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Hamish Marshall has pledged his future to Gloucestershire by accepting a contract offer dependent on the outcome of plans to develop the County Ground.Marshall, who has been at Gloucestershire since 2006, has been offered two deals, one based on planning permission being received and the other on it being denied. He has agreed to sign either way.”We thought we were going to have to wait until the outcome of our planning application to agree terms with Hamish, but we have now found a way around that,” Gloucestershire’s chief executive, Tom Richardson, explained.”He will be a Gloucestershire player next season whatever happens regarding the ground. He will sign a contract if we develop our facilities and a slightly different one if we don’t. Hamish has been extremely good at mentoring our young players and we see him continuing to play a key role in this as well as on the pitch as a senior player himself.””We had to offer him alternative contracts because if we don’t get our ground development through our finances will be tighter. This reflects very well on Hamish as he understands this and we wanted to reassure him he was still wanted.”

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, has said that 135 was a “good enough” score at Mirpur given the amount of bounce and turn the bowlers were getting. Batting first, Pakistan had struggled against the Bangladesh spinners in getting to that score, but their bowlers made short work of the hosts to give them a 50-run win.”I think it was a difficult wicket to bat on,” Misbah said. “There were some loose patches and the ball was just bouncing and turning and I think scoring 135 runs on this wicket was good enough.”If you consider the wicket, I think the batsmen did a pretty good job for the way they got the start. There was a little tremble in the middle overs, which cut down the score by 10 to 12 runs. Scoring 140 or 150 would have been a brilliant job.”It was the turn and bounce that encouraged Misbah to hand the new ball to offspinner Mohammad Hafeez, and the decision paid off immediately. Hafeez dismissed Alok Kapali in his first over on the way to figures of 2 for 11.”We saw patches on the wicket on which the ball was bouncing and turning,” Misbah said. “So it was a good idea to start with the spinners, specially Mohammed Hafeez for the way he bowls. He bowls wicket to wicket and gets a bit of bounce and turn.”Having seen first-hand how difficult it was to play spin on this wicket, Hafeez was mentally ready to open the bowling as well. “We had a plan to cut their runs in the first six overs and I have bowled with a new ball before and I am confident in doing so,” Hafeez said. “The captain knew that I can be worthy with the new ball for which I was given the job and I tried to give 100%.”Despite their victory, Misbah said that low-scoring T20 games were less exciting than high scoring ones. “I think the game and the crowd demands more batting wickets for the game to become more entertaining. But I think these matters are not under the control of the players. We are professionals and should respect whatever wicket we get.”

England, the reigning World Twenty20 champions, have topped the ICC’s inaugural rankings for the shortest format of the game. England batsman Eoin Morgan tops the batting ratings, Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is the top bowler and Australia’s Shane Watson the No. 1 allrounder.England have 127 points and are ahead of Sri Lanka, who have 126 in the rankings, announced on Monday. If England win their T20 against India at Eden Gardens on October 29, they will have a four-point lead over Sri Lanka. If they lose, though, they will slip below Sri Lanka and India.”The introduction of rankings for international Twenty20 cricket provides real context to the various series played between member countries on an ongoing basis,” England’s team director Andy Flower said. “Until now we haven’t had the chance to play a large number of Twenty20 Internationals so this will offer a benchmark as to who is performing at international level.”The next four teams – New Zealand (117), South Africa, India and Australia – were separated by only six points. Pakistan, who won the World Twenty20 in 2009, were ranked seventh followed by West Indies, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.Bangladesh, along with Associate Members Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands and Scotland, which have T20 international status, will join the table as soon as they have played sufficient matches (at least eight T20s since August 2009) to qualify for a ranking.Since August 2009, England played 20 T20s, winning 12, losing six and two no-results. Pakistan played the most matches (24) during the same period, but lost more than 50% of its matches, which contributed to its low rating.Brendon McCullum and Kevin Pietersen were No. 2 and 3 behind Morgan in the rankings for batsmen, while spinners occupy seven of the top ten spots for bowlers. “I believe spin bowlers have adapted to T20 cricket better than most,” Daniel Vettori, who has retired from T20s, said. “To see spinners succeed in a tough environment is great for the game and means bowlers can enjoy Twenty20 cricket, most of the time!”Watson, the No. 1 allrounder, is followed by Shahid Afridi, David Hussey and Mohammad Hafeez. Abdul Razzaq, at No. 10, is the third Pakistan player among the top ten allrounders.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBrendon McCullum set up New Zealand’s big total with a rapid half-century•AFP

The brothers McCullum ensured that New Zealand sealed their two-match Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe with a convincing win in the second game. Brendon scored 64 off 37 balls and Nathan took three key wickets with his offspin to wreck Zimbabwe’s hope of evening the series. The hosts were more competitive than they had been in the previous game; after an ordinary performance in the field they batted bravely, but the target was too tall for them.Chris Mpofu started well, with five, precise, back-of-a-length deliveries but indiscipline crept in when his sixth delivery was a legside wide that ended up costing five runs. Kyle Jarvis also had an impressive initial burst with his first ball resulting in a confident appeal for lbw against McCullum. The ball looked destined for middle and leg stump but the umpire did not think so. McCullum was on two at the time and went on to capitalise on his good fortune. The floodgates opened when he clipped Jarvis over mid-wicket for six in the same over.Another six, off an Mpofu slower ball took New Zealand to 28 without loss when rain interrupted play after three overs. The 20-minute break shaved four overs off the game, reducing it to 18 overs a side. It should also have given Zimbabwe’s bowlers enough time to rethink their strategies, but it served only to motivate McCullum and Guptill, who returned to the crease breathing fire.The better they batted, the worse Zimbabwe bowled. Jarvis could not find the right length; Prosper Utseya tossed it up too much and even Ray Price was guilty of dropping it too short. McCullum took a particular liking to Utseya, smacking him for two sixes in the ninth over to get to the brink of his half-century. His fifty came up, surprisingly, with a single off Elton Chigumbura.Just when it looked as though the rest of New Zealand’s batsmen might not get a chance to occupy the crease, Zimbabwe got a breakthrough with the first ball of Jarvis’ third over. McCullum tried the paddle scoop and missed.But the dismissal was a false dawn. Even as it sent one powerhitter back to the dressing room, it brought another one out. Jesse Ryder played carefully for the first few balls he was at the crease and then pulled Utseya over square leg for four to announce his arrival. With McCullum gone, Guptill took over and reached a fifty of his own, without taking many risks. He pummelled Mpofu in the 16th over, before falling to a big shot off Jarvis.Although the stats do not reflect it, Zimbabwe’s bowlers produced a number of good deliveries. Unfortunately for them, they also sent down at least one hittable delivery in every over. Mpofu finally got it right in the final over, when he bowled full and straight and was able to squeeze the New Zealand batsmen, but it was too little, too late.Zimbabwe will take heart from their chase, which started in promising fashion, was quickly pegged back with early two wickets but then took flight again. With moisture still hanging in the air, Hamilton Masakadza was undone by seam movement from Doug Bracewell and was caught behind. In the next over, Brendan Taylor was bowled by a slower ball from Aldridge.Instead of allowing the innings to unravel, Chamu Chibhabha and Elton Chigumbura took the fight to New Zealand. Chibhabha, a man known for his ability to hit the ball a long way in domestic cricket, tucked into debutant Graeme Aldridge, who bowled too full at first and too short later. Chigumbura dealt with changes in length and speed in the same fashion, by taking dispatching the deliveries over the boundary and Chibhabha did well to attack the spinners. Their third-wicket partnership of 57 threatened to give Zimbabwe an unlikely chance at victory but Nathan McCullum put an end to any thoughts of a win.He got rid of Chigumbura after reacting speedily to take a good return catch and dismissed Charles Coventry for a duck in the same fashion. Chibhabha continued to fight hard but, after reaching his highest score in this format, was undone by the two brothers: he was stumped by Brendon off Nathan. With Chibhabha gone, Zimbabwe’s chase fizzled out and came to an ignominious end with four wickets falling in four balls in the 17th over, two of them run-outs.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSomerset picked up wickets regularly in Auckland’s innings•AFP

Steve Snell, who was in the anonymity of Minor Counties cricket last month, proved the unlikeliest of heroes for Somerset with a game-turning late cameo which ended Auckland’s Champions League hopes after a last-ball thriller in Hyderabad. Snell, only making the trip to India because Somerset’s two preferred wicketkeeper-batsmen Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler were tied up with the England Twenty20 team, concocted a 24-ball 34 that proved the difference in a low-scoring encounter.Somerset, battling jetlag after landing in India only a day before this match, began the game well, restricting Auckland to a moderate 125. They seemed to be on course after an enterprising start to the chase, moving to 32 in four overs before fast bowler Michael Bates intervened.Bates, whose triple-wicket maiden set up Auckland’s victory in the final of the HRV Cup, started with a momentum-stalling over in which he only allowed two runs. He returned in the 10th, a double-wicket maiden, removing the set batsman Peter Trego, and Nick Compton as Somerset slid to 54 for 4, after having been 52 for 1 in eight overs.Spinner Ronnie Hira choked the runs and the boundaries proved elusive for Somerset – there was only one four in the ten overs after the Powerplay – prompting the asking-rate to climb towards double-digits. Despite Snell edging a four past the keeper in the 17th, and forming a substantial partnership with a watchful James Hildreth, Somerset seemed in trouble at 94 for 5, needing another 32 from three overs.A flagging Somerset were then energised by Snell. A straight lofted four, a miscued swipe to midwicket and a scoop over short fine leg helped bring 12 runs off the 18th over bowled by Chris Martin. In the next over another experienced bowler, Kyle Mills, was taken for three boundaries, including two streaky ones, to make it a relatively straightforward five runs off the final over.Bates wasn’t going to give up yet. He started with a perfect yorker, and then limited Somerset to four singles off the next four deliveries, including a run-out to set Somerset captain Alfonso Thomas the task of making a single off the final delivery. Thomas was up to the challenge, carving the ball over the infield and towards sweeper cover to confirm Auckland’s exit.While Bates has been the stand-out performer with the ball in both Auckland’s matches, Lou Vincent has been the batting star, again top-scoring on a sluggish pitch though he was starved of strike and support.Auckland’s batsmen shuffled across the stumps, backed away to make room and attempted plenty of reverse-sweeps but they couldn’t shake Somerset from their lines and lengths. Even Vincent couldn’t connect some of his more fancy shots – in the 19th over, when he missed yet another reverse paddle, he showed his frustration by pretending to kick down the stumps three times.Auckland were on the back foot early on as they lost several of their better-known batsman cheaply. Martin Guptill did better than the diamond duck he managed on Monday, but holed out to long-on for 9 despite being dropped on his second ball and barely surviving a run-out on the next. Their Australian import Rob Quiney also flopped, trapped lbw by Thomas for 4.Vincent and captain Gareth Hopkins had to revive Auckland from 14 for 3, but were hemmed in by the raft of Somerset slow bowlers used, a strategy that worked well for Trinidad & Tobago earlier in the day. The extent of Auckland’s struggles showed in their boundary count – in the final nine overs there was only one four and one six.Auckland’s early exit underlined New Zealand teams’ poor performance in the Champions League since its inception, though they will feel hard done by to be ejected after two tight matches.

India’s dismal performance in England has seen them lose the No. 1 ranking in Tests, and several former captains and players concur that it could be a while before they regain the position. A lack of preparation has been pointed out as one of the chief reasons for India’s three consecutive losses, and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the former India captain, does not think the Indian board will learn their lesson and plan more meticulously for future series”I don’t want to sound like a pessimist but I fear the players are going to say it’s only a bad dream, just forget it and get on,” he told . “The BCCI is not going to show a great deal of vision. Cricket will continue the way it is but I sincerely hope that some sense does come in.”Sourav Ganguly, who led India to a 1-1 draw in England in 2002, said the performances were worrying and may not just constitute a one-off bad tour. “You can lose Test matches but losing three in a row and not scoring any big total, it is something to be worried about,” Ganguly said. “Is it a one-off affair or the beginning of the demise of the side? We have to see.”What is particularly worrying for India is that their batting has failed despite the presence of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, who have 37,769 Test runs between them. Anil Kumble said things would only get harder for India once those three retired, and the challenge now was just to stay near the top rather than reclaim the No. 1 ranking. “You need to spot four-five players and invest in them, to ensure that they carry the responsibility of Indian cricket in future in place of the veterans,” Kumble said. “We have Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir”They have to be given a long rope. You may not see India come back at the top in quick time. But we have to ensure that with these youngsters, we remained in the top three and climb to top spot after a few years.”Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar said that apart from the fact that India had very little time to prepare for the series, complacency had also played a role in their defeat.”I knew that it will be a tough series for India considering the fact that they were up against a formidable team that’s on song and consistent in their performance in recent times,” Vengsarkar said.”Besides, they have a better attack and as a team they had enough time to prepare themselves for the series. India on the other hand had come back from the gruelling series in West Indies, had a very little time to prepare and adapt to English conditions.”I guess, the Indians had become a bit complacent after their good run in the last few seasons,” he said.Kumble’s sentiments on the need to blood youngsters were echoed by Arun Lal, the former India batsman, who also said the magnitude of the loss in England may serve as a much-needed wake-up call for India and ensure they are better prepared for future tours.”You cannot go on with 35 or 38-year-olds till eternity. There might be slowing down of the reflexes, weakening of eyesight etc. So we need to infuse new talent,” Lal said. “We have to ensure that we have enough preparation before such tough series. The series loss and World No. 1 Test ranking slipping away is in a way good. We need an awakening.”

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How they were outRahul Dravid scored his third century in five Tests, all in tough conditions, all after his 38th birthday•AFP

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• Stuart Broad’s hat-trick is the first by a bowler at Trent Bridge and the fifth by an England bowler since 1990. It is also the first Test hat-trick against India.

• Rahul Dravid’s 117 is his second century of the series and his 34th in Tests. His century tally brings him joint-fourth on the list of batsmen with most Test centuries.

• Broad’s 6 for 46 is his best bowling performance in Tests and his fourth five-wicket haul.

• Broad became only the fifth England player to score over fifty and pick up a five-wicket haul in the same match against India. Ian Botham has achieved the feat on two occasions.

• The 21 runs added by India for the last five wickets is the fourth-lowest aggregate runs for the last five wickets in Tests against England.

• The 128-run stand between Dravid and Yuvraj Singh is the third-highest for the fifth wicket for India in Tests in England.

• VVS Laxman averages 96.55 in the second Tests of series since January 2009 with two centuries and seven fifties.

• The 93-run stand between Laxman and Dravid was their eighth fifty stand in the last 21 times they have batted together. Their last century stand came in the Sydney Test in January 2008.

• Yuvraj’s 62 is only his second fifty outside the subcontinent. Outside Asia, he has now scored 345 runs at an average of 20.29.

Deep into this series, if these two teams are level and if the injury list gets too long, we could have just Stuart Broad go against Rahul Dravid, and it would be a contest just as engrossing. On the second day of the Test, Dravid showed impeccable discipline, courage and skill in scoring his third century in the last five Tests before Broad brought England sensationally back, with a hat-trick and a spell that read 5.1-2-5-5 to keep India’s lead to just 67. Dravid’s support cast was stronger on the day, though: VVS Laxman charmed 54, Yuvraj Singh timed 62, and Ishant Sharma removed Alastair Cook before stumps to leave India ahead. For how long, though, is difficult to say in this Test with massive swings of fortune.While there was much for both sides to be pleased about, there were major concerns too. England had trouble with injuries: Graeme Swann, who took a blow on the left hand while batting, remained ineffective after he came on to bowl in the 56th over, and Jonathan Trott might not be available to bat after he hurt his shoulder while fielding. India, on the other hand, lost wickets in two clusters: the first three for 46, the last six for 21.All that with sun out, which made the conditions a touch easier, but it was hardly what batsmen would queue up to get a chance at. Two batsmen, though, the grand old men of Indian cricket, love exactly such challenges. And if injuries have put them in unusual batting positions, it becomes twice the fun. Dravid and Laxman came together when Abhinav Mukund fell first ball of the innings yesterday, survived the torturous last hour, and then played some blissful cricket in the morning, adding 69 in the first hour and a half, 56 of those in boundaries.Their partnership was much more crucial and beautiful than the 93 runs might suggest. India’s batting order was in disarray, they were coming off a disaster at Lord’s, and the conditions were demanding. The two responded with positive yet tight cricket. Laxman played some gorgeous drives and mere pushes for fours through the off side, and Dravid exploited the vacant third man region. Laxman kept on pulling; it mattered little that the same shot resulted in his crucial dismissal in the second innings at Lord’s. Dravid kept on leaving outswingers even marginally outside off, making sure he didn’t repeat his crucial Lord’s dismissal.Both James Anderson and Broad swung the ball either way. However, the India batsmen, unlike yesterday, were not going to let them bowl where they wanted. The two hit four consecutive boundaries in the second and third over of the day; those 16 runs in four balls followed 24 off the first 100 legal deliveries of the innings.The next hour was a masterclass, from Laxman in timing and placement, and from Dravid in holding one end up. Singles weren’t bothered about. The first time they changed ends was in the 12th over of the day, when Laxman flicked one straight to fine leg. Only Anderson came close to getting a wicket, but the Hot Spot didn’t register an edge off an outswinger.The scoring-rate and the mesmerising stroke-play might have created an impression that the bowlers were not in the game had the England quicks not kept asking questions with the occasional inswinger or the extra bounce. The bat kept coming down in time for the inswingers, and although one of the short ones hit Dravid on the wrist, the two negotiated the bounce well. They had built a solid base for India before Tim Bresnan bowled the perfect outswinger to send Laxman back for 54.Dravid, having popped a painkiller after the blow to the wrist, kept up the vigil. England showed they would keep fighting as they took out Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina to turn 93 for 1 into 139 for 4. Dravid, despite all the funny bounce, movement and momentary physical discomfort, stood resolute at 51 then. It was a clever effort. Out of those 51, 40 came in boundaries, fully utilising the attacking fields.If it’s the third session, it’s got to be Stuart Broad•Associated Press

In a crucial spell for the match and for Yuvraj’s career, Kevin Pietersen dropped Yuvraj on four. Unlike at Lord’s India made England pay for that drop with a 128-run partnership, the biggest of the match. Apart from that drop, Yuvraj was authoritative and opportunistic against every loose delivery, especially against spin – 41 of his 62 came against Swann and Pietersen. For Dravid, the fields finally fell back, and he started working the singles. As the new ball approached, Dravid reached his third century past the age of 38, and India attained the lead.Already in arrears, with six wickets to take, England needed some magic. A first-ever hat-trick against India would surely qualify as magic? Who else to turn to, then, if not Broad? He began with Yuvraj’s wicket in the sixth over with the new ball. The ball both seamed away and kicked at him. In his next over, he drew one loose shot from MS Dhoni. Harbhajan Singh hit the leather off the next ball, but was given lbw, which reiterated what a stupid deal his board had brokered in the ICC meeting. Of course Harbhajan wasn’t allowed a review.On the hat-trick, Broad bowled the perfect delivery for Praveen Kumar, who doesn’t like getting behind the line of the ball. Through the bat-pad gap it rattled the off and middle stumps, kicking off Broad’s much-deserved gun-slinging celebrations straight from a Western. Dravid, helpless at the other end, now looked for quick runs and upper-cut straight to third man.Fifteen entertaining runs later, Ian Bell ended the Indian innings with a special short-leg catch. India took a quick wicket to pull some of the momentum back. Over all, India, who pride themselves on making comebacks, were up against a side matching them on that count. Promising days lay ahead.

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Persistent rain ensured not a single ball was bowled in the Friends Life t20 clash between Northamptonshire Steelbacks and the Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Wantage Road.It had been raining steadily in Northampton since the afternoon and umpires Nigel Cowley and Steve Garratt officially called off proceedings at 7pm – 10 minutes after play had been due to start.The Steelbacks, who are bottom of the North Group, travel to Derbyshire tomorrow and have one more chance to finally get a home win when they face the Lancashire Lightning on Tuesday.The Outlaws already have a home quarter-final in the bag having only lost once in this year’s competition and they face the Lightning at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Vincent Barnes, the former South Africa assistant coach, will join South Africa’s High Performance Centre (HPC) after having turned down an offer to coach Bangladesh. Barnes’ responsibilities will include coaching the South Africa A side, the emerging players squad and the new semi-professional franchise that will compete in the Pro20 competition from the 2011-12 season. He will also be one of the national selectors.”I want to re-establish myself as a coach,” Barnes told ESPNCricinfo. “It’s an attractive position that covers a vast area and I think it will be really good to get me back into coaching teams.”Barnes was last head coach of a team in 2003, when he was in charge of the South Africa A side on their tour of Australia. Since then, he has been part of the national set-up, first as bowling coach and then assistant coach. In his eight years, he worked under four head coaches, Eric Simons, Ray Jennings, Mickey Arthur and Corrie van Zyl, who is now also involved at the HPC.Barnes was widely credited with being behind the success of players such as Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn but was not retained when Gary Kirsten was appointed head coach last week. Former fast bowler Allan Donald has been made bowling coach with Warriors coach Russell Domingo filling the assistant role. Bangladesh offered Barnes the position of head coach, which he declined before South Africa’s new appointments were made but he was asked to reconsider his decision when it emerged that he would not be involved with the national team.”I thought hard about it and discussed it with my wife, who runs her own business, and I have decided to stay in South Africa,” Barnes said. “Coaching the semi-professional franchise was an important part in that decision, because we will be playing for a Champions League spot.” The new franchise will be allowed to contract four foreign players and will also play first-class and 45-over matches against the 13 provinces in preparation for the Pro20 competition.While that competition is “the cherry on top” for Barnes, he is also looking forward to the role he will play in developing promising players. Barnes’ first task will be to accompany the A side for a tri-series in Zimbabwe later this month. The squad includes Jacques Rudolph, Vernon Philander and Ryan McLaren, who are all on the fringes of the national side.Barnes has worked with most of the players in that squad before and would like to help make the step up from franchise to international cricket. “I want to create an environment for players to perform, to enjoy expressing themselves in and not to feel being stifled” he said.Barnes has enjoyed great success with the A side in the past. Seven of the members of the squad that he took to Australia in 2003 were part of the national side that toured England that same year. He hopes to repeat those feats and provide a steady stream of players who are ready for call-ups to the national side. “Players must feel as though they are genuinely being looked at. You don’t just want to fill a team with names, you have to look at where you are taking those players.”

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Chaminda Vaas took seven wickets as Division Two leaders Northamptonshire took total command of the third day of their County Championship match against Glamorgan at Wantage Road.Northamptonshire declared on 461 for 6 at lunch, with Rob White making 140 and wicket-keeper David Murphy blasting a career-best 79 off 98 balls. Glamorgan were then skittled for just 72 in the afternoon, with former Sri Lanka seamer Vaas taking a fantastic 5 for 22 before he claimed 2for 36 in the visitor’s second innings as they closed on 119 for 3.After yesterday’s wash-out, Northants began the day on 325 for 3 with White resuming on 101 and Murphy on 12. Murphy went on to complete a half-century off 58 balls by smashing Graham Wagg for six over midwicket – a shot which also gave the hosts a full set of batting bonus points.White was to depart when he chipped Alex Jones to Dean Cosker at mid-on before Murphy holed out by launching Cosker to Mike Powell at deep fine leg. Captain Andrew Hall followed him back to the pavilion with the very next ball as he was trapped lbw by Cosker. Northamptonshire then declared during lunch, leaving David Sales unbeaten on 12 and James Middlebrook on 11.Glamorgan were to lose Will Bragg early on when he was caught leg before by Vaas, and Powell followed three balls later when he edged Vaas to Middlebrook at gully. Glamorgan captain Alviro Petersen (18) went when he was caught by Murphy off Vaas, before Jack Brooks got in on the act by forcing Gareth Rees to slice him to Stephen Peters at third slip for a duck.Ben Wright and Wagg both went without scoring by being caught behind by Murphy off Brooks and Vaas respectively. Glamorgan wicketkeeper Mark Wallace then dragged Vaas on to his middle stump to give Vaas his 30th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Robert Croft and Jones were then both bowled by Hall before the skipper completed the rout when he was edged by Cosker to Murphy.Following-on still 389 runs behind, Glamorgan lost Petersen for two in the third over when he nudged Vaas to Sales at second slip. Bragg finally brought some stability as he made a half-century off 83 balls, but he went cheaply on 52 when he launched Middlebrook to Brooks at long leg.Powell then feathered Vaas to Murphy in the third over before the close and Rees and Jones will resume tomorrow on 44 and 4 respectively.