Yorkshire beat Glamorgan to boost promotion bid

Vitality County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day four)

Yorkshire 361 & 273: Bean 57, Lyth 55; Harris 5-73, Van der Gugten 3-62

Glamorgan 239 & 209: Tribe 58, Harris 49; Coad 4-51, Fisher 3-49

Yorkshire (22 pts) hit Glamorgan (3 pts) by 186 runs

Match scorecard

Yorkshire strengthened their Division Two promotion position arsenic they sped to a monolithic 186-run triumph complete Glamorgan, sealing nan triumph an hr into nan last day.

Second-placed Yorkshire collected 22 points, nan aforesaid arsenic nearest challengers Middlesex, to stay 15 points up pinch 1 information left.

Matthew Fisher and Jordan Thompson took final-day wickets arsenic Glamorgan were bowled retired for 209, pinch 20-year-old opener Asa Tribe making 58.

Glamorgan person suffered 3 defeats successful 4 Championship matches since qualifying for Sunday's One Day Cup last against Somerset.

The first 8 overs of time 4 were wicketless earlier Fisher ended Tribe's lengthy vigil aft a breakthrough knock, ripping retired his disconnected stump, and past having Andy Gorvin lbw 4th ball.

Championship debutant Ben Morris glanced a bound to registry his first elder red-ball runs earlier James Harris decided to person immoderate fun, blasting 14 runs disconnected a George Hill complete earlier being bowled for 49, heaving astatine Thompson.

Yorkshire request conscionable a tie and 2 prize points from their last Championship lucifer astatine location to Northants starting connected Thursday, 26 September, while Glamorgan person their cardinal 50-over conflict astatine Trent Bridge connected Sunday to effort to redeem a disappointing month.