Glamorgan 446 for 8 (Cooke 121*, Neser 90, Labuschagne 64, Byrom 51) lead Leicestershire 407 (Handscomb 95, Ahmed 90, Hill 53, van der Gugten 6-88) by 39 runs

For the second 12 months working, this fixture prompted a revision of the document books as Glamorgan mounted a formidable fightback in opposition to Leicestershire on the third day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match.

Neser, searching for a 3rd first-class profession hundred to go along with his 330 wickets, did not fairly make it, dismissed on 90, however Cooke was nonetheless there on 121 not out as Glamorgan closed on 446 for 8, giving them a first-innings lead of 39 to take into the ultimate day, though it's tough to see the match producing a optimistic end result.

Leicestershire have been handicapped by an harm to Ed Barnes, considered one of their 5 seam bowlers, who reported for responsibility with a swollen ankle, ruling him out of bowling for the rest of the match.

Nonetheless, Glamorgan knew it will have to be "a fighting day", as opening bat Eddie Byrom described it on Friday night, in the event that they have been to drive a method again into the competition after closing the second day 5 wickets down and nonetheless 243 runs behind. In the occasion, they met the requirement.

Nightwatchman Timm van der Gugten was a casualty inside the first half-hour, caught off Chris Wright when he pulled within the air to midwicket, the place Rishi Patel finally dived to take a superb catch after overlaying some floor to get below it.

The dismissal introduced collectively Northeast and Cooke. With Northeast in scratchy kind up to now this season, one other record-breaking alliance between these two was by no means actually on the playing cards, however in including 39 from 21 overs of head-down software they started to attract the sting from a Leicestershire assault confronted with a pitch that was rising more and more benign.

Northeast fell caught behind, slashing at a widish ball from Mikey Finan. His 40, from 134 balls, is his highest rating in 9 innings since his 410. That left Cooke to be joined by Neser, whose instincts are usually to play positively.

Finan, the Leicestershire bowler most certainly to supply scoring alternatives, too typically gave Neser width and the batter hardly ever missed out as Glamorgan reached lunch with the follow-on all however prevented.

The afternoon session was the primary within the match with no wickets to fall, which confirmed how a lot the enjoying floor had settled down after a few drying days. Lewis Hill, the Leicestershire captain, rotated his bowlers frequently within the hope one thing may occur, however there was little in the best way of apparent assist for both of his spinners.

Cooke and Neser have been ready so as to add 120 runs, rising their partnership to 151 from 376 for 7 at tea, simply 31 in need of parity. Wright posed issues at occasions however not sufficient to induce a deadly error as each batters went previous fifty, Cooke's coming off 118 balls with 4 boundaries, Neser reaching the milestone from 94 deliveries when he pulled Wright for his seventh 4.

The pair continued in a lot the identical untroubled vein into one other elongated ultimate session, setting an eighth-wicket partnership document for Glamorgan in opposition to Leicestershire once they handed the 166 achieved by Gwyn Richards and Malcolm Nash at Swansea, going forward of Leicestershire's 407 within the one hundred and fortieth over, earlier than Cooke accomplished the eleventh hundred of his first-class profession with a scrambled single off leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, having hit 5 fours from 220 balls confronted.

The arrival of some heavy cloud prompted the floodlights to be fired up, after which the ball started to do extra by the air. Neser perished to an outstanding supply from Wright that he may solely actually admire as his center stump lay on the bottom behind him earlier than dangerous gentle took extra day trip of the sport, ending a scheduled 104-over day 13 overs early.