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South Australia pushed the much-fancied Mumbai Indians to the brink of elimination after a pulsating match in Durban

The Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran14-Sep-2010
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South Australia pushed the much-fancied Mumbai Indians to the brink of elimination after a pulsating match in Durban, pulling off a massive chase to make it two wins in two and get a toehold on a place in the final four. In a game filled with frenetic scoring, Mumbai’s abysmal fielding gifted the opposition plenty of lives and free runs, which proved to be the major difference between the two sides.Mumbai seemed overwhelming favourites when Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo were dancing to the music after Pollard mowed Shaun Tait for the biggest six of the tournament in the penultimate over. However, there were cameos to outshine the Trinidad duo, as a nerveless South Australia plundered 69 off the final 5.3 overs to snatch victory. The late fireworks would have been to no avail had it not been for the solid 112-run opening stand between Daniel Harris and captain Michael Klinger.With 41 needed off 18 deliveries, and with two new batsman at the crease, South Australia seemed headed for defeat. The choice for Mumbai was to go with either Bravo or the spinner Ali Murtaza. Sachin Tendulkar opted for Bravo, who was carted for three fours in his over by Dan Christian and Cameron Borgas. Still, Zaheer Khan removed Christian in the next over. Borgas was on 9 off 3 at that stage, and after a sliced four over point handed strike to the new man, Tom Cooper, formerly of the Netherlands.Cooper faced the next five deliveries, which was all he needed to wrap up the game. The first was a full toss on the pads nonchalantly flicked over fine leg for six, before a yorker was kept out for a single to retain strike. Eleven off the final over from Harbhajan Singh. The third delivery was whipped to deep midwicket where JP Duminy dived to keep it to two. The next was swiped way over the stands to make the equation three off four. A full toss was offered, duly thumped past mid-on for four leaving Cooper in dreamland. He finished with 19 off 5, making Borgas’ 14 off 5 seem a little bit pedestrian.Before the manic finish, Harris and Klinger got over a rough beginning full of swings and misses. They also capitalised on the many chances Mumbai offered – Tendulkar and Tiwary dropping catches, and Duminy missing a run-out – and started to hit out once the main bowlers, Zaheer and Lasith Malinga, were taken off. Murtaza was welcomed with a couple of sixes, Bravo taken for 18 in the 11th and Pollard slapped around for 16 two overs later.Mumbai hit back, taking a wicket in each of the next four overs to reduce South Australia to 140 for 4, but the tenacity and brilliance of Borgas and Cooper proved too much in the end.Mumbai had earlier showed their batting wasn’t overly reliant on their captain, Tendulkar, by fighting back from 59 for 3 at the halfway stage to finish at a strong 180. After South Australia’s unheralded spinners stifled the scoring in the middle overs, Saurabh Tiwary and Pollard clobbered 58 from four overs to transform the match.Mumbai were at an unsatisfactory 79 for 3 after 12.1 overs when Pollard walked in. Tiwary and Pollard smashed sixes over long-off in the rest of the over to kick start the innings. Pollard blasted another over long-on in the next before showing off his touch, paddling a full ball wide of fine leg for four to move to 18 off 8.It was then time for Tiwary to take over. He mauled left-arm spinner Aaron O’Brien for 25 in the 16th, belting two sixes over midwicket and another over wide long-on off consecutive deliveries. In four overs, the Mumbai run-rate sprang from 6.5 to 8.5Pollard and Tiwary provided most of the pyrotechnics, but contrasting efforts from Ambati Rayudu early on and Dwayne Bravo at the end were also important contributions.Rayudu had scratched around early on when Mumbai was in trouble. He was just opening out by cracking the left-arm spinner O’Brien for a four and an effortless six over extra cover when he mishit Cullen Bailey to hand him his first Twenty20 wicket. Bravo came in with Mumbai on top and pushed them into a position of command with a four-filled cameo, looting 22 off 12 deliveries.The tall total that Mumbai finished with hardly looked possible given their insipid start. Shikhar Dhawan didn’t bother with footwork and was caught out by the away swing of Gary Putland in the second over. Tendulkar was also not at his fluent best, swinging and missing several wide deliveries. He handed Dan Christian a pasting in the fifth over, but struggled otherwise, nearly stumped in the sixth before being cleaned up by O’Brien, charging down the track and attempting a swing towards long-on but beaten by the lack of turn.South Australia celebrated the dismissal wildly, but the celebrations weren’t as big as when Borgas and Cooper turned it on at the death.

He was suspended on Tuesday for assaulting a Bangladesh cricketer and taking more leaves than mentioned in his contract

Mohammad Isam17-Oct-2024Two days after suspending Chandika Hathurusinghe, the BCB has terminated him as Bangladesh’s head coach. The sacking came on the grounds of misconduct and breach of employment terms.BCB president Faruque Ahmed said on Tuesday that Hathurusinghe assaulted a Bangladesh cricketer and took more leaves than mentioned in his contract. The board had served him a show-cause notice, seeking an explanation on the two counts of misconduct. Hathurusinghe responded on the following day, which prompted an emergency board meeting to review the situation on Thursday.”After considering all factors, the board deemed Hathurusinghe’s explanation unsatisfactory and unacceptable and found his action consistent with misconduct and dereliction of duty,” a BCB release said. “His termination comes into immediate effect.”This ends Hathurusinghe’s second stint as Bangladesh coach, even though his contract was till January 2023. This stint included the milestone Test series win in Pakistan recently. However, the two World Cup campaigns, the ODI one in 2023 and the T20 one in 2024 were underwhelming.Phil Simmons has already been appointed the next head coach till the Champions Trophy in February 2025.

England’s bowling stocks struck by injury as allrounder spends second morning in dressing room

Matt Roller27-Jul-2023 • Updated on 28-Jul-2023England are sweating on the fitness of Moeen Ali, who injured his right groin while batting for England on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test at the Kia Oval, and was not expected to field at all during Australia’s first innings.Moeen, who is playing what is likely to be his last Test, pulled up sore after taking a single while batting with Harry Brook shortly after lunch on the first day. He received treatment from England physio Steve Griffin, and took painkillers before resuming his innings on 11 off 37 balls.Clearly struggling to move freely, Moeen opted to tee off and flogged 23 runs off his next nine balls, including two sixes over midwicket off Pat Cummins, a ramped upper-cut for four off the same bowler and a pull off Todd Murphy. But he fell for a 47-ball 34 when he was bowled by Murphy, and his dismissal prompted an England collapse from 184 for 3 to 283 all out.He did not take the field when England came out to bowl in the evening session, and a team spokesperson said on the second morning: “Moeen Ali will not field today following his right groin injury sustained batting on day one of this Test. He will continue to be assessed by the England medical team.” It was later confirmed that he will only be able to bat after 120 minutes have elapsed in England’s second innings or after the fall of the fifth wicket, whichever comes sooner.Related

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“I don’t think he’s too good at the minute,” Harry Brook told BBC at the close on the first day. “He’s been a vital player for us and maybe hasn’t done as well as he would have wanted to. He’s been a very vital player for us in this series, a top player. Hopefully he’s alright and gets well soon.”Brook – whose fourth-wicket stand with Moeen was eventually worth 111 – said that his team-mate’s response to the setback had been “perfect”, saying that he had taken his own decision to raise the tempo: “As soon as the physio left the pitch he said, ‘shall I just tee off now?” I actually said to him: ‘You should have been doing that from the start.'”He is one of the best power-hitters in the world and we’ve seen that in white-ball cricket, in franchise cricket, so there’s probably not any better men out there if you want him to go smack it really. It’s a shame he didn’t last a bit longer but the way he went about it after getting injured was perfect I thought.”Understandably, the pair dealt largely in boundaries in the latter stage of their stand. “I think we still could have easily got ones, because they decide to put the field back as soon as we played a few big shots,” Brook added. “I didn’t think that was a problem, but obviously he was in a bit of pain so there weren’t going to be many twos out there.”Moeen reversed his retirement to play in this Ashes series after Jack Leach was diagnosed with a lower-back stress fracture, and his 68th Test cap is expected to be his last.Asked about the prospect of touring India in January-March 2024 this week, he told the : “No chance I’ll do India. I can’t see it happening.” And while he conceded that “things can change whenever”, he is unlikely to feature again after this match.England do have another spin option in their ranks in the form of Joe Root’s offspin. Captain Ben Stokes practised his own offbreaks in the nets on Wednesday but is highly unlikely to bowl a ball this week.

Batter believes she “still had more to offer” as NZC shift focus to younger players and T20

ESPNcricinfo staff25-May-2022New Zealand batter Amy Satterthwaite has announced her retirement from international cricket after being told she would not receive a new central contract.Satterthwaite, New Zealand’s most capped ODI player, captained the team in 2018 and 2019 having made her debut in 2007. Overall she amassed 145 ODI matches and 111 T20Is.Her ODI record was particularly outstanding with 4639 runs – making her New Zealand’s second-highest scorer behind Suzie Bates – including seven centuries, four of which came in consecutive innings during 2016-17 which equalled the world record alongside Kumar Sangakkara. Her offspin also claimed 50 ODI wickets while in T20Is she had a best of 6 for 17 against England in 2007 which remains New Zealand’s best return in the format.”It is with a degree of sadness that I announce my retirement from international cricket,” Satterthwaite said. “It has been a tough few days after learning of NZC’s decision to head in a new direction and contract some younger cricketers.”I am disappointed not to be receiving a contract and believe I still had more to offer. However, I respect NZC’s decision and I wish the White Ferns all the best as they embark on an exciting winter of cricket, including the Commonwealth Games. I’ll be supporting them all the way.”Speaking to reporters in Christchurch later on Thursday, she added: “It’s come out of the blue and a bit of a shock. I haven’t been given any insight that this was the direction they wanted to go. It was pretty devastating to hear…and it’s been an emotional few days to digest it all and comes to term with it.”Bryan Stronach, NZC’s general manager of high performance, lauded Sattherhwaite’s achievements but explained that the aim of the contracts list – which will be confirmed on Friday – was to blood some new players and have a focus on T20I cricket with the Commonwealth Games later this year then the T20 World Cup in early 2023. New Zealand are yet to confirm their new head coach following Bob Carter’s planned departure after the ODI World Cup.”Amy will be remembered as one of our best cricketers; her record is outstanding, and she can feel really proud about what she has achieved – not just for herself and the team, but also for all the players she has inspired and enabled,” he said.”Essentially, we’re looking to the future and want to give some younger cricketers a chance to develop their skills surrounded by our high performance systems. We also considered the immediate playing programme and next pinnacle events – both heavily weighted towards T20I cricket.”Satterthwaite will continue to play domestic cricket for Canterbury Magicians and has a contract in the Hundred with Manchester Originals. Having returned to international cricket after the birth of her first daughter, Grace, she added she hoped to have shown what was possible.”I’m immensely proud of my journey with the White Ferns and especially taking the time away to give birth to our daughter, Grace, before returning to play international cricket,” she said. “I didn’t know if I would ever make it back to the top level and I hope my story can inspire other mums and mums-to-be that it is possible to follow your career dreams and start a family.”

A decision to allow a further 10% will be taken after the group stage of the tournament

Umar Farooq04-Feb-2021Following the government’s official go-ahead, the Pakistan Super League 2021, which starts on February 20, will not be a closed-door event. Spectators will be allowed up to 20% of the ground’s seating capacity, meaning Karachi can accommodate 7,500 people per match and Lahore 5,500.”Fans are the PCB’s biggest asset and we are delighted that no matter a small number, but some will be able to have access to the matches,” board chairman Ehsan Mani said. “Their presence will add flavour and excitement to one of the biggest and most challenging leagues in the cricket calendar. We understand not everyone will get an opportunity to watch the matches due to the limited number of seats, but these are baby-steps and considering that most of the sport events are being played in empty stadium, this is a positive achievement and a step in the right direction.”In September, Pakistan’s National Health Centre gave a green light for sporting activity to resume at grassroot and recreation level provided adequate safety measures were in place. In that same update there was a provision which read: “Spectators should be allowed for sports/games with outdoor pavilions while ensuring six feet of distancing between them.”Related

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It was then that the PCB approached the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to discuss how many people could safely be allowed to watch the upcoming season of the PSL from the ground. Although the board had asked for 30% capacity initially, it eventually settled for 20%.The PCB and NCOC will continue to monitor the situation and a decision to allow a further 10% will be taken after the group stage of the tournament is complete.”I am optimistic that if we can maintain strict protocols during the PSL 2021 matches we will have a strong case for more fans in the 2021-22 season in which we have to host high-profile internationals teams such as New Zealand, England and the West Indies as well as quality domestic events, including the National T20 Cup, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the Pakistan Cup,” Mani said.Pakistan did experience a surge of Covid-19 cases over the winter, though they began to track downwards after the closure of schools last month. The government has urged people to take necessary precautions, but enforcement remains low and most public places – shopping malls, marriage halls and public transportation – are fully open.The cricket season in Pakistan resumed in September, after a 24-week hiatus due to the pandemic. It began with the National T20 Cup – played over two legs in Multan and then Rawalpindi – followed by the first-class tournament Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, held fully in Karachi. Four games of the fifth edition of the PSL were also held in Karachi followed by a home series against Zimbabwe. The National T20 Cup and the home series against Zimbabwe were not open to crowds. Nor is the ongoing Test and the T20I series against South Africa. The PSL is scheduled to start on February 20 with 34 matches in total, divided between Karachi and Lahore.

Former captain’s consulting role becomes official, as Beau Casson and Matt Mason also join the Scorchers coaching staff under Adam Voges

Alex Malcolm17-Sep-2019Perth Scorchers have formally appointed former captain Simon Katich in a strategic list management and mentoring role, as part of their revamp of the list and coaching staff ahead of Big Bash League 2019-20.Katich, who was recently appointed as the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL after a stint as assistant coach with Kolkata Knight Riders, has been a consultant for the Scorchers over the last 12 months on their list management, advising coach Adam Voges, cricket operations general manager Ben Oliver, and assistant coach Kade Harvey.The Scorchers’ list has been reshaped significantly from the title-winning teams that both Katich and Voges captained under former coach Justin Langer. Michael Klinger’s retirement along with the exits of Shaun Marsh to the Melbourne Renegades and Nathan Coulter-Nile and Hilton Cartwright to the Melbourne Stars has allowed for a rebuild of sorts to take place.Oliver’s move from the Scorchers and Western Australia to become Cricket Australia’s new general manager of national teams caused an off-field reshuffle as well, and the Scorchers thus moved to formalise Katich’s role.”It’s awesome,” Voges told ESPNcricinfo. “He loves it, and is passionate about WA cricket and the Scorchers. I think all we’ve really done is just made his role official. I don’t think he’ll be doing any more than what he hasn’t already been doing in terms of list management or helping the guys out in a coaching or mentoring role.”We’ve just made it official now, which I think is right, and recognising him for the work that he’s doing. Because he is doing a lot behind the scenes and then come Big Bash time he’ll certainly be visible, which is great to have high-calibre people like Katto around.”Katich’s role is not full-time, as he will remain at his base in Sydney and mix his consulting work for the Scorchers with his media and IPL commitments.Harvey has been appointed as the new general manager of high performance for WA and the Scorchers, taking over from Oliver. He had previously been the Scorchers and WA bowling coach, and was part of the coaching staff for the Australia A 50-over team on their recent tour of England.WA and the Scorchers have appointed Matt Mason as their new bowling coach. Mason played two Sheffield Shield games for WA between 1996 and 1998 before heading to England for a decade-long career with Worcestershire. Mason then moved to Worcestershire’s coaching staff and also worked with the ECB’s fast-bowling programmes prior to working with Leicestershire over the past two seasons.WA and the Scorchers have also added former Australia Test spinner Beau Casson to their staff as an assistant coach. Casson moved back to Western Australia for family reasons after a successful stint as a batting coach with New South Wales. He had a significant influence on Kurtis Patterson’s rise into Australia’s Test ranks last year and their relationship is set to continue, with the Scorchers having signed on Patterson for three years.

Jade Dernbach and Morne Morkel shared eight wickets as Somerset, who had followed on 279 runs behind, were bowled out for 210

ECB Reporters Network22-Jun-2018
ScorecardSurrey routed Somerset by an innings with more than four sessions to spare to replace them at the Specsavers County Championship table.Jade Dernbach and Morne Morkel shared eight wickets as Somerset, who had followed on 279 runs behind, were bowled out for 210 in 61.2 overs to hand Surrey victory by an innings and 68 runs.Only James Hildreth, who finished unbeaten on 89, offered prolonged resistance to a rampant Surrey seam attack. It is the first time since 1958 that Surrey have won three games in succession by an innings and they went on to win the Championship that season as well.The odds on a first title since 2002, which was when Surrey last won at Guildford, will have shortened after this impressive performance.They set victory by taking five wickets in the first hour as Somerset, who resumed on 18 for 0, lurched to 69 for 5.Morkel made the breakthrough with his first ball of the day, trapping Matt Renshaw lbw half forward for two. Dernbach then picked up the first of two wickets in his opening spell when George Bartlett drove loosely and was caught behind.Ed Byrom could only fend off the next delivery – a well-directed bouncer from Morkel – to short leg then Dernbach pinned Tom Abell deep in his crease.Rikki Clarke had Steve Davies held in the gully at which point Somerset had lost five wickets for 51 runs before Hildreth and Lewis Gregory dug in, either side of lunch.They added 62 runs to raise Somerset hopes of a fightback before another well-directed short ball from Morkel broke the stand as Gregory edged low to Clarke at slip.Dom Bess played down the wrong line and lost his off stump to Clarke but Josh Davey gave Hildreth good support in an eighth wicket stand of 62 although Davey rode his luck. Surrey were convinced he had been caught behind before he had got into single figures and he was dropped on 19 by Scott Borthwick at second slip.Hildreth pulled offspinner Amar Virdi, who was being watched by England’s chief selector Ed Smith, into the adjoining road for six and coped well with Morkel’s pace but he ran out of partners. Davey eventually gloved another good lifter, this time from Dernbach, to wicketkeeper Ollie Pope and Tim Groenewald played on for a second-ball duck.Morkel applied the final touch when Max Waller, batting as concussion replacement for Jack Leach, who had been struck on the helmet by the South African on the second day, edged another bumper to Pope.Hildreth hit 13 fours and faced 127 balls but lacked support against a Surrey side who look well equipped to end their long wait for the title on this evidence.

Gareth Batty derided his Worcestershire critics after Surrey’s overwhelming victory in the Royal London Cup semi-final and informed them that they would never see their side play in a Lord’s final

David Hopps18-Jun-2017Gareth Batty derided his Worcestershire critics after Surrey’s overwhelming victory in the Royal London Cup semi-final and informed them that they would never see their side play in a Lord’s final.His comments came shortly after he had suffered boos and cat-calls during Surrey’s 153-run victory on a Worcester ground where he has been sporadically abused since he left Worcestershire eight years ago.Batty, Surrey’s captain and known for his spiky on-field demeanour, made a triumphant return to his former county. His off-breaks reaped 5 for 40 runs – his best List A figures for Surrey – during a feeble Worcestershire batting display.”Everytime we win and particular when there is a bit of banter flying around, you just want to show people that things can change and people do change.”It was not nice, I’m not going to lie, but it’s not going to change my life. I go back home to my daughter tonight and that’s the best thing that will happen to me today.”You heard it – a few idiots on the boundary. They will go home and to work tomorrow and I will have a day off with my daughter and probably have another day off on Monday as well.”I hope they think about that and we are playing in a final at Lord’s which they will never do.”Batty made a surprise England return against India last winter, 11 years after his previous Test appearance.He had two run-ins with Worcestershire supporters in 2010, the summer after he left them to join Surrey.
He was abused both during a 40-over match and a subsequent Championship encounter. In the latter incident, shortly after he had been dismissed, he went into the crowd to take issue with a spectator before Ian Salisbury, a member of Surrey’s coaching staff intervened to calm matters. He was later seen in tears.Surrey’s coach Chris Adams said at the time: “It’s quite sad that he wasn’t afforded respect by the supporters after putting in long service here,” he said. “He’s a feisty lad, plays with a lot of passion and he wears his heart on his sleeve. I’m sure that when he reflects on it, he’ll be disappointed that he allowed himself to react.”

David Miller has emphasised on the need for Kings XI Punjab to be flexible in T20 cricket, but not at the cost of playing freely

Sidharth Monga in Delhi14-Apr-2016The middle overs have become more important in Twenty20 cricket on the slower pitches in India, which has left Kings XI Punjab with a quandary on how to approach them. Their two best batsmen – David Miller and Glenn Maxwell – bat in the middle overs.They got a good start in their opening match – 52 for 0 after six overs – but perhaps went too hard in the middle and lost wicket. Their opponents Gujarat Lions saved the best bowlers – Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja – precisely for those middle overs. Miller and Maxwell fell in one Bravo over, looking for forceful shots, and Kings XI eventually ended up with a total they could not defend.On the eve of their second match, against Delhi Daredevils in Delhi where the pitches at the nets had little life in them, Miller spoke of the need to be flexible, but not at the cost of playing freely. It is a balance every T20 middle-overs batsman seeks to find. Since the start of the World T20, that has been a little difficult to manage.”That’s something we have spoken about,” Miller said. “As I said, Maxwell and I got out in one over so it’s a big momentum swing right there. There were two new batters, and they had to rebuild so that was a big negative. But that’s the nature of the game so we need to be flexible. We need to learn to adapt.”Mohali has big boundaries. They were bowling a lot of good cutters. We should be focussing on hitting it in the gaps and running twos instead of taking on the bowlers early on. I think it’s about being clever in the middle period. It’s a fine line because you don’t want to lose wickets and you want to keep the runs coming. It’s about finding that balance.”Coach Sanjay Bangar was asked after the last defeat if this could lead to a new trend in T20 where if fielding sides keep their best bowlers for the middle overs, perhaps the batsmen would look to not go hard against them and target the others. Bangar said teams could not afford to play one bowler with a defensive mindset in T20. Miller, too, echoed the view that it was not all about delaying the big hits. That it was more about clever batting.”I think it just boils down to being smart,” Miller said. “Who’s thinking smarter than the opposition. They bowled really well the other night. They bowled in the right zone and used the cutters really well. We just have to play smarter in the middle period. I’m a big believer in: ‘If you sense, if you get a sniff, that you can take down a bowler then you should take him down.’ It’s only 20 overs so you have to see how the night is going and go with the flow.”Delhi is expected to be a similar test of the batsmen’s wits in the middle overs. Miller said the pitches in the nets were turning and staying low. The home team’s strength is spin; Daredevils have Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir and Pawan Negi. They could test Kings XI, who like the pace on, with their spinners. Miller and Maxwell in the middle will have to take the responsibility of assessing the situation in little time.

The in-form David Willey produced another breathtaking innings on the second day of promotion-chasing Northamptonshire’s match against Glamorgan.

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ScorecardDavid Willey took his T20 batting form into the Championship with a blistering 81•Getty Images

The in-form David Willey produced another breathtaking innings on the second day of promotion-chasing Northamptonshire’s match against Glamorgan.Willey followed up his century against Warwickshire in the Yorkshire Bank 40 three days ago with a stunning 81 – his highest first-class total – off just 73 balls, including six huge sixes. It helped Northamptonshire build a big first-innings lead as they were eventually bowled out for 453, 212 runs ahead of Glamorgan’s total, with Andrew Hall hammering 91 not out off 134 deliveries and Mike Reed taking 4 for 109.The hosts began the day on 85 without loss, 156 runs behind their opponents, with their captain Stephen Peters resuming on 39 and James Middlebrook on 38. It did not take long for Peters to reach 50 off 80 balls in the third over of the day but he was to perish on 61 when he edged Reed to Jim Allenby at first slip to break the opening stand on 115.Middlebrook then completed his half-century off 73 deliveries, but he departed for 59 when he sliced a loose drive off Reed to Glamorgan captain and wicketkeeper Mark Wallace.Alex Wakely threw his wicket away on 36 when he gave Gareth Rees an easy catch at mid-on and gift Reed a third wicket before Dean Cosker removed Ben Duckett when he was taken by Wallace. Glamorgan’s fightback continued as Andrew Salter’s terrific delivery clipped David Sales’ off stump to dismiss him for 48 before Steven Crook nudged the very next ball to Wallace.But Willey reinforced his side’s innings with a spectacular half-century off just 51 balls as Northamptonshire reached tea on 309 for six. He and Hall went on to set a new record seventh-wicket partnership for the county against Glamorgan, surpassing the 105 made between William Denton and Benjamin Bellamy at Swansea in 1922.Willey went past his previous first-class best of 77 – made against Leicestershire in May – before he tentatively edged Wagg to Allenby at first slip to end the partnership on 115. Hall then became the fourth Northamptonshire batsman to go past 50, off 85 balls, as the relentless hosts claimed a full set of batting bonus points with 13 overs to spare.Reed then took out Trent Copeland’s off stump after the Australian had bludgeoned 34 before Northamptonshire wicketkeeper David Murphy feathered Allenby to Wallace. Cosker was to end the hosts’ innings – and the day’s proceedings – when he trapped Muhammad Azharullah lbw for 2.