Date-stamped : 30 Apr95 - 10:23 UM: OXFORD UNIVERSITY v GLAMORGAN, Oxford, 18-20 April 1995. ====> Day 1, 18 Apr 95 (Geoffrey Dean in the Telegraph) It was business as usual at Oxford - county batsmen filling their boots in the sort of weather more typical of April than the warmth of last week. A numbing north-easterly made it a three sweater day, and a hailstorm shortly before lunch had the field- ers scampering for cover. Glamorgan, who had got back from their pre-season tour of Zim- babwe only 48 hours earlier, appeared to have benefitted from it. All their batsmen timed the ball quite well despite the slow pitch. The county`s wretched start to last season was the main reason for going to Zimbabwe and certainly two key batsmen who under-performed last season, Matthew Maynard and Hugh Morris, look to be in good form. Until he deliberatley gave his wicket away after hitting three fours in the same over, bowled by the leg spinner Justin Ricketts, the nearest he had come to being dismissed was a pair of near run-outs. A concern for Morris is the question of a replacement for Ottis Gibson as overseas player if the Bajan is named as a member of the West Indies touring party to England this summer. More than a half-dozen players have been sounded out since February, but none have shown any interest. On the pitch, after Dale had mistimed a ball from double-rugby blue, Neil Martin (one of six cricket blues from 1994 returning this year), Morris and Maynard shared a partnership of 162, which included one or two vintage shots. Of those who did not bat, Neil Kendrick was making his Glamorgan debut, having played for Surrey last year. Contributed by John.Evans (J.R.F.Evans@exeter.ac.uk)