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Day Two

Morning: A warm and pleasant September day, and Chris Morris struck early in consecutive overs to have Kraigg Brathwaite caught behind for 19 and Billy Root caught at point for 8. From there the momentum stayed with the Pears, as Adam Finch had Samit Patel caught at fine leg for 5, Moeen took a return catch from David Lloyd for 35 and Joe Leach rounded off a five-wicket morning by having Chris Cooke caught low at first slip, reducing Glamorgan to 120-7 at lunch.

Afternoon: A sizeable first-innings lead looked on the cards when Morris bowled Ruaidhri Smith for 18, but the tail wagged a little for the visitors before Moeen had Lukas Carey caught at cover for 16 and Morris completed his third five-fer of the season with Michael Hogan holing out to deep fine leg for 15, leaving Glamorgan 193 all out and giving the Pears a slender lead of 12. That lead was quickly and confidently extended by the Worcs openers, who attacked the Glamorgan bowlers for fifteen overs until Hamish Rutherford was caught at second slip for a superb run-a-ball 52, and at tea the hosts went in on 86-1 with a satisfying lead of 98.

Evening: The Pears continued to go strong with Mitch making a patient and sensible half-century, and though Moeen perished when he skipped down the pitch to Samit Patel and aimed an ill-advised heave towards deep midwicket, only to hole out to mid-off with a leading edge for 26, young Jack Haynes came to the crease and ably steadied the ship. Though the run-rate dipped along with the sinking sun, Worcestershire reached close of play without further loss, and were 153-2 overnight with every hope of pushing on to set a match-winning total on Thursday.