Report Marchant de Lange leads Gloucestershire fightback after Timm van der Gugten's five-for Seventeen wickets fall on opening day as Glamorgan are thwarted after early dominance ECB Reporters Network 30-Jun-2024 • 14 mins ago Timm van der Gugten claimed a five-wicket haul • Getty Images Glamorgan 133 for 7 (Carlson 37, Webster 3-16) trail Gloucestershire 179 (de Lange 46*, van der Gugten 5-59) by 46 runs Marchant de Lange played a key role with bat and ball as Gloucestershire staged a spirited fightback on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship Second Division match against Glamorgan at Cheltenham. The larger-than-life South African scored 46 not out and shared in a record-breaking stand of 75 with Ajeet Singh Dale as the home side recovered from 88 for 8 at lunch to post 179 in their first innings. He then took 2 for 21 in six overs with the ball as Glamorgan subsided to 133 for 7 by the time bad light brought a premature close with 3.
5 overs unused. Timm van der Gugten was the pick of the Glamorgan bowlers, returning season-best figures of 5 for 59 to justify skipper Sam Northeast's decision to field first. But his efforts were matched by Gloucestershire overseas all-rounder Beau Webster, who produced a startling three-wicket burst in 12 balls on a day when 17 wickets fell.
Kiran Carlson top-scored for Glamorgan with 37, but the Welsh county still trail by 46 runs with three first innings wicket remaining. Twice dismissed cheaply when suffering a chasteni.