MICHAEL Kasprowicz must view Durham as a row of ducks in a fairground shooting gallery.

For the second time this season the Queenslander took nine wickets in an innings against them yesterday as Glamorgan triumphed by 369 runs at Riverside.

Kasprowicz has now taken 35 wickets in his last three matches against Durham, not to mention the six for 61 he took for Essex in the first innings at Stockton in 1994. He had match figures of 11 for 105 at the Chester-le-Street ground in August last year and 11 for 77 at Cardiff last month, which included nine for 36 in Durham's second innings.

Kasprowicz bowled five of yesterday's victims, had two lbw and two caught behind, and in the middle of his spell was belted for 15 in an over by Shoaib Akhtar.

The Pakistani went in at 44 for seven and smashed 37 off 27 balls to prevent Durham from recording their lowest first-class total. With Paul Collingwood and Mark Davies adding 36 for the last wicket, they finally totalled 118 and Kasprowicz finished with nine for 45 and match figures of 13 for 110.

Facing Kasprowicz, who has taken over from Andrew Caddick as their greatest nemesis, is a daunting prospect for Durham at the best of times.

But with all motivation gone after the promotion challenge fizzled out, it was a challenge for which they appeared to have little stomach.

So while the final day of championship action was totally one-sided, with Glamorgan amassing 464 for eight before declaring, Durham can at least look back and take heart from the fact that they were in a challenging position with three games left.

They won five championship games compared with one last year and as they mature as a side they will hopefully learn to stay the distance.

Unfortunately they will have to face Kasprowicz again next season as he signed a two-year contract with Glamorgan this year, along with Queensland captain Jimmy Maher.

"Jimmy says it's the best he's seen me bowl in recent weeks and he's keen for me to continue in the same vein back home," said the Durham destroyer.

"He doesn't like me bowling long spells over here but I find I respond better the more I bowl. Perhaps some county cricket does lack intensity, but it's an institution which has been going for many years and it's very special.

"I bowl at around 85mph, but I'm not looking to bowl flat out on pitches like this. When we played Durham at Cardiff conditions were very dry, the ball got scuffed up and I could reverse swing it. Here I tried to hit the deck and move it off the seam. It helped that I had done well here last year.

"That's the beauty of playing in England. You play on a lot of different surfaces and have to try to develop a strategy for all of them."

Durham were in grave danger of failing to better their lowest total in first-class cricket, 67 against Middlesex at Lord's in 1996, when Shoaib took 15 in an over off Kasprowicz.

It included a six blasted over long-on and he also sliced a six over third man off David Harrison.

But in going for another big hit he had his stumps spreadeagled, then the next ball trimmed Neil Killeen's off bail to put Kasprowicz on a hat-trick for the second time.

Davies dug out the attempted yorker and for the second time in the match batted with more determination than several of those ahead of him.

He made 14 before another yorker hit the inside edge before disturbing the leg stump, leaving Collingwood unbeaten on 21.

The value of their captain has been all too clear for Durham this season as he repeatedly held their innings together in the first half of the season.

But his form deserted him and he totalled 77 runs in his last seven innings, bagging a pair in this match when he twice edged lifting balls from Kasprowicz.

Nicky Peng pushed forward and edged David Harrison to gully, then Kasprowicz took the next seven between his fifth and ninth overs and the last one in his 13th.

His Queensland teammate Martin Love was lbw shaping to play to leg, Gary Pratt edged to the wicketkeeper and Vince Wells was lbw first ball.

Phil Mustard survived a thick edge on the hat-trick ball only to be bowled by one which nipped back.

Graeme Bridge was bowled first ball by a no-ball then had his stumps legitimately rearranged four balls later.

Collingwood, who appeared in little difficulty, was happy to watch Shoaib score 37 out of 38 in their partnership. Shoaib bowled an eight over spell in the morning, picking up two more wickets to finish with four for 84.

But there was no joy for the other Durham bowlers as Michael Powell took his overnight 156 to 198 before dragging an attempted pull off Davies into his stumps.

Kasprowicz was off the mark with a six first ball, slipped over square leg off Davies, as he and Darren Thomas enjoyed an unbroken stand of 93 in 12 overs.

It was a partnership which left Durham totally deflated and when Lewis departed in the third over following the lunchtime declaration what followed was all too predictable.

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