimmy Maher was one of three early victims for spinner Ian Blackwell, who claimed 3-4in 24 balls. For a while, it looked as if the former England international was goingto run through the Glamorgan side. But Croft had other ideas and with resolute supportfrom the lower order, Croft steadfastly rebuilt the innings, and reached his century from 190balls after over four hours at the crease.Somerset were subsequently handicapped by injuries to Simon Francis, who left the fieldwith a side strain after bowling just 35 balls, whilst Nixon McLean had a hamstring niggle.