Date-stamped : 19 May97 - 06:16 AXA Life League - Glamorgan collapse to Ealham By Charles Randall at Canterbury Kent (238-9) bt Glamorgan (230) by 8 runs KENT continued their reign as this summer`s emperors of the one- day game in a style that delighted the purists of instant cricket. Mark Ealham marked his England call-up by hitting a quickfire 61 and taking five wickets in nine balls during a late Glamorgan collapse. Typical Kentish helter-skelter attack was answered by 50 off 33 balls from Robert Croft, another England invitee for the Australia series. Glamorgan threw away a routine win by allowing village- green panic to intervene and they lost with four balls remaining. Kent won their seventh one-day game out of seven in all competitions, discounting a no-result game, and yesterday they succeeded without playing at their best. Kent are the keenest proponents of the Jayasuriya style of high- octane starts - at least since Matthew Fleming started opening five seasons ago. Crazy and inelegant as gung- ho might look, there is usually a pay-off on the plus side, which Kent have proved countless times. The ball was sprayed in all directions for seven overs until Fleming, having picked up Steve Watkin for six over midwicket, lofted an off drive to be caught superbly by Gary Butcher after a 35-yard sprint. The score was thus 44 for one, Fleming out for 33, an innings which contained two sixes and, astonishingly, only one four. Kent failed to sustain their impetus, but Glamorgan lost a bowler, Owen Parkin, to a hamstring injury, and Ealham weighed in until he was run out attempting a fourth to Alun Evans. Croft took a leaf out of Fleming`s book with some splendid hitting. More orthodox, but less effective, attempts by Glamorgan to follow up his initiative were swept aside in a palpitating finish, during which seven wickets tumbled in 33 balls. Croft had given Glamorgan ample breathing space to work the ball into the spaces, and Adrian Dale batted crisply for 65 off 78 balls. Tony Cottey was run out next ball by Trevor Ward`s direct hit to precipitate a collapse. Kent, and Essex with six wins, remain the only unbeaten one-day sides - even the Australians have lost. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)