County Championship: Glamorgan complete three-day win v Northants

Northants fought hard throughout day three after starting 190 runs behind with three wickets already down.

Captain Procter again dug in, but it was James Sales who dominated the stand of 53 as he took three boundaries in an over off the usually economical Timm van der Gugten.

Sales, on 35, edged through to Chris Cooke in the Netherlands international’s next over and Rob Keogh, in sketchy form, made a nervy start before edging Fernando behind for six to leave them 108-5.

Zaib started brightly, lofting a couple of leg-side sixes while Procter ground on conscientiously, but the skipper’s vigil was ended by Fernando switching angles and giving Cooke his third catch of the day.

Another obdurate 50 stand followed between Zaib and Lewis McManus but Zaib edged James Harris to Sam Northeast at slip with the visitors still 17 in arrears, and Justin Broad chipped Van der Gugten’s first delivery with the new ball to mid-wicket.

McManus, Ben Sanderson and Harry Conway added 74 for the last two wickets before Harris and Fernando finished them off, courtesy of fine catches from Kiran Carlson and Cooke again.

A target of 66 looked modest but Sanderson had other ideas as he had Zain Ul Hassan caught behind for two.

Labuschagne got off a pair first ball, clipped his second just short of mid-wicket and was close to lbw on his third, before Sanderson found a thick edge and the Australian was left to bemoan a rare double failure.

Tribe and Northeast calmly reduced the target to 26 by the end of the day’s scheduled overs, and the umpires sensibly gave them the chance to finish it.

Glamorgan have another home fixture to finish the Championship block against Middlesex on Friday 23 May, while Northants host Gloucestershire on the same day.