Cricket Round-Up: Watkin catches the eye as Barnett fights alone
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Your support makes all the difference.GLAMORGAN made it two wins from two outings in the embryonic Championship when they crushed Derbyshire by the trifling matter of 191 runs at Derby, writes Hugh Bateson.
Steve Watkin, capped twice against the West Indies in 1991, joined the little band of seamers jostling for international recognition this summer with 5 for 71 - his second five-wicket haul of the season.
Derbyshire began the day on 14 for 0 staring at a distant victory target of 406. Their captain, Kim Barnett, carried his bat for the second time in his career as he compiled 108, but the match was finished as a contest in the space of 16 balls in the morning from Watkin, who sent back Peter Bowler, John Morris and Tim O'Gorman to leave Derbyshire in tatters at 38 for 4.
A pitch of variable bounce helped Glamorgan's seam attack, although Barnett showed what could be achieved with application. Altogether he battled for 227 minutes in building his 39th first-class hundred. The lower order also put the pitch into perspective and the last three wickets added 100 runs.
There was more bad news for Derbyshire with the discovery that Ian Bishop, their West Indies fast bowler, has a stress fracture in his back (the second time he has suffered the injury), and may miss the rest of the season.
While Glamorgan took their chance to move up the emerging table, Nottinghamshire turned their backs on the chance of leading it, opting for a draw at Lord's. Needing 76 off the last 20 overs with five wickets in hand, Chris Lewis and Chris Cairns, two of the cleanest strikers in the game, put the shutters up for 45 minutes, scoring just seven runs in seven overs. Lewis hit, if that is not too strong a word, 17 off 68 balls, while Cairns nudged 20 off 69 balls.
Nottinghamshire belatedly tried to rush for victory, but got what they deserved - a drenching, and when the game was rained off they still needed 35 runs with 24 balls left.
Middlesex set Nottinghamshire 282 in 83 overs, but Phil Tufnell and John Emburey never looked capable of working their way through Nottinghamshire's line-up.
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