Early wickets in vain for Durham as Glamorgan pair ensure draw

A flurry of wickets on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Durham in Cardiff could not force a positive result as the game finished in a draw after half-centuries from Kiran Carlson and Chris Cooke took the home side to safety.

The day started with seven Durham wickets falling for 32 runs as AndrewS alter claimed career best figures. Durham had a first innings lead of 149 with Alex Le es finishing undefeated on 182.

Four early Glamorgan wickets gave Durham some hope of claiming victory but the stand between Cooke and Carlson took the home side to safety with the teams shaking hands with 16 overs unbowled. Durham will be left ruing the bad weather that took so much time out of this game on the first two days as they were the team best placed to push for a positive result.

Durham’ s Alex Le es said after the draw :“Delighted with my start personally, but my job is to get my head down for Durhamand hopefully show some good form in this period.

"I absolutely loved [playing for England]. The environment and the experience was amazing. We were disappointed not to get the win, which was something we were desperate to gain, but from a personal point of view it is a childhood dream to represent your country."

Durham resumed their first innings 114 runs in front with seven wickets in hand. In a madcap first hour they went from 351 for three to 383 all out.

Salter dismissed David Be ding ham in the second over of the day. What followed was a succession of Durham players giving away their wickets with attempted big shots.

As his side collapsed around him Lees stood firm, carrying his bat for the second time in his career on his way to his highest first-class score for Durham. While a quick conclusion of the Durham innings may not have been their plan as they started out the final day of this match it did give them more time to claim the 10 Glamorgan wickets they needed for victory.

In the 14 overs they bowled before lunch Durham claimed three Glamorgan wickets.

Durham had Glamorgan 66-4 when Ben Raine had Ingram bowled, but a partnership of 90 between Carlson and Cooke took Glamorgan into the lead, but neither team could find the killer touch and the game ended in a draw.