County Championship: Glamorgan's Timm van der Gugten pegs back Foxes

Timm van der Gugten was the pick of the Glamorgan bowlers at a rainy Leicester

A superb performance from Glamorgan seamer Timm van der Gugten (4-31) restricted Leicestershire to 241-5 on a rain-hit first day.

Lewis Hill (53) and Colin Ackermann (45) built a solid base for the Foxes with a stand of 101 for the third wicket.

Three wickets fell for 15 runs in cold and miserable weather in mid-afternoon.

But Peter Handscomb (31 not out) and Rehan Ahmed (38 not out) added 73 unbeaten runs in the evening gloom.

David Lloyd, playing his 100th first-class game, won the toss and opted to bowl for the third successive match in cool and cloudy conditions at Grace Road, despite Leicestershire's batters having topped 400 in their two previous first innings efforts.

Sol Budinger got the home side off to a flying start in his usual aggressive manner before van der Gugten knocked over his off-stump on 26, and the more selective Rishi Patel fell caught behind on 19.

But despite tidy spells from left-arm seamer Jamie McIlroy and spinner Andrew Salter, both playing their first matches of the season, captain Lewis Hill and Ackermann put together a largely untroubled century stand either side of lunch.

Hill hit eight fours to bring up his half-century off 82 balls before losing his partner Ackermann, given leg-before to his fellow Netherlands international.

Van der Gugten continued his dominance over the wickets column when Hill edged one behind soon afterwards.

With the ball swinging under the lights, Wiaan Mulder was bowled for nine offering no shot to Michael Neser, and Peter Handscomb almost fell the same way to McIlroy.

But Handscomb and Rehan Ahmed added 43 in the drizzle by the time an early tea was called, and play did not resume for two hours.

Umpires Chris Watts and Neil Bainton were keen to continue, with the batting pair doing well to survive a late 25-minute spell of play, mostly in the rain, before the bleak conditions worsened again.

Leicestershire captain Lewis Hill told BBC Radio Leicester:

"We would have taken that, it's a really good day. It's a different pitch to the Derbyshire match, there was more in it and when the lights came on it did a lot more.

"We (Hill and Ackermann) would have liked to have gone on, but it was nice to continue that good form for the team.

"Credit to Glamorgan, they bowled really nicely just after lunch but we fought through with a good partnership between Rehan and Pete.

"Old Leicester teams would have been two or three (more wickets) down in that situation but we've got good confidence in the squad and it was a fantastic little session for us at the end."

Glamorgan bowler Timm van der Gugten told BBC Sport Wales:

"It was pretty wet and gloomy for most of the day, it's quite a good wicket so there's enough there if you put it in the right spot, but if you miss, it's a quick outfield so you get good value for shots.

"It's an important period before the new ball if we can grab one or two more, then hopefully finish them off.

"You get used to the weather in the UK at the minute, we've been off and on, you have to make sure you're concentrating while you're on there.

"I'm pretty happy with the way the ball's coming out, we got the rust out of the system in (a pre-season tour to) Zimbabwe. I've been lucky to get the rewards, we've all bowled well in patches as a group, but it's about trying to do it for a sustained period."