da wazamba： Glamorgan lost their opening game in the Twenty20 competition, losing toNorthants at Cardiff by 23 runs
da dobrowin： Andrew Hignell16-Jun-2003Glamorgan lost their opening game in the Twenty20 competition, losing toNorthants at Cardiff by 23 runs.The visitors, who elected to bat first, were restricted at first by an accurate openingspell by the Glamorgan attack. Mike Kasprowicz started the competition with a maiden,before David Harrison clean bowled Ben Phillips with his first delivery.However, the visitors recovered to make 159-5 in their 20 over allocation thanks toAustralian Mike Hussey who scored his second half-century in thecompetition, with a cultured 79 from just 58 balls.The Northants captain shared a useful stand of 45 in the last 4 overs withwicket-keeper Gerard Brophy to leave Glamorgan needing to score at 8 runs an over.After an early flurry from openers Robert Croft and Ian Thomas, there was thesteady clatter of wickets, as Glamorgan slipped to 44-3 after 7 overs, with Thomas,Mike Powell and Matthew Maynard all back in the pavilion.After the loss of David Hemp, Croft continued with some whirlwind blows, but shortlyafter reaching his 32 ball fifty, Croft was run out coming back for a third run after heand Adrian Dale had taken 18 from Mike Cawdron`s final over.The acting Glamorgan captain was one of four men to be run out as his batsmen struggledto keep up with the required rate against the visiting attack who bowled straight andfull. There was little on offer either from spinners Graeme Swann and Jason Brown, anddespite a few lusty blows towards the end of their innings from Darren Thomas, it wasBrown who finished things off by bowling Thomas with 8 balls remaining and Glamorgan 24runs adrift of their target.
