Glamorgan have had a pitch penalty from 2009 halved following an appeal, but will still begin this season’s Clydesdale Bank 40 competition on minus one.The original sanction stemmed from a Friends Provident Trophy match against Essex last May when the pitch was rated as “poor”. Glamorgan were bowled out for 124 and lost by seven wickets.Under the regulations the penalty is carried forward to the following season, but because the CB40 competition is a different structure and fewer teams qualify for the knockout stages it was decided that the loss of points should be given a new weighting to reflect this.”In the light of the fact that in comparison with the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy only half the teams in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 will qualify for the knockout stages of the competition, it is confirmed today that having reviewed an appeal by Glamorgan Cricket, to maintain a penalty of equivalent weight the ECB has confirmed the penalty as a one point deduction,” said an ECB statement.