Glamorgan in driving seat as bowlers dominate Bears

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Edgbaston (day two)

Glamorgan 360: Kellaway 139, Carlson 85; Hannon-Dalby 5-53, Bamber 3-72

Warwickshire 123-6: Davies 30, Mousley 30; Van der Gugten 2-21, Ul-Hassan 2-41

Warwickshire 3pts, Glamorgan 5pts

Match scorecard

Glamorgan laid the foundations for a serious push for a third successive County Championship victory on a rain-affected second day of their fixture with Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

Rain returned to wipe out the last 25 overs with Warwickshire struggling on 123-6 after the visitors' seamers, led by Timm van der Gugten (2-21) and Zain-ul-Hassan (2-41), exploited perfect conditions on a damp day in the Second City.

Glamorgan were earlier bowled out for 360, a satisfying total from the travails of 0-2. Olly Hannon-Dalby took the last two wickets to finish with 5-53 and continue his excellent form since his recall from a surprise loan spell at Worcestershire.

Glamorgan resumed on the second morning on 341-8 and Mason Crane (20 not out) and Tom Norton (29) took their ninth-wicket alliance to a valuable 46 in 13 overs before the former's off-stump was struck by a beauty from Hannon-Dalby.

The seamer then completed the 17th five-for of his career when Ryan Hadley left one that hit off-stump.

After a two-hour rain break, Warwickshire began their reply under heavy cloud and openers Alex Davies and Rob Yates worked hard to add 27 from 12 overs before the latter was lbw to a big inswinger from Ul-Hassan.

Davies (30) flicked two leg-side half-volleys from Ul-Hassan over the short boundary into the Hollies Stand but the bowler's revenge arrived when an attempted drive ended in the hands of Sean Dickson at gully.

Dan Mousley (30) and Sam Hain batted diligently to add 35 in 10 overs but both departed due to injudicious leaves. Mousley's off-stump was hit by Norton and Hain fell lbw to Van der Gugten.

After further rain, Glamorgan struck twice more in the gloaming as Van der Gugten trapped Ed Barnard lbw and Zen Malik edged Hadley.

Report by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay.

Warwickshire head coach Ian Westwood said: "It's not ideal batting in drizzle for most of the day but that's what we had to do and we probably didn't do it as well as we wanted at times, but we're halfway through the game and it's still all to play for.

"They bowled well. There is a little bit in the pitch and we had spells where we made it very hard for their batters but we just didn't manage to sustain that for long enough. With the extra overheads today and good conditions for bowling, they exploited those conditions well and put us under pressure.

"There are runs to be scored out there. If you get in and get the ball softer you can score runs as showed by the big partnership they had. We will hope for some clearer skies tomorrow and try to build some partnerships."

Glamorgan bowler Timm van der Gugten said: "It was a pretty good day in the end. The first target was to get that 350 with the bat which we did and then I thought all the bowlers bowled really well. We've kind of got a template of how to bowl this year and if we stick to that, like we did today, we create enough chances.

"I feel like it's a decent wicket. There's enough for the bowlers if you put it in the right spot, but you've got the short boundary and if you are slightly off, the batters get value for their shots.

"The way Kiran and Ben batted yesterday was phenomenal - to go from 0 for 2 to 200 for 2 was quite remarkable."