Hampshire ended another rain-affected day on the front foot with all results still possible in a crucial Rothesay County Championship fixture at Cardiff despite three days of reduced play.

After 19 overs were managed on day two, 43 were possible after a four-hour delay on the third day where Nick Gubbins and Ali Orr were able to back up the 4 for 34 taken by Sonny Baker across three days to keep Hampshire’s designs on a win – and potentially Division One survival – alive with a positive start at 124 for 2.

Glamorgan were bowled out just three overs into play as Baker wrapped things up with the final wicket of Timm van der Gugten, leaving the scores almost exactly level on first innings.

The hosts resumed on 149 for 9, adding 12 to their overnight score as van der Gugten attempted to protect Mir Hamza from the strike. The Dutch international, looking for a single on the final delivery of the over, fell into Baker’s trap when uppercutting to deep third.

With what was essentially a one-innings contest now ahead of them, Hampshire were able to pounce on some early loose bowling, particularly from Hamza. Gubbins and Orr flicked away any deliveries which strayed too straight and drove handsomely on a surface that had slowed and eased with less seam movement from that on the 17-wicket opening day.

A first sight of spin in the match offered more control from the right arm of Ben Kellaway but a breakthrough wasn’t possible until Gubbins was dubiously adjudged lbw from an inswinging Hamza delivery following a 70-run stand.

With the removal of Orr to a straightener from van der Gugten – after another brief delay taking out a further six overs – Hampshire eased passed 100 with a typical Jake Lehmann back-cut through the gap in the cordon. Toby Albert’s approach however was much more circumspect, the aim to get to day four without further damage.

Lehmann and Albert both had occasional moments of worry, however. The Australian left-hander could only marginally avoid one of three spread-out slips attempting to ride the bounce of a Zain-ul-Hassan delivery, while Albert occasionally played and missed when looking to score. The pair added 34 unbeaten to close the day.