London, Aug 16: Australian pace bowler Michael Kasprowicz recorded the best bowling figures of the English county championship season when he took 9-36 for Glamorgan against Durham at Cardiff.
The Giant Queenslander took all of his nine wickets after tea to finish with career best figures and an analysis only bettered for the Welsh county by Jack Mercer's 10-51 against Worcestershire at New Road in 1936.
Kaprowicz dismissed Jon Lewis, Martin Love, Nicky Peng and Vince Wells for four successive lbw decisions before having Phil Mustard caught by Jonathan Hughes to leave Durham on 144-6.
Graeme Bridge was then bowled and Gary Pratt caught in the slips by Matthew Maynard to make the score 165-8.
Kasprowicz then bowled Neil Killeen, and with the total on 174 the Australian finished things off by clean-bowling Nicky Phillips to leave Glamorgan needing 86 to win.

At the close, they were 74-2 in the second division fixture with the final day still to play.

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Meanwhile, an opening spell of four for 45 from Pakistan's Azhar Mahmood helped surrey to a crushing three-day victory over Nottinghamshire at Whitgift in their first division clash.

League leaders surrey won by an innings and 211 runs.
Bureau Report