Glam Have Put Down a Marker ; Cricket Writer Gareth Griffiths Reflects On Cardiff's Test Bow and Hails the Ashes Match As a Huge Success
South Wales Echo › August 13, 2009
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AS the Ashes bandwagon rolled out of Cardiff last night, Glamorgan might have wondered whether it was all a dream.
Did the Swalec Stadium really host an Ashes Test in the most historic five days of Welsh cricket? Was Cardiff really the centre of the sporting world even for just a short time? Did it produce one of the most exciting ever finishes to a Test match? But it happened. The staff who worked such long hours will tell you this. And the occasion was a roaring success, even if Andrew Strauss might not want to return to the Welsh capital anytime soon after such a near- escape.See the full content of this document
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Glam Have Put Down a Marker ; Cricket Writer Gareth Griffiths Reflects On Cardiff's Test Bow and Hails the Ashes Match As a Huge Success
There were no such guarantees and a lot of nerves around as Glamorgan looked to ensure their three-year pioneering project would triumph against such stiff opposition.
It couldn't be done. The reaction of Glamorgan staff after chairman Paul ...See the full content of this document
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