da doce： Michael Powell was in sight of his second hundred of the match, and also his 1,000 runs for theseason at the end of the penultimate day of Glamorgan`s Championship match against Yorkshireat Colwyn Bay
Andrew Hignell27-Aug-2003Michael Powell was in sight of his second hundred of the match, and also his 1,000 runs for theseason at the end of the penultimate day of Glamorgan`s Championship match against Yorkshireat Colwyn Bay. Powell finished the day unbeaten on 81, and will need a further 24 runs on thefinal morning to reach this landmark, as his side ended the day with a lead of 314 overthe visitors.The day had begun with Yorkshire resuming on 291/4, but both of their overnight batsmen wereback in the Rhos pavilion within the first half hour. Robert Croft made the earlybreakthrough when in the fifth over of the morning he had Matthew Wood caught at short-legby Adrian Dale. The off-spinner then took a fine one-handed catch at mid-on, plucking theball out of the air as Steve Kirby tried to hit Dean Cosker over the top.Richard Blakey and Andy Gray then added 50 in 12 overs before Glamorgan took the new ball.Michael Kasprowicz ended the partnership as he had Blakey leg before after he had added 73 withGray. David Harrison, who had come on at the Embankment End, soon removed Richard Dawsonthanks to a fine catch at cover by Powell who held onto a rasping drive.Gray however continued to play a series of cuts and dabs, but his next partner ChrisSilverwood was soon bowled by Kasprowicz as he chopped a ball onto his stumps, and after somehearty drives by Darren Gough, the Australian clean bowled the former England quickieas Yorkshire`s innings ended on 422, with Gray unbeaten on 48.Kasprowicz finished with 3/60, whilst Croft and Cosker also ended with 3 wickets. Croft`s tally for thesummer has now reached 51 – the most so far by an English qualifiedspinner this season.The loss of Yorkshire`s last six wickets in the morning session gave Glamorgan a first innings lead of 44,but they made a poor start as they lost Jimmy Maher in the opening over. Mark Wallace and Adrian Dale thenadded 116 for the second wicket, with Wallace playing some fluent cover drives and wristy flicks off his legs,and one of his legside glances off Dawson saw the Glamorgan wicket-keeper to his half-century from 59 balls.Dale was initially the more passive of the two, but he lofted Yuvraj Singh overlong on and through the covers for successive fours to bring up the century partnership, and theirstand eventually ended when Wallace skied Dawson to Gray running back from mid-off after making 61.Powell was soon into his stride, but he soon lost Adrian Dale as he was adjudged caught behind for 47,trying to leg-glance Yuvraj Singh. Matthew Maynard then departed soon after tea, before David Hempcame in to give Powell valiant support, and as in the first innings, the two shared a productivepartnership for the fifth wicket, and saw their side build up a sizeable lead after tea. Powell raced tohis half-century from just 48 balls, striking 9 fours, and punished anything offlineor overpitched. He became becalmed in the final hour, as Hemp reached his fifty from 77 balls, with theirunbeaten stand worth 112 runs by the close