A spell of 3-3 in 14 balls from Robert Croft put Glamorgan in a promising position onthe opening day of their match against India A at Swansea, as the tourists slumped to 149-6in the 53rd over

Andrew Hignell24-Jul-2003A spell of 3-3 in 14 balls from Robert Croft put Glamorgan in a promising position onthe opening day of their match against India A at Swansea, as the tourists slumped to 149-6in the 53rd over. However, Glamorgan`s hopes of making further inroads were thwarted bypersistant rain which swept in from the Mumbles and prevented any further play after 2.35pm.The Welsh county had earlier reduced the tourists to 26-2 after a disciplined openingspell by David Harrison, with the young seamer dismissing both openers, Shiv Sunder Dasand Satyajit Parab, at a cost of just 4 runs in 28 balls.The tourists then recovered from being 26-2 in the 12th over, thanks to a watchful partnership of116 in 35 overs by Sridharan Sriram and Rohan Gavaskar before both were dismissed by Robert Croftafter scoring 62 and 61 apiece. Gavaskar was well caught by a diving Owen Parkin at shortthird man as the Indian miscued an attempted drive after striking 8 fours and a pull for6 off a short ball from Darren Thomas.Sriram quickly lost his new partners Vijay Bharadwaj, who was leg before to Parkin for1 and then Hemang Badani was adjudged leg before for 0 as he padded up to Robert Croft.Then Sriram was caught at first slip by Mike Powell off Croft, after striking 6 foursin his patient innings.Sriram`s departure meant that the Indians had lost four wickets for just 7 runs in thespace of 5.2 overs, but heavy drizzle, followed by more persistant and heavy rain meant thatno further play was possible.