RESULT
Chelmsford, July 12 - 15, 2015, LV= County Championship Division Two
279 & 344/4d
(T:462) 162 & 213

Essex won by 248 runs

Report

Ryder best halts Glamorgan run of form

Jesse Ryder's career-best figures put Essex in firm control against Glamorgan at Chelmsford, snapping the visitors' excellent run of recent form with the bat

ECB/PA
13-Jul-2015
Essex 279 and 78 for 0 lead Glamorgan 162 (Ingram 43, Ryder 6/47) by 195 runs
Scorecard
Jesse Ryder's career-best figures put Essex in firm control against Glamorgan at Chelmsford, snapping the visitors' excellent run of recent form with the bat.
Ryder, the New Zealander, picked up 6 for 47 in 15 overs as Glamorgan were bowled out for 162, the first time this season they had failed to get a batting point in a completed innings. Essex were left with a first innings lead of 117 on a day when 46 overs were lost through rain or bad light and they added another 78 runs before the close.
In overcast conditions, Ryder used a combination of seam and swing to undermine the visitors' innings after they had resumed on 40 for 3 and he beat the bat so often that he could have reaped a greater harvest.
Ryder claimed the first five wickets of the innings to fall with only 59 on the board and at that stage, Glamorgan were in danger of being asked to follow-on after replying to an Essex total of 279. But they steered clear of having to do so largely through the efforts of Colin Ingram, Mark Wallace and David Lloyd.
Ingram adopted a positive approach while gathering 43 from 56 balls with the help of five fours and a six while Wallace's 21 included five boundaries. Both were eventually dismissed by paceman David Masters who trapped Wallace leg before wicket before he bowled Ingram for 43. Lloyd hit out boldly while making an unbeaten 20 that included a six and three fours.
Masters finished with 3 for 53 while Napier picked-up the remaining wicket when Michael Hogan was bowled off his pads to bring Glamorgan's replay to an end in the 41st over.
With Jaik Mickleburgh suffering from back spasms, Liam Dawson, on-loan from Hampshire, was promoted to open the innings with Nick Browne and the pair never looked in any real trouble as they pressed home Essex's advantage. They defied a succession of bowling changes while raising the fifty stand with some fine strokes on either side of the wicket and they put together the highest partnership of the match so far.
They were still together when bad light brought play to an end with the total on 78 without loss. Browne was within eight runs of his half-century while Dawson will resume on 30.
Essex have certainly put themselves in a healthy position to inflict upon promotion-chasing Glamorgan their first defeat of the summer, one that would be a blow to their hopes of reaching Division One. But the real winner could yet prove the weather with outbursts of rain, some prolonged, forecast over the next couple of days.
All-rounder Liam Dawson admitted that his Essex side are in a good position. "To go into day three almost 200 runs ahead with twn wickets left is a position that you want to be in. I think there is enough in that wicket if you bowl well over a period of time to take wickets. The longer the game goes on and the more runs we get on the board, the more we put the pressure on Glamorgan. When we come to bowl against them again, whether it is late tomorrow or the start of day four, there is plenty in that wicket to encourage us."
Glamorgan head coach Toby Radford added: "It was a disappointing day for us, I thought that Ryder bowled exceptionally well, used the conditions overhead and got a lot from the pitch, swung it and nipped it both ways. I was still disappointed though that we couldn't get closer to the Essex first innings score and then we failed to take any wickets this evening. So we are under pressure and have to play well over these last two days."

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