da brwin： Glamorgan held their nerve to beat Derbyshire by three wickets and gothrough to the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy last 16
Richard Thomas of the South Wales Evening Post27-Jun-2001Glamorgan held their nerve to beat Derbyshire by three wickets and gothrough to the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy last 16.Chasing 196 to win, the Welsh county edged over the winning line thanksto a patient innings from Mike Powell and an entertaining cameo fromAlex Wharf who took 14 off an over from Lian Wharton.When Powell came to the wicket Glamorgan were in some trouble at 85-4 inthe 18th over thanks to a burst of three for nine off 12 balls fromDominic Cork, after they had eased themselves to 73-1 after 13 overs.Powell then lost Adrian Dale and Darren Thomas, with whom he put on animportant 33, before Wharf relieved the pressure with a six andthree fours. Glamorgan eventually won with 16 balls remaining.The winning target was probably a lot less than the Welsh county hadfeared after Derbyshire won the toss and then proceeded to reach 82-1off the first 15 overs.But once Steve Stubbings was dismissed for 47 off 52 balls with sevenfours the Derbyshire run rate slowed appreciably thanks to some veryaccurate bowling from Glamorgan’s seamers and spinners.An adequate score still looked on for Derbyshire while man-of-the-matchCork was at the wicket but he was one of two unnecessary run-outs as thevisitors collapsed to 175-4 to 184-8 within four hectic overs.The key wicket was Cork who was run out backing up afterreaching a 65-ball half-century.After a good start Derbyshire only made 113 runs off the final 30 overswith Adrian Dale the pick of the bowling figures with three for 15 forseven overs.