Glamorgan’s Van der Gugten grabs comeback five
Vitality County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day three)
Glamorgan 387: Byrom 86, Carlson 80, Northeast 61; Currie 5-64, Mike 3-105
Leicestershire 343-9 dec (119 overs): Handscomb 103, Hill 92; Van der Gugten 5-65, Harris 3-87
Glamorgan (5 pts) lead Leicestershire (5 pts) by 58 runs with nine second-innings wickets standing
Glamorgan go into the final day at Leicester on 14 for one in their second innings, leading the home side by 58 runs.
Timm van der Gugten claimed 5-65 on his comeback from injury as Leicestershire crawled to 343-9 before declaring.
The afternoon session produced just 48 runs from 33 overs.
Both sides are a bowler light, with Tom Scriven and Mir Hamza both missing because of hamstring issues, and a draw looks the likely outcome.
In a rain-shortened first session of just eight overs, seamer Van der Gugten claimed the key early wicket of Peter Handscomb for 103.
The afternoon was a strange and soporific affair as the two teams produced just 48 runs between them in 33 overs, not fully explained by accurate bowling and the pitch producing some low bounce.
Scott Currie (45) and Ben Cox (24) proceeded with extreme caution, making no attempt to chase the third batting point that looked comfortably within reach, before Van der Gugten removed Cox and Ben Mike in the same over.
Shortly after Harris won an lbw shout against Currie, Leicestershire declared 44 behind and claimed an early strike when Matt Salisbury bowled Billy Root for one.
Glamorgan found scoring equally difficult as they crawled to 14 for one in nine overs, before a heavy downpour just after tea brought a merciful early end to proceedings.
