Glamorgan take charge as bowlers bite back

Glamorgan 282 and 145 for 5 (White 4-27) lead Derbyshire 203 (Allenby 3-42, Wagg 3-56) by 224 runs
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Graham Wagg added three wickets to his half-century as Glamorgan put themselves in a decent position against Wagg's old county Derbyshire after day two of their Championship match at Cardiff.

It was just about Glamorgan's day as they bowled Derbyshire out for 203 to give them a 79-run lead on first innings. Wagg, who scored 62 on day one, recorded figures of 3 for 56. Glamorgan extended their lead to 224 by reaching 145 for 5 in their second innings, Wayne White with four of the five wickets to fall.

Most of the damage to Derbyshire's reply was done before lunch as they were reduced to 86 for 5 in the morning session - still 196 behind. Not even the presence of India star Cheteshwar Pujara could help the visitors. He was third man out for 7 as Glamorgan's seamers had a productive morning.

After resuming on 8 for 0, the visitors suffered a setback at the end of the third over of the day when Billy Godleman was trapped leg-before by a full ball from Wagg. Derbyshire slipped to 45 for 2 when Ben Slater edged Wagg to Cosker in the gully off a rising ball, which heralded Pujara's arrival. He showed his class by driving Jim Allenby through cover but the Indian's innings was short-lived as he went lbw to Allenby.

Michael Hogan added to Derbyshire's agony as Wayne Madsen became the third leg-before victim and five overs before lunch Wes Durston became the fourth to go lbw, this time to Allenby. The parade of lbw victims continued when Gareth Cross was trapped by Hogan with the total on 127 and Alex Hughes fell the same way to Wagg.

Though White showed some resistance, young spinner Kieran Bull claimed two wickets in consecutive balls. David Wainwright chipped to Dean Cosker at short extra-cover and then Tony Palladino pulled the 19-year-old to short fine-leg.

That left Derbyshire 153 for 9 but White and Mark Footitt frustrated Glamorgan by putting on 50 in only seven overs to ensure their side registered a batting point before White skied Allenby to Wagg at mid-off.

Looking to extend their first-innings lead, Glamorgan's openers Jacques Rudolph and Will Bragg put on 61 but they then lost three wickets in the space of 17 balls. White struck with two lbws in consecutive overs to remove Rudolph and Gareth Rees, who went for a first-ball duck before Bragg was caught behind off Hughes.

Allenby and the in-form Chris Cooke stopped the rot to put on 75 in 23 overs. But when Glamorgan had reached 138 for 3, Allenby was caught by wicketkeeper Cross off White to bring nightwatchman Cosker to the middle and Cooke was then bowled by White.