Australian overseas Matt Kuhnemann made the most of his one match at Sophia Gardens, bowling Glamorgan to a 10 wicket victory over Middlesex.

Kuhnemann, who is in the UK ahead of Australia’s World Test Championship final against South Africa in June, signed on a one match deal, and took seven wickets in the match, including 6-53 in the second innings.

Middlesex won the toss at Sophia Gardens and put Glamorgan into bat, with the decision initially proving to be the correct one, as Toby Roland-Jones and Ryan Higgins dispatched the home side’s top order, leaving them 52-3.

Another Australian international, Marnus Labuschagne – playing his second and final match for Glamorgan – scored 23, meaning that he leaves the county with three low scores on his return.

Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson were brought together before lunch on the first morning, and the two dressing room leaders put on a partnership of 228 runs, batting for most of the rest of the day.

Carlson – Glammy’s white-ball captain – ended on 109, while Northeast – the red-ball skipper – continued on in tandem with Chris Cooke, who scored 47.

Glamorgan ended on 383 early on day two, with Roland-Jones taking 4-95 and Higgins 5-59.

All-rounder Andy Gorvin starred with the ball as Middlesex attempted to recover their position in the match. The 28-year-old medium pacer took 4-39, including the key wickets of Max Holden and Higgins for a first ball duck.

Kuhnemann was also excellent, albeit only rewarded with one wicket for his efforts.

For the visitor’s no one scored more than fifty, with seven double-figure scores telling the story of a batting unit who were consistently getting in and getting out again.

With Middlesex only able to muster 155, Northeast enforced the follow-on and Kuhnemann took centre stage.

The nine-time Australian international is a cunning operator and showed all his quality on the third day. After openers Holden and Sam Robson put up some resistance with a stand of 98 for the first wicket, Kuhnemann removed them both, the former caught by Asa Tribe, and latter LBW.

From there, Glamorgan and Kuhnemann – with the help of veteran seamers James Harris and Timm van der Gugten – dominated proceedings.

Only Roland-Jones’ spirited 57 from 42 balls, including four sixes, provided any opposition to the Glammy victory march, forcing the home side to bat again.

However, with a target of just 8 to win, the Glamorgan openers of Zain-ul-Hassan and Tribe knocked the run off with ease.

A third win in three weeks for the Welsh county sees them climb yet further up the County Championship Division Two table and, sitting in third, they now have serious promotion aspirations.

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