Gorvin puts Glamorgan on top against Derbyshire

Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day two)

Glamorgan 431 (127.4 overs): Ingram 81, Northeast 63, Van der Gugten 62, Tribe 58; Lloyd 2-18, Reece 2-33

Derbyshire 215-7 (64 overs): Andersson 46, Guest 45; Gorvin 4-49

Derbyshire (2 pts) trail Glamorgan (5 pts) by 216 runs with three first-innings wickets standing

Match scorecard

Andy Gorvin led a fine effort from Glamorgan's bowlers as Derbyshire struggled to 215-7, still 216 runs behind.

They twice lost wickets in clusters either side of a stand of 76 between Brooke Guest (45) and Martin Andersson (46), with Gorvin claiming 4-49.

The seam bowlers made scoring difficult for most of the day as the pitch offered them some assistance, with Derbyshire needing 282 to avoid the possibility of a follow-on.

Glamorgan's 431 solid all out saw Timm van der Gugten's 62 as the main lower-order contribution on day two.

Resuming on 336-6, it was honours even for the first session as Glamorgan added 95 more runs for the loss of their last four wickets.

Colin Ingram fell for 81 in the first over, hooking Blair Tickner straight to fine leg, but a stand of 86 between van der Gugten and Gorvin (39) occupied most of the morning.

Tickner bowled fast and short while Anuj Dal beat the bat without success before the batting pair settled in to accumulate gently.

Spin eventually did the trick for Derbyshire as former Glamorgan skipper David Lloyd claimed two wickets and Alex Thomson one to finish the innings off.

Lloyd fell for two in the first over of the visitors' reply as he dragged an attempted drive off Asitha Fernando onto his stumps.

The Sri Lankan proved expensive but Glamorgan's change bowlers put Derbyshire in trouble as Gorvin's first ball saw Harry Came caught behind down leg-side, Ned Leonard had the in-form Wayne Madsen slashing to slip and Gorvin induced prolific Australian Caleb Jewell (34) to chip a return catch at 72-4.

Guest and Andersson counter-attacked judiciously in a stand of 76 before another cluster of three wickets on a pitch which was starting to look two-paced.

Gorvin, who had been left out for the previous two games, bowled Andersson and had Dal brilliantly stumped by Chris Cooke second ball.

Meanwhile fellow medium-pacer Zain Ul Hassan deceived Guest with a ball that moved slightly and kept low, as he conceded just a single off his first five overs.

But the visitors found some resistance late in their day with a half-century stand between the injured Luis Reece, batting with a runner and restricted because of a hamstring problem, and Thomson who was dropped at slip off Ul Hassan on 12.

With Thomson playing the odd attacking shot to reach 32 not out and give Derbyshire hope of avoiding the follow-on, Glamorgan were unable to make further inroads in the last 75 minutes, but still remained in charge at the half-way stage for the first time in the season.

Glamorgan's Andy Gorvin told BBC Sport Wales:

"We worked hard in the morning with the bat, Timmy got 60-odd to put us in a decent position and we got some wickets in the middle session to go into day three in a half-decent position.

"I had a couple of weird wickets, a great leg-side stumping by Cookey and a caught-and-bowled, I haven't had one before in first-class cricket, but the main thing is it's nice to contribute.

"There's a little bit of nip and bounce in the wicket at times, a couple stayed low, so hopefully we can get out more out of it.

"It's part and parcel of the game (being left out) especially as a bowler, there are reasons for it but you want to play as much as you can so it's nice to be back and contributing. We've had two decent days but hard work to come."

Derbyshire's Brooke Guest said:

"There's still two days to play, so if we can get another 100-150 runs out of these last three wickets, it gets us closer and we can try to get early wickets to put the pressure back on Glamorgan.

"It's still a decent wicket, with a little bit of variable bounce as we went on, but if you get yourself in there are runs to be scored and there aren't any demons in it yet.

"It's the first time I've batted with Martin since he joined, so nice to put on a partnership with him and hopefully there's more to come.

"We've batted quite well as a team so far (this season) so whether it's chasing a win or batting out for a draw, I'm sure the lads have got the form to pull it off."