da roleta： Iain Sutcliffe scored a career best 203 to put Leicestershire in awinning position at the halfway point of their CricInfoChampionship clash against Glamorgan at Cardiff
Richard Thomas of the South Wales Evening Post19-Jul-2001Iain Sutcliffe scored a career best 203 to put Leicestershire in awinning position at the halfway point of their CricInfoChampionship clash against Glamorgan at Cardiff.Leicestershire were eventually dismissed for 588 in their first inningsbut not before the top three batsmen had reached three figures withSutcliffe top scoring with his first three-figure score for fourseasons.It was the highest total by a visiting side to Sophia Gardens, beatingthe 584 amassed by Middlesex eight seasons ago.The daunting total left Glamorgan needing 439 to avoid the follow-on andthey started badly when Phil DeFreitas dismissed opener Ian Thomas inthe sixth over to leave the home side 8-1.But by the close Steve James and Matthew Maynard had guided their sideto 52-1, leaving them a further 383 to make Leicestershire bat again.Sutcliffe, started the day on 86, took an hour to reach three figureswhich he did from 182 balls with 13 boundaries. He went to his centurywith a fine square cut for four off Darren Thomas.The Leicestershire left-hander was eventually dismissed aftersix hours in the middle when he was bowled by Steve Watkin, who claimedfour wickets in all as Glamorgan managed two bowling points despitetheir attack coming out second best.Abtab Habib also chipped in with a quickfire half-century but there wasdisappointment for Shahid Afridi who was dismissed for just two on hisChampionship debut.