da 888casino： Glamorgan paceman David Harrison put the skids under Worcestershire by taking acareer-best 7 for 45 in the County Championship Division Two match atNew Road
27-Apr-2010
ScorecardDavid Harrison blew away Worcestershire with 7 for 45•PA Photos
Glamorgan paceman David Harrison put the skids under Worcestershire by taking acareer-best 7 for 45 in the County Championship Division Two match atNew Road.The 28-year-old was in impressive form to dismiss the hosts for 134 in 47.5overs with Moeen Ali making a defiant 85 not out. By the close Glamorgan were 228 for 4 off 46 overs after being boosted by Ben Wright’s unbeaten 71 which contained one six and eight fours off 99 balls.The eventful opening day, however, belonged to Harrison who proved far too hotto handle for Worcestershire whose only bright spot in a gloomy innings wasMoeen’s innings which included 13 fours off 135 balls. It followed the 126 and 70 not out he scored in his side’s previous Championship match when they drew with Surrey at Whitgift School in Croydon.New Road skipper Vikram Solanki’s decision to bat after winning the toss wassoon under the microscope after half his side were out for 62 in 17 overs on anoccasionally unpredictable wicket.Their alarming decline began when Phil Jaques departed to the fourth ball ofthe day when he pushed forward to James Harris and was caught behind by MarkWallace for his third Championship duck on the trot.The Australian’s fellow opener Daryl Mitchell departed shortly afterwards whenhe got a leading edge to a Harrison delivery and was snapped up at mid-off byHuw Waters.The procession continued when Solanki fended Harrison to Jamie Dalrymple atsecond slip while Alexei Kervezee nicked Harris to Wallace. Ben Smith, the only other Worcestershire batsman to reach double figures by making 15, played down the wrong line to Jim Allenby’s third delivery and was trapped lbw before in-form Moeen completed his well deserved half-century with nine fours off 66 balls.Ben Scott was caught low down at cover by Gareth Rees off Harrison immediatelybefore lunch when Worcestershire’s score stood at a grim 88 for 6 off 28.4overs.Their plight soon began to worsen after the interval with Richard Jones, AlanRichardson and Jack Shantry all being trapped leg before by Harrison. Six-footer Harrison then picked up his fourth wicket after lunch, for a cost of just 18 runs, when he had Imran Arif splendidly caught in the slips by MarkCosgroveGlamorgan did not have it all their own way in the early stages of their replywith Cosgrove being caught in the deep by Shantry when going for a big hit offArif while Mike Powell was bowled by Richardson after surviving a slip chancebefore getting off the mark.Rees and Wright steadied matters, however, with a 59-run stand in 12 oversbefore Rees (42) fell to Shantry who then removed Dalrymple. By then Glamorganhad already taken a first innings lead.