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Marshall ton puts Gloucestershire in control
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Gloucestershire 347 for 8 (Marshall 101, Payne 58*, Hogan 3-31) lead Glamorgan 220 (Selman 101, Miles 4-44, Taylor 4-56) by 127 runsScorecard
Hamish Marshall’s fourth championship century of the season – his 22nd for his county- and an unbeaten 58 from David Payne enabled Gloucestershire to gain a lead of 127, with two wickets remaining, by the close of the second day in Cardiff.
With Payne and Josh Shaw having already shared an unbroken partnership of 56 for the ninth wicket, Glamorgan have much to do if they are to avoid losing their seventh championship game of a disappointing season.
Marshall returns to New Zealand at the end of the season after spending 11 years in the West Country and, although he did give a difficult chance to wicketkeeper Mark Wallace on 40, he rescued Gloucestershire after they had earlier slumped to 38 for 3. He also found a staunch ally in George Hankins, the 19-year-old England U-19 batsman …
