Day 3 of the fixture between Glamorgan and Leicestershire saw the home team emerging as the clear favourites to secure a victory at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
Glamorgan began the day on 305/5 and were trailing by 15 runs. In the 2nd over of the day, the debutant Andy Gorvin misjudged the length of the in-swing delivery by Beuran Hendricks and was adjudged LBW.
Then arrived the experienced campaigner Michael Neser, who, along with Chris Cooke, took the team past the score of the opposition team and the bowlers toiled hard to get wickets.
The 65-run stand of both the batters was ended by the Leicestershire captain Callum Parkinson, as he breached the defence of Chris Cooke, who perished for a well-made 52 with five fours.
Then the tail-ender, James Wieghell, came at the crease and struck two fours and two sixes to score 34 off 40 balls, and the team was dismissed on a score of 437, with Chris Wright and Ben Mike picking three wickets each.
Trailing by 117, visitors had a bad start with Samuel Evans and Rishi Patel getting dismissed on a single digit score. However, the composure from Hasan Azad and Louis Kimber brought Leicestershire back on track with their impressive strokeplay.
In the early part of the final session, Neser opened the floodgates of the Foxes by dismissing Kimber for an entertaining 37 off 56 balls, comprising seven fours.
The likes of Wiaan Mulder and Scott Steel couldn't provide an impactful contribution, and Azad was also dismissed soon for 58 off 98, with six fours.
On the last ball of the day, Weighell dismissed Harry Swindells for a score of 20. Ben Mike is at 10* at the end of the day's play, and the team is stuttering at 158/7 and with a lead of 41 runs.
The Glamorgan bowlers will look to take the remaining wickets in the morning session to bag their 2nd victory of this season.
Brief Scores on Day 3:
Leicestershire - 158/7 in 54.4 overs (2nd innings)
Ben Mike 10*, Hasan Azad 58
Michael Neser 3/36, David Lloyd 2/18
Glamorgan - 437/10 in 118.4 overs (1st innings)
Sam Northeast 84, Kiran Carlson 91
Chris Wright 3/83, Ben Mike 3/88
Leicestershire - 320/10 in 107.5 overs (1st innings)
Rishi Patel 82, Hasan Azad 64
Marnus Labuschagne 3/65, James Harris 1/41