da fazobetai： Somerset are on well on top after the first day of their County Championshipmatch against Glamorgan
Andrew Hignell14-May-2003Somerset are on well on top after the first day of their County Championshipmatch against Glamorgan. They bowled the Welsh county out for 200, and finished the dayjust 39 runs behind with 9 wickets in hand.Put in on a damp and green Taunton wicket, Glamorgan`stop order struggled against Somerset`s new ball attack, led by West IndianNixon McLean, who as a youngster played club cricket for Porthcawl.Glamorgan had slipped to 15-3 in the first hour, before Adrian Dale and MatthewMaynard drew on their experience to mount a brief recovery. But McLean returned fora second spell before lunch during which he dismissed both Dale and Maynard, and when Simon Francisremoved young batsman Jonathan Hughes, Glamorgan were 99-6.Robert Croft then launched a rearguard action, and with the supportof wicket-keeper Mark Wallace and fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz, the acting captain sawGlamorgan to their first batting point, before being the last wicket to fall as he wastrapped leg before by Aaron Laraman four short of a well deserved half century.In reply, to Glamorgan`s first innings total of 200, Somerset`s opening batsmenPeter Bowler and Marcus Trecothick shared a first wicket stand of 121 before Trescothickwas caught by at deep square-leg by Adrian Dale off the bowling of Alex Wharf for 70 – aninnings which lasted just 74 balls and contained 10 fours and 2 sixes.