Date-stamped : 26 Jun95 - 10:27
SUNLG: Surrey v Glamorgan, The Foster's Oval, 25 June 1995

Barwick baffles dejected Surrey - Simon Hughes

Glamorgan (154-1) bt Surrey (152) by 9 wkts

DURING an episode of Fawlty Towers, Basil, in a deep  depression,
finds  the Samaritans are engaged. The same predicament must have
befallen the Surrey batsmen yesterday because they were certainly
hell bent on committing hara-kiri.

Their total of 152 on a good one-day pitch would have been inade-
quate  against Clapham Common Old Boys, and Glamorgan put it into
perspective by knocking the runs off in only 20.1 overs.

Nothing in the first half-hour of the match  pointed  to  such  a
non-event.  Surrey rattled up 38 in the first five overs, sparked
by Alistair Brown`s familiar mixture of thrash and dash, but when
he dragged one on attempting a walking forehand pass, the innings
went into reverse.

Jason Ratcliffe swatted a short ball straight  down  deep  square
leg`s  throat,  Adam  Hollioake poked a slower one to short extra
and Nadeem Shahid was lbw shuffling across, first ball.

When Mark Butcher missed with a vigorous sweep,  Surrey  were  73
for five. Though David Ward looked out of touch, he tried hard to
rectify matters, but Glamorgan`s canny  bowling  - based   around
Steve  Barwick`s tantalising off cutters - and athletic fielding,
restricted him to one boundary in 28 overs.

Barwick varies his pace subtly, bowls to  a  meticulously  placed
field - only two in front of the wicket on the off side - and has
the priceless asset of Matthew Maynard at midwicket. As yet,  no-
one  in  the  country has unravelled his method, and yesterday he
conceded only 13 off 7.5 overs.

Glamorgan`s other major Sunday asset  is  their  positive,  self-
assured  batting. The openers carted 73 off the first nine overs,
Hugh Morris cutting busily, Steve James  on-driving  and  running
the  fielders  ragged. When Morris was lbw, Maynard went berserk,
slaughtering the medium pacers with pure, clean strikes. Twice he
drove  Butcher for straight sixes and dispatched Hollioake`s ami-
able seamers as if batting in a beer match. James`s fifty off  37
balls arrived almost imperceptibly.

By 6pm the mauling was over, and Welsh supporters in full  voice.
Surrey meanwhile have not won a match in any competition for five
weeks, but it is too early to contemplate suicide.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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