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Day Two

Morning: A cooler, cloudier Sunday morning by the Severn, and after surpassing his highest first-class score from 2016 with a leg-side flick, Jake Libby brought up his 150 with an cover-drive for three off Michael Hogan. The records continued to tumble, as the partnership passed 287 and became the highest stand for any wicket in Worcs matches against Glamorgan, eclipsing the second-wicket partnership between Graeme Hick and Tim Curtis at Neath in July 1986. Brett D'Oliveira then reached 150 without any drama, and for a while it seemed inevitable that the pair would kick on and break the all-time county fourth-wicket record of 330; however, in the end they were just a dozen short of that target when Libby came down the wicket to Kieran Bull and was stumped for 184. The Pears were 390-4 with just two overs remaining to score bonus points, and Dolly steered the home side to maximum batting points with seven balls to spare before he was caught behind for 174. A swift clatter of wickets followed as Worcs upped the pace in the ten overs remaining, but big Joe Leach brought up the 450 with a huge six over midwicket before departing, and the Pears finished the session and their first innings with a commanding score of 455-8.

Afternoon: The new ball was always going to be crucial on what increasingly looked like a flat deck, and Worcestershire didn't get the good fortune their bowling deserved in the early overs. Only when Ed Barnard was introduced to the attack did the double breakthrough come, with the Shropshireman removing both openers for his first scalps of the season, having Nick Selman caught behind for 22 and dismissing Charlie Hemphrey LBW for 16. But as with the Worcs innings yesterday, in increasingly warm sunshine these were destined to be the last wickets of the day.

Evening: Kiran Carlson and Billy Root dug in after tea, and despite rotating bowlers and trying several strategies, there was no shifting them as Glamorgan closed on 181-2. The second new ball will be crucial for Worcestershire in the ten overs before lunch tomorrow, but unless there's some serious deterioration in the pitch or an absolute Glamorgan collapse, a draw currently looks the most likely outcome.