Worcestershire v Glamorgan: Scores and match report from County Championship Division Two

Match scores (New Road)

Glamorgan beat Worcestershire by nine wickets

Worcestershire 1st inns: 267 all out (Cox 93, Barnard 60; van der Gugten 4-66)

Worcestershire 2nd inns: 129 all out (Fell 33; Hogan 5-38)

Glamorgan 1st inns: 381 (Rudolph 111, Cooke, 93, Salter 80no, Carey 54; Tongue 6-97)

Glamorgan 2nd inns: 18-1 (Rudolph 11*, Barnard 1-6)

Day three report 

Glamorgan secured back-to-back victories under new skipper Michael Hogan as they completed a nine-wicket success over faltering Worcestershire with a day and a half to spare at New Road.

Hogan led from the front with the ball, claiming the first three wickets in Worcestershire's second innings as they were bowled out for 129 after resuming on 34 for one to leave Glamorgan requiring just 16 to win.

He finished with five for 38 from 14.2 overs to follow his five for 49 in the win over Durham - his initial match in charge - and also received excellent support from Timm van Gugten and Lukas Carey.

It was the first time the Welsh County have won two Championship games in a row for two years since a sequence of four successive victories in June 2015.

Hogan has replaced Jacques Rudolph as Glamorgan's four-day captain until the end of the season and launched his tenure with a thrilling two-wicket win at Swansea.

But this was a more convincing triumph and all the more satisfactory against a side who had won their opening four Championship games and inflicted an eight-wicket defeat on them inside seven sessions at the SWALEC Stadium.

Rudolph also showed a welcome return to form after relinquishing the captaincy with his first Championship hundred for two years to lay the foundations of a Glamorgan recovery from 58 for six on the opening day.

Worcestershire, in contrast, have suffered two defeats in a row after a quartet of victories to launch the campaign.

It is not the ideal preparation for their Royal London One-Day Cup semi-final with Yorkshire Vikings or Surrey at New Road on Saturday.

Several of their middle order batsmen are struggling for form and only 19-year-old Josh Tongue and skipper Joe Leach posed a major threat with the ball in this game.

The big plus for them will be the return of all-rounder John Hastings after Australia's exit from the ICC Trophy and the hope he can help galvanise the squad to reproduce their early season form.

Hogan had sent back Daryl Mitchell yesterday evening and made the first two breakthroughs this morning as Brett D'Oliveira (22) was trapped lbw and Joe Clarke (17) departed to a head high catch by Will Bragg at cover.

Ben Cox (three) tried to cut Carey and Colin Ingram at first slip held onto a juggling catch before van der Gugten struck in successive overs.

The out-of-form Tom Fell battled away for 33 off 87 balls but then fell victim to a superb head-high catch by Ingram and in the next over Ed Barnard (two) nicked through to keeper Chris Cooke.

The procession continued after lunch as the final four wickets fell to Hogan and Carey for 10 runs in 5.3 overs.

Leach (seven) chopped Hogan onto his stumps, Whiteley (16) steered Carey to gully, Tongue (one) nicked the same bowler through to Cooke and Nathan Lyon (four) swung at Hogan and was bowled.

Glamorgan lost Nick Selman - bowled by Barnard for three - in reaching their modest target. 

Day two report

Jacques Rudolph scored his first County Championship century for more than two years as Glamorgan turned their clash with Worcestershire on its head at New Road.

Rudolph (111) and Chris Cooke (93) created a new seventh-wicket record of 168 for Glamorgan in matches against Worcestershire.

Then Andrew Salter (80 not out) and Lukas Carey (54) piled on the misery for the promotion-chasing home side with a 124-run partnership for the ninth wicket.

Their efforts enabled Glamorgan to recover from 58 for six at one stage on Friday evening to total 381 all out - a lead of 114.

It was in sharp contrast to the problems caused on day one by Worcestershire paceman Josh Tongue with his five wickets in four overs, although he still was able to return career-best figures of six for 97 from 25 overs.

Worcestershire suffered an early setback in their second innings when Daryl Mitchell (18) nicked skipper Michael Hogan to Colin Ingram at first slip as they closed on 34 for one after bad lighted halted play with seven overs remaining.

Rudolph reached three figures in the competition for the first time since his hundred against Leicestershire at Grace Road in April 2015.

It was a welcome tonic for the 36-year-old after a poor run of form and having recently relinquished the captaincy of the Championship side to Hogan.

Rudolph and Cooke batted in confident fashion in surpassing the previous seventh-wicket record of 106 by Jonathan Hughes and current head coach Robert Croft at the same venue in 2002.

Tongue was the only bowler to cause them any worries in his initial two spells and Rudolph completed his 51st first-class hundred - off 158 balls with 13 fours - with a cut for four off Nathan Lyon.

Cooke had a let off on 48 when Mitchell at first slip failed to hold onto a chance off Lyon.

The stand was finally broken with Joe Leach dismissing the pair in the same over.

Cooke, having made 93 off 113 balls with one six and 11 fours, was caught at short mid on and then Rudolph, whose 111 spanned 209 deliveries with 14 boundaries, was bowled after attempting a cut.

Glamorgan were still 40 in arrears at that juncture but Salter and Carey earned them a sizeable advantage as they both posted career-best scores.

Salter deliberately upper cut Tongue over third man for six to bring up the fourth batting point as the runs flowed against the second new ball.

Tongue finally ended the stand when Carey popped a simple catch up to Brett D'Oliveira at point and then Leach removed Hogan (13) to leave Salter unbeaten.

Day one report

Ben Cox struck a fine 93 before Josh Tongue caused mayhem with the ball for Worcestershire on day one of the Specasavers County Championship Second Division clash with Glamorgan at New Road.

Cox was promoted up the order after Tom Kohler-Cadmore's release to join Yorkshire was confirmed on Thursday and top-scored as the hosts were dismissed for 267 in 70.4 overs.

Then Tongue blitzed his way through the Glamorgan batting line-up with five wickets in four devastating overs as the Welsh county closed on 76 for six.

Cox went to the middle quicker than he would have wanted after Worcestershire had been reduced to 14 for three within the first 45 minutes after being asked to bat.

He eventually became the last of four victims of Timm van der Gugten, who was well supported by new four-day skipper Michael Hogan, Lukas Carey and Andrew Salter with two wickets apiece.

But then Tongue got to work with the ball as Glamorgan nose-dived from 39 without loss to 58 for six.

Worcestershire were looking for a positive response after an innings defeat at Sussex had ended a run of four successive victories.

But they were immediately on the back foot as Daryl Mitchell, who had scored 534 runs in the previous five Championship innings, lost his off stump to the third ball of the innings from Carey.

Tom Fell (7) was trapped lbw by Van der Gugten, who also accounted for Brett D'Oliveira (7) with Aneurin Donald holding onto a sharp chance at third slip.

Cox was in aggressive mode from the start and Joe Clarke (25) partnered him in a stand of 69 in 16 overs before the latter was bowled by Hogan with a delivery which was angled in.

Van der Gugten bowled a lengthy spell during the afternoon session and accounted for Ross Whiteley (6) who was pouched by Donald via another sharp catch at third slip.

Cox was joined by Ed Barnard in another productive stand of 59 in 11.4 overs.

The former Bromsgrove School pupil looked set for a deserved century but then became the fourth victim of Van der Gugten as Salter reacted sharply away to his left in the gully.

He faced only 99 deliveries and struck 15 boundaries.

Skipper Joe Leach (13) was lbw to Hogan and Jack Shantry (3) was caught down the leg-side off Carey but Barnard reached an excellent half century off 86 balls with six fours.

The former England Under-19 batsman finally holed out to mid-off off Salter for 60.

Tongue collected two boundaries in an over from Hogan costing 15 runs to bring up the 250 before Salter brought about his dismissal at deep extra cover.

Glamorgan openers Jacques Rudolph and Nick Selman put on 39, although not without the odd scare, but then the wickets started to tumble.

Selman (4) was bowled by a ball of full length from Leach - his 30th wicket of the season - and then Tongue worked his way through the Glamorgan order.

Will Bragg (7) was bowled, Colin Ingram (2) gloved a ball to first slip and Donald edged to second slip.

The procession of wickets continued as Clarke pulled off a stunning catch at third slip to dispose of David Lloyd (2) while in the same over Van der Gugten (0) was victim to an excellent catch by Cox.

Rudolph was left unbeaten on 49 surveying the wreckage from the non-striker's end.