Glam recovery sees Gloucester game in balance

A DAY of recoveries, led by James Bracey and later by Glamorgan’s middle order, left the Severnside derby in the balance in Cardiff.

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The Gloucestershire vice-captain continued his brilliant season turning 57 overnight to 133, thanks to a 89-run final wicket partnership with Archie Bailey, taking the visitors to 380 after an morning wobble.

A Bailey double-wicket spell restricted Glamorgan before Colin Ingram and Ben Kellaway both passed 50 late in the day to combine for an unbeaten 107-run partnership to close out the day on 228 for 4.

After day one Gloucestershire resumed 279 for 7, Glamorgan having ended the evening breaking the biggest partnership of the innings (96) between Bracey and Zaman Akhter after a period of acceleration.

Glamorgan thought they would have had the bat in hand within the first half-an-hour of the morning session, Timm van der Gugten dismissing Todd Murphy and Ajeet Singh Dale inside the first five overs.