Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day two)

Leicestershire 151: Holland 23; Toole 3-48, Gorvin 2-18, Van der Gugten 2-51 & 79-2: Gumbs 33*

Glamorgan 152: Crane 44; Holland 4-30, Mike 4-38

Leicestershire (3 pts) lead Glamorgan (3 pts) by 78 runs with eight second-innings wickets remaining

Match scorecard

Fifteen wickets fell on day two at Grace Road as Glamorgan were bowled out for 152, a one-run lead over Leicestershire, who lost their last three first-innings wickets to be bowled out for 151, before reaching 79-2 seond time around.

Skipper Ian Holland (4-30) and fellow all-rounder Ben Mike (4-38) were the pick of the Leicestershire bowlers.

Leicestershire, still hopeful of gathering enough points to avoid relegation in the six matches that remain of a closely-contested Division One season, then eased into a 78-run lead at halfway.

Earlier, with still plenty for the seamers in a pitch on which they would have almost certainly bowled first, Leicestershire added 38 to their 113 for seven overnight before they were bowled out in the 63rd over.

The Glamorgan seam attack, impressive on day one, picked up where they had left off.

But the Foxes then had Glamorgan in deep trouble at 55-6 before Mason Crane (44) led a recovery.

With play extended after Thursday’s rain interruptions, Leicestershire lost Rishi Patel second time around, caught at mid-on after an aggressive 26 off 23 balls that included two sixes, after which Rehan Ahmed could do little about the ball from Ray Toole that bowled him for 15.

But Sheridon Gumbs, patient at first, reeled off some high-quality shots in reaching 33 not out, putting his side in what looks potentially like a strong position.

Report by ECB Reporters’ Network, supported by Rothesay.