Timm van der Gugten seals place atop wicket-takers in setting Glamorgan a simple goal
Glamorgan 258 (Neser 86, Finch 5-74) and 82 for 0 (Byrom 51*, Lloyd 30*) beat Worcestershire 109 (Roderick 38, Harris 4-18, Neser 4-40) and 227 (Waite 45, van der Gugten 5-48) by 10 wickets
Timm van der Gugten cemented his place because the season’s main bowler within the LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two together with his third five-wicket corridor of the marketing campaign as Glamorgan wrapped up victory towards Worcestershire on the third day in Cardiff.
Glamorgan received by 10 wickets after they completed off the Worcestershire second innings inside the primary hour of day three. Set a goal of simply 79 to win, Glamorgan had been seen house by Eddie Byrom, who high scored with 51, and David Lloyd.
After the Worcestershire high order had failed for the second time within the match it was left to the tail to set a difficult goal, however solely 32 runs had been added on the third morning earlier than they had been bowled out for 227.
This win provides Glamorgan their first victory of the season and 20 factors to maintain them within the hunt for a promotion spot. Worcestershire have now misplaced two and drawn two since their opening-round victory towards Derbyshire.
No runs had been added to the in a single day rating when Glamorgan acquired their first breakthrough as Matthew Waite was bowled off an inside edge by Jamie McIlroy. Waite is Worcestershire’s main run-scorer this season and his innings of 45 was the best rating by his workforce on this match. His wicket left Worcestershire eight wickets down and solely 45 runs in entrance.
Van der Gugten accomplished his five-wicket haul when he had Josh Tongue caught at level by Byrom. Joe Leach scored 24, an innings that included the one six of the match, earlier than he was bowled by a ball that stored low from James Harris. As the final wicket fell Worcestershire had been 78 runs in entrance.
The pitch began gradual and with out a lot bounce and these options solely turned extra pronounced because the match wore on. Despite this, the Worcestershire bowlers didn’t have sufficient runs to defend.
Lloyd and Byrom took Glamorgan to 34 with out loss at lunch, that means they wanted anther 45 runs to win after the interval. The two carried on as they’d began after the break as they noticed their facet house with an unbroken stand of 82.