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Avesh is yet to fully recover from the bout of fever he had before India’s Super 4 game against Pakistan

Shashank Kishore06-Sep-2022 • Updated on 08-Sep-2022Deepak Chahar has replaced Avesh Khan in India’s Asia Cup squad as the latter is yet to fully recover from the illness he was diagnosed with last week.*Avesh is currently under the supervision of BCCI’s medical staff in Dubai, where the team is based, and has been advised rest. He was ruled out of India’s Super 4 match against Pakistan on Sunday after complaining of a fever, but India coach Rahul Dravid had expected him to be available for the later games in the tournament.Meanwhile, Chahar has been a regular at India’s net sessions over the past 12 days in Dubai. On Tuesday, he went through an extended bowling session beside the main square before the start of India’s game against Sri Lanka. His session was keenly monitored by bowling coach Paras Mhambrey.Chahar himself is slowly returning to competitive cricket following a long rehabilitation for a quadricep injury, which he had suffered in February. During rehab, he ended up injuring his back and had to miss the IPL, where he was one of Chennai Super Kings’ costliest buys. He returned to cricket after a gap of six months for the ODI tour of Zimbabwe last month. Chahar played two of the three games there, where he picked up five wickets, including 3 for 27 in his comeback game.Avesh featured in both of India’s group-stage games in the Asia Cup but proved expensive. He conceded 72 runs across six overs in the two games he played, including 1 for 53 in the 40-run win against Hong Kong. Avesh has so far featured in 13 T20Is in which he has picked up 15 wickets at an economy of 9.10.

Lawrence makes fifty on debut as tourists take commanding lead

George Dobell15-Jan-2021Joe Root’s first Test century since November 2019 has helped England tighten their grip on the second day of the first Test in Galle.Root went through 2020 without a century – the first time in his Test career he has gone through a full year without one – and dropped out of the top 10 in the ICC’s batting rankings in the process.But here he has provided a demonstration of his enduring class in negating the sharply turning ball with calm authority and moving to his 18th Test century in the process. More importantly, he extended England’s lead to 185 with six first-innings wickets still in hand by the time rain returned at tea to bring an early close. Sri Lanka will have to bat substantially better than they managed in the first innings if they are to make England bat again.If they require an example of how to go about things, they could do far worse than emulate Root. With his judgement of when to go forward and back, his ability to manoeuvre the ball into gaps and his ability to sweep both in front and behind square, he has provided a masterclass in playing spin bowling. Kusal Mendis, at short leg, took so many blows, you suspect a boxing referee might have suggested he had taken enough punishment. Never has Root scored so many runs in a single innings from the sweep.Related

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It was Root’s eighth score of 150 or more in Test cricket and the highest score made by an England player in a Test in Sri Lanka. The previous highest was Kevin Pietersen’s 151 made in Colombo in 2012.Root was given assured support from debutant Dan Lawrence. The pair added 173 in 43.1 overs – England’s highest-ever stand in Tests in Sri Lanka – for the fourth wicket, with Lawrence losing little by comparison.Indeed, were you to put together a highlights package of the day, it would be Lawrence’s strokes that dominated. There were cuts, drives, sweeps and, shortly before lunch, he launched Lasith Embuldeniya for a slog-swept six that would have pleased Pietersen or AB de Villiers, the men his father told the BBC he idolised growing up. All in all, it suggested England might just have found a man with the character and skill to flourish at this level. Sterner tests loom, no doubt, but this was an accomplished first international innings from Lawrence.To be fair, Root’s innings was not the sort to be accurately represented by a highlights package. 72 of his runs have come in singles, after all. But while those runs might not have made the immediate impression of Lawrence’s six, his ability to find the gaps and rotate the strike make him desperately tough to contain. He looked hungry, patient and technically excellent.While Lawrence was not able to emulate the achievement of Ben Foakes, who made a century on debut here in 2018, this was a hugely promising start from the 23-year-old. Getting off the mark first ball, Lawrence looked confident from the off and, picking up the length nicely, was comfortable to skip down the pitch or go deep into his crease when required.Joe Root and Dan Lawrence took England past 300•SLC

He did provide one chance. Appearing to lose concentration for a moment, he skipped down the pitch to Embuldeniya when he had 68 and was fortunate to see the keeper, Niroshan Dickwella, parry the ball past the slips. A short while later, he received one from Dilruwan Perera which spat off the surface, took his glove and ballooned to short-leg. It was a disappointment for Lawrence, of course, but England will have noted the signs of deterioration in the surface with interest.Root and Lawrence were helped, it does have to be said, by some loose bowling. While Embuldeniya – who took the first three wickets to fall – continued to ask questions of the batsmen, he lacked the support required to build pressure. Perera, in particular, has struggled with his line and length – a floated full toss allowed Lawrence to ease his second delivery through the covers for four – allowing England to pick up regular singles.The legspinner, Wanindu Hasaranga, was no better. Lawrence was able to cut, sweep and drive him for boundaries as he struggled with his length. Hasaranga has conceded more than four-an-over so far; in a low-scoring game, it is a cost Sri Lanka can ill afford.To be fair to the bowlers, when you have Root’s range of strokes – his ability to find the gaps, in particular – it can be hard to find answers. But the fact that there were only eight maiden overs in the innings (and only three on the second day), reflects both the excellence of the batting and the lack of discipline in the bowling. To have hit ‘only’ 12 fours – 10 of them on the leg side – but still have a strike rate of 66.14 runs per 100 balls, underlines Root’s method: it’s maybe not as eye-catching as soon, but it is mightily effective.Earlier, play was delayed by 70 minutes due to rain. When the resumption eventually came, Jonny Bairstow fell in the second over of the day without adding to his overnight score. While Bairstow may reflect he could have left the ball, Embuldeniya had drawn him forward nicely and gained sharp turn to take the outside edge. Mendis also did well to cling on to a sharp, low catch.At that stage, Sri Lanka still held a narrow first-innings innings. But Root and Lawrence crushed any hopes the home side may have had of making deeper inroads into the England innings. Even the rain that returned at tea to wash out the final session only delayed Sri Lanka’s pain.

Batsman warns same tactics used against South Africa may not work against Kiwi swing and pace

Mohammad Isam at The Oval04-Jun-2019How Bangladesh began their World Cup opener against South Africa had a lot to do with the result. Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal put together 60 runs for the opening stand and although both fell within 11.4 overs, they had done more than enough to alleviate any nerves in the dressing room about the first match of a major tournament, in front of a big crowd, in foreign conditions and against a strong bowling attack.Soumya’s 30-ball 42 put the pacey South African attack on the back foot and they couldn’t recover. However, he believes the same method against a different bowling attack may not work all the time. Particularly against New Zealand, Soumya believes that they would have to keep swing and pace in mind.In the ODI series in February, Bangladesh lost four wickets in the first ten overs twice in three games. They lost the series 3-0. In the ten matches since 2015, Bangladesh have only gone through two wicketless first Powerplays against New Zealand, winning one of those games. At the Champions Trophy in Cardiff two years ago, Bangladesh lost three early wickets, after which Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah struck centuries in an incredible fourth-wicket partnership.

Bangladesh in first Powerplay since 2015 World Cup

• Lost two or more wickets in first Powerplay v New Zealand in four out of nine ODIs

• Averaged 48 runs in the first Powerplay

• Lost two or more wickets in first Powerplay in 23 out of 62 ODIs

• Averaged 40 runs in first Powerplay

Soumya said that going wicketless in the first ten overs, a factor that has helped them in their last four consecutive wins, would take them a long way in gaining confidence against New Zealand. He also said The Oval pitch would be a new one for this game, unlike the South Africa game which was played on a used pitch.”It will certainly have a big impact,” Soumya said. “If we do not lose a wicket in the first ten overs, it will really help us. Their strength is to swing the ball in the first ten overs. They take early wickets. If the wicket assists the batsmen, it will create pressure on them. We may not bat the same way as we did against South Africa. I think the simple fact is the type of wicket would be different.”We played on a used wicket against them, while we will play on a new wicket against New Zealand. Their bowlers have swing with pace, which we have to tackle together. We have to play according to the merit of the ball. If there’s swing, we have to play out the first few overs.”Soumya vowed to try and keep his form intact, having scored three fifties in his last four innings, including his match-winning effort in the tri-series final against New Zealand couple of weeks ago.”I will try to play my way,” he said. “Sometimes it is a quickfire knock, while at other times it may be a long innings. I try to give the team a good platform, whether I am scoring twenties or thirties, or a hundred. I want it to be helpful for the team. It is my personal plan. If my way of batting puts the opposition under pressure, it helps my team. I try to stick to my plan.”One of the major features – and also a change – in his approach has been the choice of shots that Soumya has made. He hardly goes for wild swings or slogs after he has hit a few boundaries, a problem he had between 2016 and 2018. The discipline has so far given him runs, although a more focused approach is required for a better conversion rate.He has scored two ODI hundreds among his twelve 50-plus scores, but a bigger concern is the 16 innings in which he got out between the scores of 20 and 45.But if Soumya, Tamim and the rest of the Bangladesh batsmen can temper their freewheeling strokeplay against New Zealand on Wednesday, even if it is for at least the first ten to twelve overs, Bangladesh may be able to control more of the match.

The last coach who refused to agree a run chase against Kent ended up with the sack – maybe Sam Northeast should mention that to Richard Dawson because he needs another one

ECB Reporters Network14-Sep-20171:31

As Liam Livingstone admits in our Championship round-up, the title belongs to Essex

It will take a significant performance of note, with bat or ball, on the final day of this Specsavers’ County Championship game at Nevil Road, to see one of these two sides push on to victory.By the close on day three, Gloucestershire, who trailed by a single run on first innings, led visitors Kent by 66 runs thanks to an unbeaten first wicket stand of between Chris Dent and Cameron Bancroft.However, on a Bristol wicket that is hardly full of demons, a draw certainly looks the most likely result unless a contrived run chase is arranged. Leicestershire refused to do that at Canterbury earlier this month and it contributed to the removal of their coach Pierre de Bruyn so anything is possible. Perhaps Northeast should mention it to Gloucestershire’s Richard Dawson.The day started brightly for Kent with Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly adding 44 to their side’s overnight total before the former was caught by Gareth Roderick off the bowling of Liam Norwell for 58. It was a deserved wicket for Norwell, who bowled with great accuracy and equal ambition from the Pavilion End.Thereafter, however, Denly and fourth wicket partner Sam Northeast carefully extinguished the fears of following on. Batting sensibly against Gloucestershire’s all-seam attack, both players not only looked in decent touch, but duly passed 1000 County Championship runs for the summer too.Eventually, they departed within the space of three balls as Gloucestershire, once again, gave themselves an outside chance. Northeast was bowled by Kieran Noema-Barnett for 66 at 210 for 4 and in the very next over, Denly lobbed up a straightforward catch to Gloucestershire captain Phil Mustard, at mid-off, off the bowling of Matt Taylor.Sam Northeast lives in hope at Bristol•Getty Images

Zac Crawley and Sam Billings added 54 for the sixth wicket, in decent time, to get Kent’s innings’ back on track, before Crawley was caught off the bowling of Josh Shaw for 10. Billings, who enjoyed his time at the Bristol crease in last season’s fixture between the sides, looked in good touch once again, until he was carelessly run out, for 47, at 283 for 7.Norwell, who bowled so well from the Pavilion End before lunch, returned after tea from the opposite end and once again looked lively. He beat the outside edge on numerous occasions before sending back Callum Haggett at 339 for 8.It was left to Darren Stevens (65 not out) to successfully guide Kent to the most slender of first innings’ leads. The veteran struck the ball beautifully, to all four corners, as Gloucestershire failed to consolidate on what had been a very healthy position when Billings departed. He added 31 for the ninth wicket with Matt Coles and a further 16 for the final wicket with Mitchell Claydon.Gloucestershire, needing to survive until stumps, did so with relative ease, reaching 67 without loss. Dent and Bancroft suffered precious few scares despite the best efforts of the Kent bowlers in the evening sunshine.

Australia’s coach Mickey Arthur has rounded on critics of the national team’s management of fast bowlers

Daniel Brettig13-Jan-2013Australia’s coach Mickey Arthur has rounded on critics of the national team’s management of fast bowlers, taking particularly sharp aim at the contention that the selection panel is letting sports science make its decisions regarding who to choose.In a prolonged rebuttal of public and media views that there is confusion if not chaos around Australian team selection, Arthur revealed that a major factor behind Mitchell Starc’s withdrawal from the Boxing Day Test team was to avoid the flaring of a long-term ankle problem that will eventually require surgery and an extended lay-off from the game.He also confirmed that Michael Clarke, Matthew Wade and David Warner would return to the ODI team for the second phase of matches in Brisbane and Sydney on Friday and Sunday, and clarified that Usman Khawaja was dropped for Steve Smith under a pre-defined plan to give each batsman one game. Australia have been widely criticised by former players and sections of the public for fielding a “B-team” in the first two matches of the series, but Arthur went to considerable lengths to explain the intricacies of selection.”We’re very clear on who the best team is and who the best attack is,” Arthur said following Australia’s defeat in the second ODI in Adelaide. “I’ve been really annoyed and frustrated by some of the articles that have been going around. For me it’s common sense. Common sense prevails when we pick teams. We certainly don’t pick teams not to win any cricket games for Australia. Every time we pick a team we’re giving guys opportunities and picking what we think is the best side possible to go out and do the job and win.”It’s either very naive or just a little bit stubborn that people don’t understand what we’re doing. The example I’ve used is Black Caviar. When he runs a horse race, if they don’t feel he’s 100% right they don’t release him. We’ve done that with our bowlers, and over the year we’ve had three examples of quick bowlers basically rested, and that is all.”Ryan Harris in the West Indies, Mitchell Starc on Boxing Day and Peter Siddle at Perth. That’s the only time we have rested quick bowlers, and we’ve done that simply because we think they’re at risk. We want to play our guys all the time. With the amount of cricket we play these day’s it is impossible to keep the guys on the park in every single game. So we would not have a quick bowler at risk.”Starc’s absence from the Boxing Day Test team was a particular sore point, Starc himself stating his frustration at not being allowed to follow-up his match-clinching five wickets on the final day of the Hobart Test by playing on the biggest day of the Australian cricket calendar. But Arthur made it clear that there were more factors at play than a simple question of Starc’s workload.”If you take Mitchell Starc over the Boxing Day Test match, the information we’d got was that he was at risk. Then it’s up to us,” Arthur said. “The constant thought that sports scientists are picking the team is so far off the mark that it’s frightening. They give us information, the information is then left up to us to make that decision. Michael, myself and the selector on duty make the decision based on the information we’re given. When we get that information we will see if it holds up and if we think it’s not worth the risk.”Mitchell Starc plays three forms of the game. He had an ankle impingement, he’s got spurs that are going to require an operation at some stage. We’re hoping that will be a year down the line, but at some stage that is going to give in. There was no point in us playing him in a Boxing Day Test match and risk losing him for the one-day series and then for a tour of India. That would’ve been plain stupid.”Australia are facing one of the most demanding schedules ever set before an international team in 2013, with a four-Test tour of India to be followed by the Champions Trophy and then 10 consecutive Ashes Test matches in England and Australia. Arthur said the decisions made to withdraw fast bowlers or other players from the firing line for set periods reflected the calendar ahead.”Whenever we make those decisions, we make those decisions with a lot of thought into how we’re going to use our quick bowler and when we’re going to use him,” Arthur said. “I really want to get that out and put that on record, because I’m sick and tired of talking about it, and I’m certainly sick and tired of seeing some of the articles that are going around in the media at the moment.”A hamstring strain to Brad Haddin, meanwhile, has simplified the circumstances of Wade’s return to the squad as the national selectors prepare to strengthen their team for the next brace of matches in Brisbane and Sydney. That injury may now cause the selectors something of a headache should they still want to take Haddin on the India Test tour in early February. But for now it will allow Wade to return swiftly and smoothly to the ODI squad alongside other members of the Test team that were given a week’s rest following their exertions against South Africa and Sri Lanka.

David Hussey and Chris Rogers still harbour ambitions of playing Test cricket for Australia

Daniel Brettig19-Jun-2012Should Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey fail to reach the 2013 Ashes, there are another two Australian thirtysomethings, slightly younger, with enormous experience of how to bat in England. At the age of 34, David Hussey has not played a Test and Chris Rogers has played just one, but both have made themselves very much at home on UK surfaces, and are as familiar with Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann as any participant in the past few Ashes encounters.It would be a move from far left-field by Australia’s selectors to entertain the thought of choosing either Rogers or Hussey for 2013, not to mention a strategy more short-term than long. But they remain in the wings, still holding out the faintest hope that their years of finding the right way to play in England might one day prove useful.Hussey is part of Australia’s ODI squad currently training in Leicester, and said he felt a greater chance of playing Test cricket under the current selection panel led by John Inverarity than he ever had in the days of Andrew Hilditch’s former regime. “I think the new selection committee is going to select the best players available at any one time. I have not given up hope of playing Test cricket,” Hussey said. “If I did not believe I could not play Test cricket I probably would not be playing or probably follow the Twenty20 leagues around the world but that is still a goal for me. Playing Test cricket for your country is still the ultimate.”I just had a very good one-on-one meeting with the coach and it is probably the most comfortable I have felt in the environment. You always try your best to help your team to as many wins as possible. I actually feel that I have a few credits in the bank now. Hopefully I don’t need to use them in the short term.”Since he took over the role of national selector following last year’s Argus review recommendations, Inverarity has repeatedly insisted that Test cricket is closed to no-one. Selection discussions have occasionally thrown up more experienced names – Simon Katich’s name was mentioned as a potential Test opener against India before the panel settled on Ed Cowan, for instance – and there is a greater desire to select the best and most thoughtful team for the task at hand, rather than hoping for younger players to grow into their roles.Instead, potential Test batsman are being tried via the avenue of ODIs, meaning Peter Forrest, George Bailey and Steve Smith are the three with the Ashes most firmly in their minds. However none can call on the years of county batting that Hussey and Rogers have accumulated. Hussey made the county grounds of Nottinghamshire and Sussex his own, while Rogers has prospered for Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and now Middlesex.”I am hoping the Aussie selectors realise that Chris and myself, Phil Hughes is making a lot of runs for Worcester as well, are doing the right things in county cricket and have played a lot of cricket over here as well,” Hussey said of Rogers and himself. “Playing county cricket is a big advantage for Chris and myself and hopefully it is looked upon for future series.
“I would not have got back in the ODI team last summer if they did not pick on form. I had a really good Big Bash and I think that helped getting back in the one-day team and I thought I may as well grab every opportunity because it might well be the last.”Since his brother Michael’s Test debut in 2005, David Hussey has continued to accumulate runs for Victoria at home and a range of county and club sides abroad. He has learned to deal with feeling unwanted at Test match level. Irrespective of his international future, Hussey will do his best as a bulwark of the ODI team on this tour, and pass on as much knowledge to the aforementioned younger batsmen as he can. The bowlers, too, are likely to be offered a few suggestions.”You always get disappointed when selection comes around,” Hussey said. “You sort of sit back and hope you are going to be a on a tour playing for your country. All you have to do is to keep churning out the runs and I was probably at an unfortunate time where Australia had so many good batters.”[But] I have played a lot of county cricket over here, I think it is seven or eight years and playing all over the country and getting used to the conditions. So it is up to me to pass on some knowledge about wickets especially to our younger bowlers and how to bowl and what bowling I didn’t like to face.”21.50pm: This story was amended to correct the fact that Chris Rogers has played one Test

For the second day in a row, the 19th over of the chase proved pivotal to a South African team being knocked out of the Champions League Twenty20

Siddarth Ravindran at the Chinnaswamy Stadium05-Oct-2011For the second day in a row, the 19th over of the chase proved pivotal to a South African team being knocked out of the Champions League Twenty20. Yesterday, it had seemed all tilted in favour of the bowling side going into the penultimate over – the lethal Dale Steyn (with figures of 3-1-3-1) to bowl against the Trinidad & Tobago lower order, but it was the underdogs from the Caribbean who won, shoving the Cape Cobras out of the tournament.Today, it was more of an even battle at that stage, with the Warriors having crashed 14 off the previous over to bring the equation to a gettable 23 off 12. With a semi-final place, and the attendant financial rewards, on the line, Somerset’s captain Alfonso Thomas bowled a near-perfect over to virtually end South African participation in the CLT20.He began with a short ball that evaded Craig Thyssen outside off, and then had Thyssen mowing a catch to deep midwicket. There was a single off an inside-edge on the third ball and Wayne Parnell was then fooled by a slower delivery. An almighty heave from a desperate Parnell ended up as a catch to wide long-on before a leg-bye rounded off a two-run over, the least expensive one of the innings.Thomas’ heroics re-affirmed the importance of a solid penultimate over and left the Warriors needing a herculean 21 off the final six deliveries, which proved beyond them. They ended 13 short, and yet again a South African team which made a fast start to a global tournament was eliminated early.”That’s Twenty20 cricket, I suppose,” Warriors captain Johan Botha said as they slid out four days after being top of the table, with two victories in two matches. “It can turn very quickly, we had a good start and then we had a bit of a break, five or six days. Pity that it had to end this way, but the other teams played well, we weren’t giving guys the result, they just played better than us in the last two games.”Bangalore has typically been the highest scoring venue of the tournament, and Somerset’s 146 seemed a below-par effort. Thomas said Craig Kieswetter, who batted through the innings, was “really down on himself” for not pushing the side to a bigger score – but Botha had warned then that it was going to be a tough target to chase.”The wicket wasn’t the best Bangalore wicket we have ever seen, Kieswetter showed his class and set up a good total for them,” Botha said after the match. “The wicket almost played like Chennai, if you got behind the rate, it got hard to catch up being really slow. You have got to give credit to the other team, they closed the game out really well.”Somerset became the first English side to make the semi-finals of the CLT20, leaving Thomas full of praise for his side as he singled out 20-year-old debutant Adam Dibble’s effort. “He’s come in for his first game, went for 13 in his first over and came back and probably bowled one of the better spells of his life (he finished with 4-0-24-1),” Thomas said. “It just shows the character of this team. We came here, nobody gave us a chance, let’s face it, but everybody has pulled together and that is exactly what this team is about.”Thomas admitted there was still room for improvement. “We don’t want to peak too early like this team has been known to do,” he said. “The fielding can certainly sharpen up a bit, but as far as batting and bowling are concerned, we’re hitting our straps.”

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Nov-2010West Indies allrounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are set to participate in the Big Bash, Australia’s domestic Twenty20 tournament, this summer after receiving No-Objection Certificates from the West Indies Cricket Board to represent Victoria and South Australia respectively. However, the two, along with Chris Gayle, who has been signed up by Western Australia, risk ruling themselves out of selection for the West Indies team in the Twenty20 format should they choose to go to Australia.The Big Bash clashes with the Caribbean T20 and, according to the WICB’s regulations, participation in regional competitions is mandatory for being considered for national selection in the corresponding format of the game. The WICB had initially expressed reluctance about issuing the NOCs.Bravo, Gayle and Pollard have opted out of the WICB’s central contracts but have reaffirmed their commitment to West Indies cricket. The three players are eligible for selection into the West Indies squad for the 2011 World Cup after having played in the WICB Cup, the regional one-day tournament, earlier this year. Pollard and Bravo played for Trinidad and Tobago, and Gayle captained Jamaica.The Big Bash runs from December 30 to February 5, while the Caribbean T20 takes place between January 9 and 24.

Glamorgan squander promising position at 199 for 3 as offspinner finds life in Old Trafford deck

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay29-Jul-2025Glamorgan 260 for 8 (Tribe 61) vs Lancashire Australian spinner Chris Green managed to take six wickets on the much-criticised Emirates Old Trafford pitch as Lancashire had the better of the first day of their Rothesay County Championship Division Two clash with Glamorgan.After just four wickets fell during the last day-and-a-half of the recent Test match between England and India, the home side’s bowlers looked to be facing another uphill task in Manchester until the introduction of Green turned the proceedings the Red Rose’s way with the Welsh outfit 260 for 8 at the close of play.For Glamorgan, half-centuries from opener Asa Tribe (61) and Kiran Carlson (77) had put them in a relatively good place and from a position of 199 for 3 after winning the toss and electing to bat they will be rueing their inability to cope with Green’s off spin which claimed 6 for 82 off 34 overs.Earlier and under leaden skies, the decision to bat looked a brave one, but opening bowlers James Anderson and Tom Bailey failed to make much headway against a resolute first wicket pair of Zain-ul-Hassan and Tribe.George Balderson, who received his county cap before play from legendary Pakistani allrounder Wasim Akram, also sent down five fruitless overs and it took until the introduction of Green for Lancashire to threaten the Glamorgan openers. Zain was the first to fall, caught behind by Phil Salt for 31, ending a partnership of 76 runs for the first wicket.Green was suddenly threatening the wickets with every ball, extracting turn and bounce and inducing a number of false shots from Tribe and skipper Sam Northeast, who became the Australian’s second victim when he was trapped in front for 10.Tribe fell 22 balls later soon after completing a well-made half century which should really have been more but for the Channel Islander picking out Bailey perfectly on the leg-side boundary with a sweep.With Tom Hartley tying down the other end, Glamorgan looked in peril but Carlson and Colin Ingram took the opportunity to counter attack with 86 runs coming from the fourth-wicket pair either side of tea until Green raised hopes of taking all 10 for by snaring the latter lbw for 33.Bailey returned to dash that dream when he clean bowled Ben Kellaway for a duck to leave the lower middle order exposed and Green needed no further invitation to complete his third career five-for when Carlson’s innings ended with an edge to Luke Wells.The visitors were subsiding quickly and Chris Cooke was the next to walk after he was stumped by Salt to hand Green his sixth wicket with Glamorgan having suddenly lost four wickets for 30 runs and in danger of undoing their day’s work.With 10 overs of the day left James Harris was dropped by Salt off Bailey while on 8 as he and Mason Crane painstakingly looked to eke out some runs after Lancashire took the second new ball. But after surviving one chance Harris played across the line to Hartley and lost his off stick to the England spinner who is fresh from taking 10 wickets in his last outing for Lancashire.Crane and Ned Leonard managed to see out the remaining overs but Lancashire will be hoping to begin their reply sooner rather than later come the second morning.