Vasconcelos puts Northants in control against Glamorgan

Vitality County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (second day) Glamorgan 271 (74.2 overs): Ingram 82, Crane 61, Douthwaite 50; Sanderson 5-92Northants 314-2 (84 overs): Vasconcelos 166*, Procter 65, Nair 55*Northants (5 pts) leads Glamorgan (1 pt ) by 43 runs with eightfirst innings wickets standingMatch scorecard

He and Luke Procter (65) added 191 while Karun Nair hit 55 not out to lift Northants to 314-2, 43 runs ahead .

Vasconcelos' century was his first since May 2022 after injury problems.

Colin Ingram's 82 and Mason Crane's career-best 61 led Glamorgan to 271 despite winning Ben Sanderson's five-wicket haul.

The value of Sanderson's performance was demonstrated as Glamorgan's bowlers struggled to get an impact on a long day ending at 7:5 p.m. winter.

After their efforts in the Premier League, Northants are well placed for a decent batting points haul as well as to win a mastery of the game.

Glamorgan took over 203 for seven on a bright but still cold morning, with Ingram and Crane taking his position at 65 before Ingram edged Sanderson against a diving Karun Nair at slip.

Sanderson quickly got rid of Brad Wheal to complete his five for, but Crane smashed a six against Chris Tremain and then led a stand of 35 with last man Mir Hamza to earn a run in batting.

A total of 271 looked respectable early on at 27 for four and James Harris won a heavyweight shoutout against Emilio Ga...