County Championship: Leicestershire complete win over Glamorgan

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day four)

Leicestershire 151 & 257: Gumbs 93; Ul-Hassan 3-46

Glamorgan 152 & 214: Carlson 99, Cooke 33; Holland 5-19, Patel 3-41

Leicestershire (19pts) beat Glamorgan (3pts) by 42 runs

Match scorecard

Leicestershire's hopes of surviving their first season back in Division One after a 23-year absence gained a significant boost with a 42-run defeat of Glamorgan on day four at Grace Road.

It gave them back-to-back wins in the County Championship after failing to register any in their first seven fixtures - but they face an anxious wait to discover if they will suffer any consequences as a result of the pitch after the match officials, led by referee Ian Ramage, asked for Andy Mackay, the ECB's Pitch and Grounds Advisor, to carry out an inspection after the game concluded.

Chasing 257 to win on what had proved a hazardous surface - one that was inspected by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after the game - Glamorgan were bowled out for 214.

Carlson gave his side a chance of a successful outcome, making 99 in a near four-and-a-half hour show of defiance, but once he had gone with 81 still needed, Glamorgan did not quite have enough resources to finish the job.

As in the first innings, home captain Ian Holland was the key bowler, taking a remarkable 5-9 in 24 overs to give him nine wickets in the match.

New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel, who bowled his entire 29 overs unchanged - aside from a rest overnight - took 3-41, including the vital wicket of Carlson.

Leicestershire edged closer to their desired outcome with the second ball of the morning as nightwatch Andy Gorvin edged to Rishi Patel at first slip, leaving the visitors six down.

But the early setback did nothing to diminish Glamorgan's belief that, so long as Carlson survived, the requirement to score another 131 runs to win was within their capability.

An hour passed with no further successes for the home attack, who were a seam bowler short with Ben Mike, who landed painfully after slipping in his delivery stride shortly before Saturday's close, off the field.

Two boundaries in Tom Scriven's first over took Carlson into the 90s and as he and Chris Cooke completed a painstaking 50 partnership in 124 balls, the target was down to 81.

Moments later, though, one short of a second hundred of the season, Carlson was out, caught at the second attempt by first-slip Patel off his namesake, Ajaz, bowling his 21st consecutive over of left-arm spin from the pavilion end.

Yet Glamorgan continued to accumulate, with Leicestershire seemingly unsure whether they should attack or defend.

Holland claimed his fourth victim, this time with the new ball, as Cooke was struck in front, but with Mason Crane's help, the veteran wicketkeeper had added another 37, with 44 needed.

Patel continued, and when he claimed another scalp in the next over, with lunch delayed by the fall of the eighth wicket, victory was in reach for the home side.

Now Crane was gone, another lbw appeal upheld and Ray Toole's resistance lasted only 12 deliveries before Holland found the edge to claim his fifth wicket.

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