Glamorgan 237 and 74 for 4 (Thomson 3-35) lead Derbyshire 198 (Madsen 63, Lloyd 60, Crane 4-60) by 113 runs
Spin continued to dominate proceedings on the second day of the Vitality County Championship match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire in Cardiff.
With the pitch providing vital help to each seam and spin bowlers the vacation spot of this recreation will rely on how properly Glamorgan bat in the primary session of day three.
Harry Got here made a affected person 25 from 113 balls however he by no means actually discovered runs straightforward to come back by on a pitch that’s gradual sufficient that batters needed to take dangers to attain shortly. He was dismissed by James Harris for the second of his three wickets in Derbyshire’s innings. Harris conceded runs at lower than 1.5 an over, conceding simply three boundaries, one in every of which was an edge previous the slips as he completed with figures of three for 28.
As was the case in Glamorgan’s first innings, it was the spinner who was essentially the most constant menace with Crane starring with the ball on his Glamorgan debut. Figures 4 for 60 was his greatest return in first-class cricket since his five-wicket haul in opposition to Lancashire for Hampshire in 2021.
Whereas Crane was a constant menace, it was the seamers who took the guts out of the Derbyshire batting line-up with Dan Douthwaite and Mir Hamza selecting up wickets.
Whereas Madsen was on the crease it felt as is Derbyshire may declare a first-innings lead however when he was properly caught in the covers by sub fielder Asa Tribe off Douthwaite it started the collapse that prevented Derbyshire eclipsing Glamorgan’s first innings whole.
Crane was introduced again into the assault after a brief break and claimed the final three Derbyshire wickets as scoring grew to become more and more tough in opposition to the growing older Kookaburra ball. When the final Derbyshire wicket fell on the stoke of the tea break Glamorgan had secured a 39-run lead.
When their second innings acquired underway the Glamorgan openers as soon as once more discovered Thomson extraordinarily tough to face. Having claimed career-best figures of seven for 65 in the primary innings he opened the bowling and had two wickets in two balls. Each Zain-ul-Hassan and Sam Northeast have been dismissed lbw, the latter for a golden duck.
Thomson claimed his tenth wicket of the match when he bowled Kiran Carlson for 11 earlier than Sam Conners bowled Billy Root for 32 to place this recreation into the stability heading into the third day.
