da apostaganha： Robert Croft set a captain`s example as he put Glamorgan into a strong position againstDerbyshire at Swansea
Andrew Hignell05-Jun-2003Robert Croft set a captain`s example as he put Glamorgan into a strong position againstDerbyshire at Swansea. The acting leader struck a season`s best 84 as Glamorganamassed 395 on a St.Helen`s wicket that is likely to give assistance to thespinner`s as the game progresses.After the loss of the opening day`s play due to rain, Croft won an important tossand had little hesistation in opting to bat first. The Glamorgan openers, AdrianDale and Jonathan Hughes then shared the county`s best opening stand in Championshipcricket so far this season, adding 82 before Dale was out for 43. Hughes went on tomake a fluent 69, and the rookie opener struck twelve crisp boundaries in anotherattractive innings.As in the victory over Northamptonshire last weekend, most of the other batsmengot into the 20`s and 30`s, before another spirited lower order rally, with Croftand last man Dean Cosker adding 81 priceless runs for the tenth wicket – a newrecord for games between the two counties, surpassing the 62 added by Wilf Woollerand Norman Hever at Derby in 1948.Croft and Cosker`s efforts saw Glamorgan to within a whisker of an extra batting point,and with the St.Helen`s ground traditionally favouring the slower bowlers, both arelikely to play major roles with the ball over the next few days.You have to go back to the 1970 season to find the last time that Glamorgan recorded avictory over Derbyshire at Swansea, so the Welsh county`s fans will be hoping that theheavy showers forecasted by the weathermen will miss the historic Swansea ground,allowing Glamorgan to make further progress up the Division Two table.