Date-stamped : 30 Aug97 - 18:04 Glamorgan foiled by swing By Geoffrey Dean at Leicester First day: Rain stopped play Second day of four: Glamorgan 180-7 v Leicestershire WHEN play finally began 27 hours late, championship leaders Glamorgan had the misfortune to lose the toss on a good day for swing. Leicestershire generally bowled well, but several vis- iting batsmen contributed to their own downfall. Damp run-ups initially undermined David Millns` confidence in his footing and, not surprisingly, he could find no rhythm and consequently no consistent line. But, in his sixth over, he re- moved both openers. Steve James, perhaps over-conscious that David Graveney and Graham Gooch had come specifically to watch him, finally failed after three successive hundreds. His feet stayed rooted when he pushed at an outswinger to be caught behind. Whatever Hugh Morris had done with his feet would have made no difference to the ball which pitched middle and leg and trimmed the top of off-stump. It was an unplayable delivery. Michael Powell was out to another fine piece of bowling from James Ormond, who can only have impressed the watching selec- tors. Having got one to lift viciously at Powell, Ormond pitched the next ball well up and swung it just enough to take the edge very low to Paul Nixon, who held a good catch. Lack of foot movement proved fatal for Matthew Maynard when he was caught on the crease in Ormond`s next over and comprehensive- ly bowled by a nip-backer. Adrian Dale, meanwhile, was cutting and driv- ing beautifully. Vince Wells eventually defeated him with inward movement just before bad light ended play early. Championship debutant Dominic Williamson, 21, bowled well into a strong wind. First he had Tony Cottey caught behind chasing a wide outswinger, and then he bowled Adrian Shaw with a corker that pitched middle and flattened the off-stump. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Watkin finds Grace Road to be treat of summer By Geoffrey Dean at Leicester Third day of four: Glamorgan (226 & 67-3) lead Leicestershire (175) by 118 runs JUST WHEN Glamorgan needed it most, Steve Watkin took his first five-wicket haul for two seasons, returning the second- best figures of his career, seven for 41. Even though Watkin felt the pitch was the most favourable one he has bowled on this summer, this was high-quality seam bowling. Leicestershire gifted several wickets, notably Vince Wells and Neil Johnson, but they were worn down by the remorselessly dis- ci- plined probing of Watkin, many of whose good balls went un- rewarded. It was with an innocuous one that he removed Wells, who was caught behind leg-glancing. Watkin now changed ends, and with the wind at his back was a real handful. Having pushed several deliveries across the left-handed Iain Sut- cliffe, Watkin surprised him with a good off-cutter that plucked out off stump. Johnson then obliged by dragging a wide one on to his stumps, and four balls later, Ben Smith was beaten on the back foot by a full-length delivery that straightened. Watkin was now rested, after a splendid spell of 9-3-18-3, whereupon James Whitaker and Paul Nixon counter-attacked gamely in a stand of 57 in 18 overs. Whitaker, reaching his fifty off 92 balls, took on Waqar Younis when he bounced him, pulling and hooking a brace of boundaries in the same over. Nixon, too, pulled the Pakistani for four on his way to a typically doughty unbeaten 47. It was Robert Croft who bowled a good containing spell, and took the important wicket of Whitaker, deceiving him in the air. Pulling at a ball that was short but not short enough for the shot, Whitak- er was lbw. David Millns immediately fol- lowed, pushing at a widish ball to be caught behind. Watkin now returned for a third spell to mop up the tail. Do- minic Williamson was bowled by a trimmer that nipped back, and both James Ormond and Adrian Pierson were taken at third slip. Waqar had played his part by removing the impressively solid Darren Maddy at the end of a rapid opening spell. Maddy had got neat- ly into line against him, on-driving him classically for four, before an expansive drive at a late outswinger proved fa- tal. A similar shot from Steve James, in the Glamorgan second in- nings, cost him his wicket, when he edged a Williamson outswinger to sec- ond slip. Glamorgan now consolidated, though Hugh Morris was fortunate not to be caught off a top-edged hook off Ormond. Several of Ormond`s deliveries were certainly as quick as any of Waqar`s. The two of them had exchanged words during Waqar`s valuable 28. His enormous six off Ormond over cover was struck in the mid- dle of their verbal jousting, and though Waqar won the duel, Ormond`s ag- gression is good to see in an outstanding prospect, who turned 20 last week. Leicestershire won the first county under-19 competition to be played on a single innings, two-day basis when they beat Sus- sex at Kimbolton School yesterday. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)