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GLAMORGAN were denied their second win of the season by the Derbyshire tail-enders at St Helen’s as Tony Palladino, who faced 108 balls for his unbeaten 30, and Duanne Olivier, defended for the final 14.3 overs to earn the visitors a draw in their County Championship division two match.
When Derbyshire lost their eighth wicket on Saturday Glamorgan were favourites to win, but with stubborn resistance and some good fortune the visitors held out.
Glamorgan had resumed at their overnight score of 201-3, making rapid progress in the opening session as 107 runs were scored in the first hour at the rate of six an over.
Kiran Carlson and Usman Khawaja shared a record partnership of 289 for the fourth wicket, the highest for any wicket for Glamorgan against Derbyshire, surpassing the previous record set by Mark Cosgrove and Michael Powell.
Khawaja was the first to reach his century, and he also became the first Glamorgan batsman to score successive hundreds in his first two games for the club. Carlson reached his landmark shortly afterwards before racing to his next fifty from only 20 deliveries
Both batsmen surrendered their wickets in the quest for quick runs, and after David Lloyd had struck a brisk undefeated 43, Glamorgan declared to leave Derbyshire a target of 325 from a minimum of 63 overs.
The visitors were soon in trouble as Harvey Hosein had his middle stump uprooted in Michael Hogan’s first over, then Ben Slater was lbw to Andrew Salter, also in his first over, left Derbyshire struggling at 18-2.
Much depended on Derbyshire’s best batsmen Wayne Madsen, and he responded with some aggressive shots, notably against Salter, whom he struck for three fours in one over.
Derbyshire resumed after tea on 77-3 with 40 overs remining, but there then followed a flurry of wickets. Ben Godleman was the first to go when he chipped Prem Sisodiya to mid-wicket, before the 19-yearold debutant took the vital wicket of Madsen, who was caught at backward point.
When Matt Critchley became Hogan’s third victim, Derbyshire had slumped to 93-6, but Wilson and Palladino provided stubborn resistance.
Wilson faced 72 balls before he was lbw to Lukas Carey for 26, a decision he clearly didn’t agree with as he trekked back to the pavilion.
Hamidullah Qadri quickly followed for a pair in the game to give Hogan his fourth wicket, but there was further frustration for Glamorgan as Olivier joined Palladino to defend on a pitch that offered little to the bowlers.
Glamorgan’s captain Hogan said: “The boys are a little deflated, but I can’t fault their effort over the four days.
“It was a performance that will give us heart for the game against Northants on Monday.”