The natives are restless. To be at Sophia Gardens on Tuesday evening was to realise that there is growing unrest amongst members about the manner in which the club is being run.

Some 200 of those members signed a petition to call for a special general meeting to call chairman Paul Russell to account for the way decisions have been made this season.

He's more interested in bringing Test cricket to Sophia Gardens rather than looking after the current team, was the gist of the complaint.

I can understand their frustration. Wherever Russell goes he is a controversial character- witness the happenings at Ebbw Vale rugby club over recent years.

His unpredictable personality polarises opinion. What cannot be argued about, though, is his business acumen. His track record in that area speaks for itself.

And it seems that he has brought that knowledge to bear at Glamorgan. They were in financial straits when he arrived and now it seems that there is some degree of financial stability, for which he must be commended.

He is also an unfailingly generous man, as a line of recent Glamorgan beneficiaries, including myself, will testify; whether organising a lucrativedinner in London or paying huge sums of money for auction items to add to his large collection of sporting memorabilia he has helped enormously and all those beneficiaries have reason to be very grateful to him.

However, I do not think that his knowledge of top-level cricket is sufficient for him to be making important decisions about the cricketing side of things at Glamorgan. And that has been a serious problem this season.

That is not just to blame Russell but the whole 'operating group'- as the new body who now make such decisions are called. They have made some poor decisions, not least the initial decision not to engage two overseas players at the start of the season. In my opinion Glamorgan were doomed in division one of the championship from that moment.

Coach John Derrick is not on that operating group, which I find amazing. Captain Robert Croft is, which is only right and proper, but surely Derrick should be as well. Just imagine if Duncan Fletcher were coach of Glamorgan.

Do you think that he would not be on that decision-making group? My feeling is that there needs to be more cricketing knowledge there because I am not sure that the captain and coach have been given everything they have wanted this year.

What annoys me as much as anything is that nobody at Glamorgan has stood up and admitted that bad decisions have been taken. They seem to think that they have done the correct thing at every turn. Most palpably they have not.

Having said that, the players cannot be immune from any criticism. They have not produced the goods, as simple as that. There are a number of players who are wholly capable of performing in division one, and have not done so. Others have been exposed too early, and in a losing side.

But there is hope. As Tuesday night showed, a second successive totesport League victory now offers the very real possibility of staying up in that competition.

Both the victories were impressive, not least the metronomic bowling of David Harrison, who is thankfully back to his best and I would hope that he is given another chance at the academy this winter. I have heard a lot of criticism about how the coaches there have hindered his progress this season, but I think it might be more a case of a bad habit creeping in regardless.

Anyone criticising Troy Cooley, the England bowling coach who would have been in charge of looking after Harrison, is skating on thin ice at present; for Cooley has been responsible for England producing a fearsome fast bowling attack, probably the best in the world now.

Whereas Robert Croft was the man who saw Glamorgan home at Northampton last week, on Tuesday it was Mike Powell, who has now put his early season woes behind him. His was an innings full of responsibility, for much of it only including one boundary, before a somewhat fortuitous inside edge for four and then a glorious hit for the winning runs changed that.

He knew that he was the man who had to win the game and soaked up the pressure accordingly.

That is a role he will have to play often now for Glamorgan. He is the senior home-grown batsman. There is no Matthew Maynard, no Adrian Dale etc to help him.

I think that it has taken a while for Powell to come to terms with that situation, but the signs are now good. He will also have enjoyed seeing it through to the end with his great friend and Abergavenny colleague, Mark Wallace.

Their running between the wickets, especially the pace of Wallace, was exceptional. It brought me over all wistful, recalling the days when myself and Dale used to do that. It was great to see.

As, of course, will be the fourth Test at Trent Bridge. We should not get too greedy and expect every day to be as good as the ones we have seen so far, but you never know.

For some reason I fancy this one to be a draw as well- I am writing this on Wednesday so if one side has already been dismissed by the time you read this, then please dismiss me! A draw here though, and then some finale at the Oval. Sounds good.