Image caption, Kiran Carlson will return to the crease on day four on 73 not out Published 5 hours ago Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day three) Leicestershire 151: Toole 3-48 & 257: Gumbs 93; Ul-Hassan 3-46 Glamorgan 152: Holland 4-30, Mike 4-38 & 126-5: Carlson 73*; Holland 2-8 Glamorgan (3pts) require 131 runs to beat Leicestershire (3pts) who need five wickets Match scorecard Glamorgan are at risk of seeing their County Championship ambitions suffer a setback against Leicestershire, where they are five wickets down still needing 131 runs to win and keep their place among a raft of contenders as the race for the title heads into the final stages.
Chasing a target of 257 on a difficult pitch after bowling Leicestershire out for a second time just before tea on the third day, they closed on 126-5 with skipper Kiran Carlson unbeaten on 73.
Earlier, Sheridon Gumbs, in only his third first-class appearance, had played the innings of the match so far, hitting 16 fours as he turned his maiden half-century into an outstanding 93 as Leicestershire recovered from 128-6 to post 257 in their second innings.
Glamorgan, who were promoted from Division Two last season as runners-up to champions Leicestershire, began this round of matches just nine points behind Division One leaders and title-holders Nottinghamshire.
By contrast, Leicestershire, chasing only a second win of the campaign, are fighting for survival at the bottom.
Gumbs, a 22-year-old left-hander who began his career with Surrey, shared a vital 71-run partnership with Ben Mike (28), with Tom Scriven adding a valuable 43.
Glamorgan seamer Zain ul-Hassan took 3-46.
The former England Under-19 international batted for almost four hours on a difficult pitch prone to unpredictable, sometimes steep bounce, underlining the technical quality and patient approach that have persuaded Leicestershire to hand him a contract for the next three seasons.
Yet just over an hour into the morning session, Leicestershire had looked to be squandering an opportunity as 79-2 overnight became 128-6.
Runs from the middle order had looked key but Hamza Shaikh, Nick Kelly, Jonny Tattersall and Ian Holland all fell cheaply.
Shaikh, caught behind, was a wicket well earned by Andy Gorvin but the hazardous nature of the pitch played a part in the three other dismissals.
Kelly survived a ball from Ray Toole that reared up off a length but edged the next delivery to first slip.
Ul-Hassan then took two in two overs, Tattersall offering no shot to one that jagged back, Holland looping a catch to third slip from another that climbed sharply.
Gumbs, though, remained unruffled, even if it was a streaky four that took him to his maiden first-class fifty.
Off 96 balls, it contained nine boundaries.
With Mike playing a sensible hand at the other end, the left-hander guided Leicestershire to lunch at 178 with no further losses.
Two nicely-timed boundaries through the off side took him into the nineties before more questions about the pitch were raised as veteran wicketkeeper Chris Cooke, standing up to Ul-Hassan, was struck in the grill by another delivery that jumped off a length.
The force knocked his helmet off and there was relief when concussion checks passed him fit to continue.
Gumbs fell in the next over, bowled by a ball from Timm van der Gugten that straightened just enough to clip his off stump.
He walked back with head down yet, given the conditions, he had played an impressive innings.
Mike was run out by Carlson's direct hit from wide mid-on and Ajaz Patel found backward point with a leading edge but, with Josh Hull doggedly keeping out 33 balls at the other end, Scriven chipped away enterprisingly to leave Glamorgan facing a stiff chase.
It became harder still as Holland removed both their openers in his first four overs.
Ul-Hassan nicked behind and Asa Tribe was barely half forward as he was struck in front.
Carlson and Ben Kellaway scrapped away for 10 overs until Kellaway, unluckily, was bowled by a ball from Scriven that barely bounced.
The Glamorgan skipper, who survived a half-chance to third slip on 11, looked to hold the key if his side were to go close.
He reached his fifty from 71 balls when he drove Hull through the off side for his ninth boundary.
But Leicestershire made another breakthrough with the pitch beginning to offer more turn when New Zealand left-arm spinner Patel removed Ingram via a one-handed bat-pad catch by Shaikh at short leg, Rehan Ahmed striking near the close as Sean Dickson edged to slip.
Report by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay.
Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport Published 8 June Leicestershire batter Sheridon Gumbs said: "It would have been nice to have them six down at the end of the day, but to be in this position, I think we've done extremely well.
The boys jousted very, very well throughout the day and to take those wickets at the end puts us in a good position overnight.
"It's not an easy pitch to bat on but I was thinking 'what does the team need from me right now?' And it was to bat as long as possible.
Try and keep a clear mind, try to take the pitch out of it and play ball by ball.
It suits my style.
"Growing up and progressing through the ranks, I've always played that way.
My dad's always kept me pretty calm off the pitch, and just said, don't worry about runs, you can catch up with runs.
I knew the longer I stayed out there, the runs would come.
"It's disappointing not to get the hundred but I feel like I've contributed well to the team there." Glamorgan captain Kiran Carlson said: "Losing Dicko (Sean Dickson) in the last 20 minutes was a shame.
But cricket's a funny old game and if we can see a couple more partnerships we'll hopefully tick the runs down.
"There's obviously wicket balls on that wicket.
But if I can try and stay there and a few lads come in and tick the scoreboard over, you never know.
"It's not a very good wicket.
Considering that every batter's been hit on the gloves, a couple on the helmet, off good length balls, that would probably suggest it's not a very good wicket.
