CARLSON LIFTS COUNTY HOPES

TOBY Roland-Jones struck twice in as many deliveries to boost Middlesex's push for a first Rothesay County Championship victory of the season against Glamorgan at Lord's.

- BEN KOSKY

Trailing by 271, the visitors responded with an opening stand of 93 between Zain ul Hassan and Eddie Byrom, but were pegged back to 148-5 when Roland-Jones bowled Colin Ingram and Ben Kellaway with successive balls.

However, Kiran Carlson's defiant unbeaten 54 maintained Glamorgan's hopes of staving off defeat, guiding his side to 186-5a deficit of 85 at stumps.

Middlesex had earlier declared on 470-9, although both Leus du Plooy and Ben Geddes missed out on centuries, falling to Kellaway for 89 and 83 respectively as the Glamorgan off-spinner finished with 4-61.

Du Plooy, who resumed 15 short of a first ton of the campaign, added just another four to his overnight tally before being undone by a ball from Kellaway that pitched and turned to clip his off stump.

Geddes was the more fluent of the pair towards the end of their fifth-wicket stand of 131, slashing Timm van der Gugten twice to the third man fence as he advanced to within sight of his maiden century in Middlesex colours.