Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Day 1, County Championship Division 2, Cardiff, 29/08/2024

Glamorgan ended up on top by the end of Day 1 of their Championship encounter with Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens, thanks to a competitive bowling display and a late in the day partnership from Colin Ingram and Kiran Carlson.

The home side won the toss and elected to bowl on a slightly overcast Thursday morning but in conditions which were perfect for spectating. This decision is now normal at Cardiff; anything that's in the serface will there when the pitch is new, before it flattens out on Days 3 and 4.

Early inroads were made reducing Leicestershire to 182/8 before recovering somewhat to 251 all out. The ever-reliable Timm van der Gugten was the star with 4 wickets for 45 runs, with good support from Dan Douthwaite 4/49 and debutant New Zealander Fraser Sheat 2/71.

Glamorgan's reply started ominously with both makeshift openers back in the pavilion, Sam Northeast for a first-ball 0 and Asa Tribe for 4. 

Thankfully, the 'King'ram, as in Colin*, and Carlson steadied the ship with some beautiful strokemaking in the late summer sunshine adding 87 unbeaten runs before the close of play with Glamorgan handily placed on 114/2.

(*Ingram batted into Day 3 compiling a career-best 257 not out.)

Rehan Ahmed caught on the boundary by Billy Root

The cricinfo report is here and the scorecard is here