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LV= County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens (day one) |
Glamorgan 122: Cooke 31; Roland-Jones 3-34, Shaheen 3-35 |
Middlesex 171-6: Stoneman 53, Roland-Jones 39*; Harris 3-48 |
Middlesex (3 pts) lead Glamorgan (2 pts) by 49 runs with 4 wickets remaining |
Scorecard |
A bowler-friendly surface in Cardiff saw 16 wickets fall on day one between Glamorgan and Middlesex.
The game hangs in the balance as the visitors took a lead of 49 with just four wickets in hand.
Earlier, having been put in to bat, Glamorgan collapsed to 122 all out with Pakistan paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi taking 3-35 on his Championship debut.
But bowlers James Harris and Timm van der Gugten led Glamorgan’s fightback as they took five wickets between them.
The visitors slipped to 110-6 before a useful unbroken partnership of 61 between John Simpson and Toby Roland-Jones steered them to their slender lead.
At the toss, Middlesex captain Peter Handscomb…
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