da bet esporte： Glamorgan ended another rain-affected day on 288-3, thanks to half-centuries by DavidHemp, Mike Powell, and Matthew Maynard, with the latter hitting fifty from just42 balls in yet another glorious exhibition of strokeplay in the evening sunshine
Andrew Hignell25-Apr-2003Glamorgan ended another rain-affected day on 288-3, thanks to half-centuries by DavidHemp, Mike Powell, and Matthew Maynard, with the latter hitting fifty from just42 balls in yet another glorious exhibition of strokeplay in the evening sunshine.Together with Mike Powell, Maynard added 129 in just 21 overs as Glamorgan rapidlyreduced their first innings deficit to 243 runs, and the Welsh county need just 94 runs tomorrowto avoid the follow-on.Heavy morning rain and afternoon drizzle prevented play from starting until 4.30pm,and in the third over of the day, David Hemp reached his half-century with animmaculate cover drive – his 9th boundary. But after sharing a fifty run partnershipwith Mike Powell, Hemp chopped a short delivery from Mullally onto his stumps.Powell reached his half century with a pair of sumptious drives – the first struckfiercely past mid on, and the second punched through the offside. Maynard, aftera watchful start, then launched into Chris Tremlett striking the young bowler for fiveconsecutive boundaries, before contemptuously pulling Tremlett for six high onto the roofof the Sophia Gardens pavilion, as the Hampshire paceman conceeded 44 runs in two overs.Glamorgan supporters will be hoping for fine weather on Saturday morning, and furthermajestic batting from Maynard who currently is in the form of his life.