FINE knocks from England Lions batsman Joe Clarke and vice-captain Joe Leach enabled promotion-chasing Worcestershire to set struggling Glamorgan a 277 target.

The New Road pitch remains batsmen-friendly in the Specsavers County Championship Division Two encounter but Leach struck an early blow for the hosts as Nick Selman was caught behind for his third successive duck as Glamorgan closed on 16-1.

Graham Wagg's first five-wicket haul of the season and a record-equalling performance from wicketkeeper Mark Wallace enabled the visitors to finally dismiss the County for 393 on day three with Clarke scoring 98 and vice-captain Leach 65 not out.

Wagg finished with 5-90 from 33 overs of toil in the heat, while Wallace matched his own and Colin Metson's Glamorgan record of nine dismissals in a see-saw match.

However, the highlight was teenager Lukas Carey pulling off one of the catches of the season to deny Clarke a fifth first-class century of the campaign.

Clarke pulled a delivery from Wagg, which looked to be sailing over the square-leg boundary for six.

But Carey stuck out his right hand and held onto the ball at full stretch on the edge of the rope to end Clarke's fine knock.

The home side resumed on 150-2 and within two overs lost two wickets as Tom Fell and Tom Kohler-Cadmore were dismissed.

Fell failed to add to his overnight 65 when he drove hard at Wagg and nicked through to Wallace.

Kohler-Cadmore completed a pair when he pushed forward to Michael Hogan and was also caught behind.

The County, who trailed by 117 runs after the first innings, were then on 35-4 but Clarke and Ross Whiteley responded with a fifth-wicket stand of 104 in 36.1 overs.

Clarke looked in particularly fine form until Carey's stunning catch and Whiteley (37) was dismissed in bizarre fashion by Wagg's next delivery.

The left-hander ducked under the ball but left his bat upright and the ball ballooned off it into the hands of Wallace.

Ben Cox (9) and Ed Barnard (16) were both trapped lbw by Craig Meschede and Wagg, who completed a five-wicket haul.

Leach and Jack Shantry (29) provided further resistance in a ninth-wicket stand of 56 with the former going to his half-century with a six over long-on off Owen Morgan.