Graham, White took a career-best 6/44 as Glamorgan were dismissed for 132 on the third afternoon of their Specsavers County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road, with the East Midlands side completing a home and away double over the Welsh county as they completed a 318 -run victory.
Close of Play Report
Glamorgan resumed on 88/4 after lunch, still 363 runs short of their target, and with a maximum of five sessions to bat through. Aneurin Donald began by pulling Rob Keogh for four before sweeping Graeme White for another four. But White gained revenge in his next over as he bowled Donald who was attempting another firmly struck blow against the left-arm spinner.
Kiran Carlson duly became Selman’s new partner who continued in obdurate mode, besides cover-driving White for three. After watchful reconnaissance, Carlson also cover drove White for four whilst Selman on-drove him to the ropes at mid-wicket. But after reaching double figures, Carlson’s innings ended as he inside-edged a ball from Keogh into the wicket-keeper’s gloves.
116/6 then became 117/7 as Graham Wagg miscued a drive against White, with Chad Barrett at backward point completing the catch, and four runs later Mark Wallace was bowled by White. Next over, the scoreboard read 122/9 as Rob Newton at leg-slip adroitly caught a leg-glance by Timm van der Gugten as Keogh added further to his match tally. Michael Hogan steered Keogh through point for four before the contest ended shortly before 3pm with Glamorgan on 132 as Keogh bowled the Australian with all twenty of the Glamorgan wickets in the game – which was the Club’s third heaviest defeat in the Championship by the margin of runs - being taken by the spin bowlers.
Lunchtime Report
This has been a game of topsy-turvy fortunes for batsmen and bowlers alike on both teams with 140 runs being amassed by the home side in 30.5 overs in the opening session without losing a wicket, before 20 wickets tumbled in the subsequent 96.3 overs with the off-spinners Kiran Carlson and Rob Keogh each extracting some assistance from the footmarks whilst bowling at the Lyn Wilson End.. The next 58.4 overs then saw Northants plunder 305 runs, with Ben Duckett - after surviving an appeal for a catch behind the wicket when on 7 - posting an assertive 185 as the home side regained the initiative before, with more than half an eye on tomorrow’s forecast for rain, setting Glamorgan a target of 451 from the remaining 195 overs in the contest.
Jacques Rudolph and night-watchman Owen Morgan survived the three remaining overs last night and resumed this morning with Glamorgan supporters wondering whether the latter could repeat his heroic efforts with the bat at New Road last month. Ben Sanderson and Rory Kleinveldt resumed the bowling under gun-metal grey skies and in quite autumnal conditions, with Rudolph steering the latter through the covers for four in the opening over.
After the umpires had checked with their light meters, Rob Keogh returned at the Lynn Wilson End and was deftly cut by Rudolph. Graeme White’s left-arm spin was also introduced at the Pavilion End before Morgan twice swept Keogh for four. Rudolph also unfurled a high-class cover drive against the off-spinner but with the total on 22, he attempted a reverse-sweep against White and was bowled.
Nick Selman joined the night-watchman who swept Keogh for a pair of fours – the first in reverse manner and the second in orthodox style. Selman also found the sweep to his liking as he dispatched Keogh to the ropes at backward square-leg, but on 45 Morgan perished playing the stroke against White as the umpire upheld an l.b.w. appeal.
After three singles, Will Bragg also departed leg before as he played forward to Keogh as Glamorgan slipped further to 52/3 with the spinner claiming his tenth victim in the game.. David Lloyd then made his way to the middle and was soon off the mark as he firmly on-drove Keogh. He then survived a chance at second slip as Alex Wakely dropped a thick outside edge before celebrating by on-driving White for four as well as cover-driving Keogh to the ropes.
Lloyd also straight drove Keogh for four but he was then stumped by David Murphy in White’s next over as he played forward to the left-arm spinner. 69/4 saw Aneurin Donald join Selman with the new man on-driving Keogh to the ropes at mid-wicket.