Robert Croft

GLAMORGAN’S rain-ruined LV County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Cardiff ended in a tame draw after the captains failed to agree to a contrived finish.

icWales (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

... the fourth Gloucestershire batsman to pass 50. He was out for 52 from 87 balls, holing out to Robert Croft on the long-on boundary.Croft changed ends and immediately had David Brown taken at mid-on before Stephen Snell was well caught at deep backward square by David Harrison attempting a sweep off Dean Cosker.Chris Taylor became the fifth visiting batsman to go past 50, but...

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Cricket: Glamorgan match ends in draw

icWales (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

... the fourth Gloucestershire batsman to pass 50. He was out for 52 from 87 balls, holing out to Robert Croft on the long-on boundary.Croft changed ends and immediately had David Brown taken at mid-on before Stephen Snell was well caught at deep backward square by David Harrison attempting a sweep off Dean Cosker.Chris Taylor became the fifth visiting batsman to go past 50, but...

Glam clash ends in a bore draw

icWales (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

... the fourth Gloucestershire batsman to pass 50. He was out for 52 from 87 balls, holing out to Robert Croft on the long-on boundary.Croft changed ends and immediately had David Brown taken at mid-on before Stephen Snell was well caught at deep backward square by David Harrison attempting a sweep off Dean Cosker.Chris Taylor became the fifth visiting batsman to go past 50, but...

Cardiff clash ends in stalemate

ECB (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

... the fourth Gloucestershire batsman to pass 50. He was out for 52 from 87 balls, holing out to Robert Croft on the long-on boundary.Croft changed ends and immediately had David Brown taken at mid-on before Stephen Snell was well caught at deep backward square by David Harrison attempting a sweep off Dean Cosker.Chris Taylor became the fifth visiting batsman to go past 50, but...

Cricket: Glamorgan set for run chase

icWales (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

... the opening 21 overs with David Harrison, Adam Shantry, Alex Wharf, Richard Grant, Dean Cosker and Robert Croft all called upon.The first breakthrough eventually came in the 50th over when Glamorgan wicket-keeper Mark Wallace took a smart leg-side catch to dismiss Ali for 61 off Croft’s bowling.Porterfield and Hamish Marshall continued by adding 73 for the second wicket.But...

Porterfield falls agonisingly short

ECB (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

... brought up his own half century from 139 balls, a patient innings which contained six fours.Robert Croft got the first breakthrough in the 50th over having Kadeer caught down the legside by wicketkeeper Mark Wallace to have Gloucestershire 126 for one.And seven short of his maiden first-class 100 Porterfield was trapped in front by Shantry leaving the visitors 199 for two.