Lancashire's Green has Glamorgan in a spin as they slip to 260-8

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29-07-2025

Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day one)Glamorgan 260-8 (96 overs): Carlson 77, Tribe 61; Green 6-82Lancashire: Yet to batLancashire 2 pts, Glamorgan 1 ptsMatch scorecard
Lancashire's Australian off-spinner Chris Green took a career-best 6-82 as his side fought back to limit Glamorgan to 260-8 after a hard-fought day at Old Trafford.Glamorgan chose to bat and looked to be on the front foot after two sessions at 192-3, thanks to Asa Tribe's 61 and a fine knock from Kiran Carlson, sixth out for 77.Green, best known for his T20 skills, bowled for most of the day, sending down 34 overs as the scoring rate dropped against the old ball and wickets tumbled in the evening. It was a fascinating battle on a spin-heavy day between a Glamorgan side starting the round of games second in Division Two, and a Lancashire team looking for a third straight win to get within striking range after belatedly finding red-ball form.Both promotion challengers will be hoping to force the first positive result of the season at the ground in red-ball cricket, with the hosts holding the edge.
Glamorgan recalled captain Sam Northeast after paternity leave and leg-spinner Mason Crane, for Billy Root and the injured Timm van der Gugten.Meanwhile Lancashire included seamer Tom Bailey in place of Jack Blatherwick, and handed county caps to Phil Salt and George Balderson.In overcast and damp conditions, the visitors' openers Zain Ul Hassan and Tribe saw off the initial threat, as James Anderson bowled 21 dot balls before conceding, while Tom Bailey got through a probing nine-over spell.Tribe took rare consecutive boundaries off Anderson in his second spell, while Ul Hassan shared in a stand of 75 before he was undone by the spin of Green, the tall Australian international bowling into some early footmarks and having him caught behind for 31.Northeast fell after lunch lbw to Green for 10 and Tribe's excellent innings came to an end with his first real error of 118 balls faced, slog-sweeping Green to the longer square boundary where Bailey took the catch.Carlson and Colin Ingram realised the danger of being pinned down and mounted the occasional counter-attack in a high-quality battle against Green in particular. Carlson reached his 50 off 90 balls just before tea, but shortly after the break Ingram fell for 33 lbw sweeping at Green after a useful partnership of 86. Bailey claimed the day's first seam success when Ben Kellaway was bowled without scoring in a rare failure for the young all-rounder.The game really tilted in the hosts' favour with four wickets falling for 30, Carlson's mature knock ended when he edged Green to slip while Chris Cooke, after a slow start, was stumped for six off Green.James Harris and Mason Crane dragged Glamorgan to a consolation batting point before Harris (11) missed a slog-sweep off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, though Crane and Leonard survived under pressure to take the innings into a second day.