da luck: Matthew Walker and Martin Saggers were the notable performers as Kenttook the initiative on the first day of their CricInfo Championship match with Glamorgan at Swansea
da stake casino: Richard Thomas of the South Wales Evening Post25-May-2001Matthew Walker and Martin Saggers were the notable performers as Kenttook the initiative on the first day of their CricInfo Championship match with Glamorgan at Swansea.Walker’s second century of the season was the backbone of Kent’s 252 allout and then Saggers returned figures of 7-2-15-4 to have Glamorganstruggling at 34-4 before the close, dismissing the top order of SteveJames, Mike Powell, Jimmy Maher and Matthew Maynard.Walker had come to the wicket with Kent in real trouble at 13-3 afterGlamorgan’s new ball attack had run riot sending Robert Key, Ed Smithand Darryl Cullinan back to pavilion in quick succession.And Walker and David Fulton then shared a 149-run partnership for thefourth wicket either side of lunch, backing up Matthew Fleming’s decisionto bat first.The stubborn partnership was broken by Alex Wharf who trapped DavidFulton lbw and followed that up by bowling Paul Nixon with a yorker.That and Dean Cosker’s dismissal of Mark Ealham put Glamorgan back inthe hunt but they couldn’t stop Walker going to three figures.Glamorgan were hampered by the loss of off-spinner Robert Croftwho injured his right shoulder in the field. But that did not worryCosker who took three of the last four wickets to fall for the additionof just four runs.Min Patel, Saggers and Ben Trott all went cheaply as Cosker finishedwith figures of 4-48. It left Walker stranded on 112, an innings thatincluded 13 fours off 242 balls.In reply Glamorgan finished the day on 42-4, still needing a further 61to avoid the follow-on.






