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Australians Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser and Michael Hogan have all been shining for Glamorgan in the County Championship.

Marnus Labuschagne has been back among the runs for his county side Glamorgan and will be eyeing his first ton of the season at Derby.

Labuschagne moved to an unbeaten 53, his best in five knocks so far this campaign, as the Australian influence on the Welsh county really shone during Friday's County Championship second division match with Derbyshire.

Before the world's top-ranked Test batter thrived, Michael Hogan and Michael Neser delivered with the ball, both taking four wickets to bowl out Derbyshire for 368 and drag Glamorgan back into the match.

Then Glamorgan captain David Lloyd scored 84 from 104 balls before Labuschagne took command, making an unbeaten 53 as Glamorgan closed on 4-240.

The 28-year-old Labuschagne, who reckons he's loved his time at Glamorgan which proved the launchpad for his Test career when called up for the Ashes in 2019, has averaged under 21 this term since joining the side following Australia's Pakistan tour..

But, after a relatively lean spell by his standards, he looked to be ready to go on to a big one after striking eight fours and a six which sailed over the long on boundary.

The evergreen Hogan, at 40, continues to defy the years, snaffling up a couple of wickets before lunch on the way to figures of 4-55, while allrounder Neser, doubtless taking out his frustration after being dropped from Australia's Test squad, responded with 4-63.

Meanwhile at Bristol, Marcus Harris also looked in the mood to show why he shouldn't have been relegated to Australia's A-squad as he moved fairly serenely on to an unbeaten 30 out of Gloucestershire's 0-86 in reply to Surrey's massive 603.

Jamie Smith's maiden double century - he finished on 234 not out - and a second first-class hundred from Jordan Clark were the highlights of Surrey's monster score on a flat track, giving encouragement to Harris that his second county ton of the season could be on the cards.