Glam need quick wickets to keep Worcs in sights

bowled Aneurin Donald, and Chris Cooke failed to beat Fell’s direct hit from mid- wicket.

Glam had slumped to 105 for 8 after lunch, before Lloyd and Lukas Carey retrieved their parlous position with an attacking partnership of 68 at eight runs an over.

Carey belied his position of No 10 with an array of attractive strokes and when he was out Glamorgan were within 27 runs of a batting point. This was achieved as Michael Hogan helped Lloyd to add a further 34 before Lloyd’s splendid innings ended 12 runs short of his century,when he lofted Jack Shantry to extra cover.

Carey then made immediate inroads when Worcestershire batted, when, after bowling a wide with his first ball, he had Daryl Mitchell caught by the wicketkeeper two deliveries later.

In the next over, Hogan dismissed D’Oliveira in identical fashion, before Tom Fell and Joe Clarke settled down to share a partnership of 79 for the third wicket.

Clarke, who toured with the England Lions during the winter, played an assured innings before he was caught down the leg side off Lloyd, and with no addition to the score Carey bowled Fell in the next over

With Worcestershire 80 for 4, Glamorgan were back in contention, but Kohler-Cadmore and Cox consolidated their team’s position with the best partnership of the day.

They were rarely in trouble against Glamorgan’s five-man pace attack, with Kohler-Cadmore striking Carey for three successive fours when the young seamer overpitched.

Kohler-Cadmore reached his fifty shortly before the close, and with Cox also showing impressive form, Glamorgan will need to take early wickets if they are to restrict Worcestershire to a modest first innings lead.