Gloucestershire edge last-ball thriller against Glamorgan

Despite an impressive start to life back in the County Championship for Glamorgan, they came into the game off the back of a three-run defeat on the final ball away at Northampton in their T20 opener.

Gloucestershire named an unchanged 11 after they defeated Warwickshire by 47 runs after bowling them out for just 74 in Bristol on Friday.

Injuries for the home side saw Tom Horton and Hurle replace Dan Douthwaite and Colin Ingram.

Glamorgan got off to a sluggish start in the Cardiff sunshine, the prolific South African Jensen smashing the stumps to dismiss Will Smale in the first over.

Glamorgan captain Kiaran Carlson was also dismissed for a disappointing 18 after he struck a Marchant de Lange delivery high to mid on.

Some sharp bowling from Gloucestershire, with spinner Jack Taylor taking 2-24, left the visitors with 45-5, but Hurle gave the home side hope after smashing four sixes on the way to his 46 run total.

With Gloucestershire requiring 158 runs to win, Afghanistan international Fazalhaq Farooqi continued a remarkable start to his Glamorgan career as he took two wickets in the first over of the second innings.

Miles Hammond steadied the ship for the visitors, hitting 10 boundaries en route to 56, before being bowled by Ned Leonard.

James Bracey fell to a rare hit-wicket dismissal, kicking the stumps as he tried to boot away a ball from Leonard.

Jack Taylor looked to have swung momentum Gloucestershire’s way with 34, until he was caught on the boundary off Mason Crane, who finished with 2-16.

The partnership of Dhariwal and Matt Taylor looked up against it, but Dhariwal hit a six on the first ball of the final over from Farooqi and Taylor’s edge completed the job for the visitors.