Promoted Glamorgan on the back foot in final game of season

Day 1: Glamorgan 265 v Lancashire 55/0. Glamorgan lead by 210 runs.

- BLAKE BINT

LANCASHIRE took control over Glamorgan with early wickets on day one of the final Rothesay County Championship match.

Tom Bailey took a five-wicket haul including a wicket with the first ball of the game to reduce Glamorgan to 114 for 6 at lunch before an 82-run seventh-wicket partnership kept the visitors at bay until finally wrapping up the innings on 265 with 20 overs remaining in the day.

Personal milestones of a half-century in Timm van der Gugten’s 100th match, Kiran Carlson’s 1000-run season and Mason Crane’s highest season knock of 42 negated the early morning worries although not enough to concern Lancashire from their favourable match position.

With both clubs' fate decided already, Glamorgan were confirmed second after a rain-affected round of fixtures with promotion confirmed by the ECB’s latest update on the 2026 season.