County Championship: Holland puts Leics on top in Cardiff

Holland’s first ball got rid of Zain Ul Hassan, edging to slip, but Eddie Byrom got the scoreboard moving with his first 36 runs coming in boundaries.

The Foxes’ five-man seam attack gained consistent movement and Tom Scriven trapped Sam Northeast lbw for 17, before Ben Green found the edge of Byrom’s bat for 41.

As the sun came though and the cool sounds of a nearby jazz performance drifted into the ground, Kiran Carlson (25) and Colin Ingram (32) started the afternoon brightly.

But Holland rattled Carlson’s stumps and pinned Ingram lbw in the space of four overs, with Scriven quickly dispatching Ben Kellaway to put the bowlers firmly in control as they continued to find some movement off a green-tinged pitch.

Mike was next to step up for the visitors with a couple of wickets as the run-rate dropped.

Cooke had a painstaking start but battled through to add 53 in a ninth-wicket stand with Bashir (20) to earn some token respectability.

With Leicestershire opener Rishi Patel sidelined by a thumb injury suffered early on in the field, Holland stepped up to open alongside Sol Budinger but was caught at slip off Timm van der Gugten for seven.

Budinger survived a slip chance on 18 off van der Gugten and profited in a partnership with Ben Mike, surprisingly promoted to number three, as Fernando’s bustling early overs for Glamorgan proved fruitless.