Matthew Revis takes 5 as Yorkshire sniff innings victory over Glamorgan

Sep 12, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Matthew Revis takes 5 as Yorkshire sniff innings victory over Glamorgan

Glamorgan 273 (Carlson 64, Revis 5-50) and 120 for two fo (Byrom 52*, Northeast 45*) path Yorkshire 500 (Masood 192, Bean 93, Hill 71) by 107 runs

Matthew Revis delivered career-best bowling figures of 5-50 to power Glamorgan to observe on at Sophia Gardens as he helped Yorkshire transfer right into a successful place on day three of their LV= County Championship conflict.

Chasing back-to-back wins after their current triumph in opposition to Derbyshire, Yorkshire dismissed the Welsh county for 273 of their first innings as they chased a complete of 500. That left them trailing by 227, forcing them to bat once more.

When play ended 5 overs brief attributable to dangerous mild, Eddie Byrom and Sam Northeast had placed on 90 for the third wicket to take the house facet to 120-2.

The 21-year-old Revis had picked up three wickets the earlier night and was rapidly into motion once more in the beginning of a rain-affected morning session. He had Kiran Carlson caught at brief leg by James Wharton for 64 to finish a promising sixth wicket stand of 73 with Dan Douthwaite.

He then clear bowled the house facet’s second-highest scorer, Andy Gorvin (47), who had been joined by No.11 Jamie McIlroy in a tail waging session that plundered 56 very welcome runs.

Glamorgan reached 213 for 7 by lunch, however seven balls into the afternoon session Ben Coad trapped dangerman Douthwaite lbw for 37 and adopted that up by clear bowling James Harris together with his subsequent ball. McIlroy denied him a hat-trick and went on to attain an unbeaten 30.

Yorkshire skipper Shan Masood had no hesitation in asking Glamorgan to observe on and Coad struck with solely his second ball of the innings to take away Zain ul-Hassan. It was the second time within the match the opener had fallen to the Yorkshire paceman, this time caught at first slip by George Hill.

Colin Ingram then fell to a catch at first slip off Dom Bess to make it 30 for two within the thirteenth over and the second innings slide appeared to be on. It was 35 for two on the tea interval earlier than opener

Eddie Byrom and Sam Northeast lastly received to grips with the bowling. Byrom scored 40 within the first innings and this time round efficiently reached his half-century with a streaky two between the wicketkeeper and slip off Adam Lyth within the thirty sixth over.

By the tip of play, their third wicket stand – Northeast is unbeaten on 45 – had been price 90 and carried Glamorgan to inside 107 runs of avoiding an innings defeat.