da bet7k： Gloucestershire ended another rain interupted day at Sophia Gardens, well on top of theirmatch with Glamorgan
Andrew Hignell11-May-2003Gloucestershire ended another rain interupted day at Sophia Gardens, well on top of theirmatch with Glamorgan. The West Country team are 191 runs ahead of Glamorgan who have alreadylost 3 wickets in their second innings, finishing on 70-3 after Gloucestershire had declaredtheir first innings on 400-8, with David Harrison returning career-best figures of 5-80.Play began three-quarters of an hour late with the visitors on 232-4, and theyhad added a further 32 runs when David Harrison took his fourth wicket of the innings as he yorkedIan Butler who had come to the crease on Friday evening as a nightwatchman.Alex Wharf bowled an accurate spell from the Cathedral Road End, and his control wasrewarded when he trapped Mark Alleyne leg before to secure Glamorgan`s second bowling pointbefore a mid-afternoon squall forced the players off the field for another hour.Glamorgan took the new ball when play resumed at 4 p.m., and Mike Kasprowicz immediatelystruck thanks to some acrobatic fielding by Matthew Maynard, as Jack Russell edged adelivery from the Australian into the slips. The ball was parried initially by Mike Powellat first slip, before Maynard, who was standing at second slip, dived full length to holdonto the rebound.Soon afterwards David Harrison picked up his fifth victim of the innings, as Matt Windows edged anaway swinger to wicket-keeper Mark Wallace, but Jon Lewis then came in, and with a mixtureof good fortune and unorthodox strokeplay, he flamboyantly took Gloucestershire to the 400run mark, whereupon captain Alleyne immediately declared with a 261 run lead.There were 25 overs remaining when Glamorgan`s second innings began, and the Gloucestershirebowlers struck in the 8th over of the innings as Ian Thomas edged a ball from Ian Butlerinto the hands of Jack Russell. 28-1 then became 39-2 when Adrian Dale fended Jon Lewis` seconddelivery into the hands of Mark Alleyne in the slips. Mike Powell drove a couple of crisply struck boundaries, butwith three overs remaining, he was trapped leg before by Jon Lewis.If the weather stays fine tomorrow, Gloucestershire could record their first Championship winat the Cardiff ground since 1986.