Glamorgan v Worcestershire: Match report & scores

Match scores  (Cardiff)

Worcestershire beat Glamorgan by eight wickets 

Glamorgan 1st inns: 207 all out (Lloyd 88, Carey 39; Hastings 3-57)
Glamorgan 2nd inns: 223 all out (Donald 57, Selman 42, Ingram 42; Tongue 5-45, Shantry 2-32, Hastings 2-67)

Worcestershire 1st inns: 403 all out (Kohler-Cadmore 102, Barnard 59, Hastings 51; Hogan 3-78, Carey 3-85)
Worcestershire 2nd inns: 28-2 (Fell 15*)

Day three report

Young seam bowler Josh Tongue took five wickets on his Worcestershire debut as they wrapped up victory in their first Specsavers County Championship Division Two match of the season.

The visitors to Glamorgan only had to go 10 minutes beyond the scheduled lunch interval on the third day to secure the eight-wicket win as Tongue and John Hastings both claimed five wickets in a match they dominated after deciding to field on Friday.

Having bowled out the home side for 207 in their first innings - with Australian Hastings claiming three wickets on his debut for the county - the visitors replied with 403, including the only century of the match for Tom Kohler-Cadmore, before reducing the home side to 141 for three on the second day.

With Colin Ingram and Aneurin Donald at the crease they set about the task of setting Worcestershire a competitive target but the former was only able to add one run to his overnight 41 before he became the first victim of the day, caught behind by Ben Cox off Joe Leach.

Donald went on to top-score in the home side's second innings with 57, scored off 65 balls and including nine fours, but by that time the end was in sight for Glamorgan. 

It was the Tongue and Hastings combination which removed Donald, the latter catching off the former's bowling.

Tongue finished the second innings with five for 45, including taking two wickets in an over twice and Hastings took two wickets to add to his three from the first Glamorgan innings, completing a fine all-round display which also saw him score a half-century to boost's Worcestershire's first-innings total.

By the time Michael Hogan was last man out, caught by Ed Barnard off Jack Shantry, Glamorgan's second innings total had reached 223.

The visitors were left requiring 28 runs to secure a comfortable victory but they did not have it all their own way as Hogan and Lukas Cary dismissed the openers cheaply.

Daryl Mitchell and Brett D'Oliveira both fell for ducks in the Worcestershire's first innings but their low scores second time around mattered little as Tom Fell (15no) and Joe Clarke (2no) guided the visitors to their target without further loss.

Day two report

Tom Kohler-Cadmore's fourth first-class century put Worcestershire in charge of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash with Glamorgan at Cardiff.

Kohler-Cadmore struck 102 as Worcestershire made 403 for a first-innings lead of 196 before Glamorgan closed on 141 for three - still 55 runs adrift.

The home side's hopes of setting Worcestershire a challenging total to chase seem to rest with Colin Ingram, who looked in good touch in reaching the close unbeaten on 41.

Worcestershire resumed in the morning at 180 for four with Kohler-Cadmore and Ben Cox taking their fifth-wicket partnership to 116 before Cox was caught behind off Michael Hogan for 42.

Kohler-Cadmore rarely played a false stroke and when Lukas Carey overpitched he was struck for three successive fours through the off-side.

Ed Barnard survived a confident appeal for leg before early in his innings and Kohler-Cadmore should have been out on 95 but Nick Selman dropped a straightforward chance at cover.

Kohler-Cadmore went on to reach his century from 157 balls shortly afterwards, reaching the landmark by driving Michael Hogan to the boundary but the Australian got his revenge with the next ball when the batsman edged behind to give Chris Cooke his fifth catch of the innings.

Although Joe Leach went cheaply in the over before lunch, Barnard went on to reach his third championship fifty before falling leg before to Marchant de Lange for 59.

When Josh Tongue (six) was run out after a direct hit from Kieran Carlson, Worcestershire needed a further 29 runs for maximum batting bonus points, but John Hastings and Jack Shantry reached the target with ease, with Hastings reaching his half-century in his first innings for Worcestershire before he was last out for 51, holing out at deep mid-off.

Glamorgan began their second innings on a much more solid base than first time around as Jacques Rudolph and Nick Selman shared 74 for the first wicket.

Teenager Tongue claimed his first championship wicket to break the stand when he removed Rudolph for 29 after the Glamorgan skipper played over a full delivery.

Three balls later, Tongue accounted for Glamorgan's top-scorer in their first innings, David Lloyd, who was trapped in the crease and leg before for six.

Ingram, on a king pair, was untroubled from the start, playing some classy drives through the off-side and although he saw Selman removed by Hastings for 42, the South African left-hander remained until the close and will need to make a big contribution to give Glamorgan any hope of victory.

Day one report

Worcestershire were well placed at the end of the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Glamorgan.

When rain and bad light ended play with 12.3 overs remaining at Cardiff, the visitors trailed by just 27 runs having reached 180 for four.

Glamorgan's last two wickets added 102 - and they then reduced Worcester to one for two in reply, before an unbroken partnership of 100 for the fifth wicket between Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Ben Cox.

Joe Leach, in his first game as Worcestershire captain, opted to field first under cloudy skies - and his decision was soon vindicated when the Glamorgan openers were back in the pavilion after the opening overs.

John Hastings took the first wicket with his 11th delivery when Jacques Rudolph edged to slip for two, before Leach had Nick Selman caught behind for 16.

David Lloyd, who bagged a pair in the first game at Northampton last week, was off the mark with a six over fine leg - but then lost partners in quick succession.

Leach squared up Colin Ingram first ball, Hastings bowled Aneurin Donald (three), then Chris Cooke failed to beat Tom Fell's direct hit from midwicket and was out for five as the hosts slipped to 46 for five.

Kiran Carlson (13), Harry Podmore (one) and Marchant de Lange (11) then followed as Glamorgan slumped to 105 for eight.

However, Lloyd and Lukas Carey added some respectability to the total with an attacking partnership of 68 for the ninth wicket - at eight runs an over.

Number 10 Carey belied his position with an array of attractive strokes - and when he was out for 39 Glamorgan were within 27 runs of a batting point.

This was achieved as Michael Hogan (18 not out) helped Lloyd add a further 34, before Lloyd's splendid innings ended 12 runs short of his century, when he lofted Jack Shantry to extra cover.

Carey then made immediate inroads when Worcestershire batted. After bowling a wide with his first ball, he had Daryl Mitchell caught by the wicketkeeper two deliveries later.

In the next over Hogan dismissed Brett D'Oliveira in identical fashion, also without scoring, before Fell and Joe Clarke settled down to share a partnership of 79 for the third wicket.

Clarke, who toured with the England Lions during the winter, played an assured innings before he was caught down the leg side off Lloyd for 39, and with no addition to the score Carey bowled Fell for 35 in the next over

With Worcestershire 80 for four, Glamorgan were back in contention, but Kohler-Cadmore and Cox consolidated their team's position with the best partnership of the day.

They were rarely in trouble against Glamorgan's five-man pace attack, with Kohler-Cadmore striking Carey for three successive fours when the young seamer overpitched.

Kohler-Cadmore finished on 52 not out and, with Cox also showing impressive form in making an unbeaten 41, Glamorgan will need to take early wickets if they are to restrict Worcestershire to a modest first innings lead.