da betano casino： A battling 74 from Garry Park was not enough to prevent the Unicorns fromslumping to a sixth defeat in seven Yorkshire Bank 40 matches as Chris Cooke’s 98 put Glamorgan out of reach at Southend.
09-Jun-2013
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A battling 74 from Garry Park was not enough to prevent the Unicorns fromslumping to a sixth defeat in seven Yorkshire Bank 40 matches as Chris Cooke’s 98 put Glamorgan out of reach at Southend.Park’s knock was the stand-out effort in the Unicorns’ 215 for 9 but it proved in vain in response to the Welsh county’s 300 for 6.A surprise victory for the hosts never looked likely once an early onslaughtsubsided. Needing 7.5 runs per over from the outset, the Unicorns started with purposebut with Tom Lancefield and Michael O’Shea back in the pavilion with 30 on theboard their momentum stalled.Scott Elstone and Park put on 71 for the third wicket before the formerdeparted two short of a second half-century of the season.Vishal Tripathi and veteran skipper Keith Parsons failed to make much of animpression and the game was effectively over when Park was out after a 70-ballknock which included seven fours and a six. Graham Wagg swept through the tail to finish with figures of 4 for 51.Glamorgan, who moved up to fourth in Group C with the win, received importantcontributions from opening pair William Bragg and Mark Wallace while Cooke andJim Allenby built on the platform with some lusty hitting.Bragg and Wallace put on 82 in just 69 balls for the opening wicket andalthough both were accounted for by Dominic Reed in relatively quick succession,the Unicorns bowlers were offered no let-up.Former Australia Test batsman Marcus North made just 12 but that allowed Cookeand Allenby to come together. The pair bludgeoned 162 from 18.2 overs before Cooke was bowled by the excellent Reed as he approached three figures.Allenby also perished to Reed, who finished with 5 for 31, for 85 after anentertaining knock which saw him hit four fours and six sixes.