County Championship: Middlesex set for win over Glamorgan

After a sedate evening session on day two, Du Plooy and Geddes immediately moved up several gears as Middlesex looked to press on towards a declaration.

With both men looking set for three figures, Kellaway removed the pair in quick succession.

Glamorgan were rushing to erase an errant over-rate of minus six, and Kellaway out-bowled England Test spinner Shoaib Bashir, in his final game on loan.

A cameo of 31 off 27 balls from Roland-Jones allowed him to declare 20 minutes before lunch.

Middlesex’s bowlers were held up by Zain Ul Hassan and Eddie Byrom for much of the afternoon as they made respectable progress in a stand of 93.

But Pakistan spinner Zafar Gohar made the breakthrough as Ul Hassan, on 44, top-edged a sweep to short fine leg and seamer Ryan Higgins found the edge of Byrom’s bat for 43 in the next over.

With impressive South African quickie Dane Paterson winning an lbw verdict against Sam Northeast under the floodlights just after tea, Middlesex were completely on top.

Carlson and Colin Ingram (19) defended grimly before Ingram played down the wrong line to Roland-Jones, who then forced Kellaway to play on first ball to mar the youngster’s fine match up until then.

Carlson, mostly moderating his natural attacking instincts, reached his half-century off 84 balls in murky light as the home side turned to double spin before being forced off by bad light four overs early.

A home win looks to be a matter of time, unless bad weather intervenes on the final day.