Nine wickets for Crane as Glamorgan close out win to maintain promotion push

GLAMORGAN extinguished any hope of a record-breaking run chase from Lancashire as they wrapped up a vital 154 run victory at Emirates Old Trafford which keeps them on course for promotion from Rothesay County Championship Division Two.

- JAMIE BOWMAN

After a delay for rain, in which 20 overs were lost, the hosts were faced with scoring 247 runs with five wickets in hand off the 76 remaining overs but with Marcus Harris at the crease accompanied by nightwatchman Tom Bailey, the Red Rose still held ambitions that a win could be salvaged from a game in which they had been dismissed for 137 in their first innings.

It took just 45 minutes before lunch for Glamorgan to make huge strides towards the victory with Bailey bowled by a brilliant Asitha Fernando inswinging yorker for 16 to make it 259-6, with all-rounder Chris Green following 18 balls later, top edging a sweep to Kiran Carlson off Ben Kellaway for nine to leave the score 270-7.

With Harris remaining, Lancashire still harboured a glimmer of a chance, and the Australian reached a battling half-century off 89 balls.