Meschede’s late dash gets Glamorgan home

Glamorgan 518 (Donald 234, Meschede 66) and 200 for 6 (Rudolph 51*, Wallace 40, Meschede 36*) beat Derbyshire 177 (Meschede 3-33) and 536 (Hughes 122, Godleman 106, Madsen 90, Critchley 70*, Wagg 3-93) by four wicketsScorecard

Glamorgan gained their first Championship win of the season as they chased down their target with over 17 overs to spare, in a game that provided splendid entertainment on a good pitch where 1,431 runs were scored and provided a perfect advertisement for four-day championship cricket.

Although Glamorgan stuttered in their run chase, losing three wickets in mid innings for 20 runs, skipper Jacques Rudolph patiently guided torwads a victory target of 196 from a minimum of 62 overs, helped by a late flurry by Craig Meschede to complete a fine personal match with bat and ball.

Earlier, Derbyshire had taken their second innings score to 536, their highest against Glamorgan, before they were all out at 1.15pm. Billy Godleman and Matthew Critchley put on …

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