A whirlwind 94 by Australian Jimmy Maher and an impressive all-roundperformance from Robert Croft helped Glamorgan to a 111-run victory overWorcestershire in their Norwich Union National League Division Two clashat Cardiff

Richard Thomas of the South Wales Evening Post24-Jun-2001A whirlwind 94 by Australian Jimmy Maher and an impressive all-roundperformance from Robert Croft helped Glamorgan to a 111-run victory overWorcestershire in their Norwich Union National League Division Two clashat Cardiff.The Queenslander fell six short of his first league century but notbefore he had shared in a match-winning 151-run partnership for thesecond wicket off just 20 overs with Croft after Glamorgan hadwon the toss.It was the backbone of Glamorgan’s 305-6 – a record league score for thecounty beating the 294-4 against Surrey at Pontypridd in 1999.Both Maher and Croft scored their half-centuries from just 41 deliveriesas the Worcestershire seam attack was put to the sword. The visitorsweren’t helped by their fielding which saw Croft dropped three times andMaher once on 65.The off spin of Graeme Hick slowed Glamorgan up and also accounted forthe wickets of Croft and Maher in the space of two overs. Maher’s 94came up off 76 with 18 fours.The rest of the Glamorgan innings couldn’t quite match the scoring rateof Maher and Croft but at the end Adrian Dale cruised to a 36-ball 50.Worcestershire started their reply in encouraging manner reaching 100 inthe 15th over but at the cost of three wickets – Anurag Singh, JamiePipe and Phil Weston.Worcestershire’s hopes rested on the shoulder of Hick and Vikram Solankibut both fell victim to Croft who produced a superb spell of three for31. Once those two perished the visitors innings slowly subsided andthey were bowled out with 10.3 overs remaining.