Skipper Kiran has a Blast in Glamorgan win

Glamorgan 185/4 def Essex 183/8. Glamorgan win by six wickets.

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MAGNIFICENT Kiran Carlson led Glamorgan back to winning ways in the Vitality Blast against a winless Essex at Sophia Gardens.

The captain’s knock was the catalyst in a successful chase of 184 and a six-wicket win after support from Will Smale with 43 as the opening pair set a strong platform for Carlson to continue throughout the innings.

Suffering their third defeat, Essex’s strong total set the visitors in a strong position led by Michael Pepper's 30-ball 60 which included five sixes, his second half-century already in this competition.

After being put into bat with rain expected in the second innings, Essex started cautiously. Just three from the first over from Timm van der Gugten as the Australian-born Dutch international contained in the Powerplay despite earning no reward.