Rain mars final day of Warwicks and Glamorgan game
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Edgbaston (day four)
Glamorgan 360 & 259: Ingram 101, Kellaway 42; Bamber 5-48
Warwickshire 252 & 100-2: Davies46; Hadley 1-10
Warwickshire (12 pts) drew with Glamorgan (14 pts)
Rain had the decisive say on the final day as a fine game of County Championship cricket between Warwickshire and Glamorgan petered out into a draw at Edgbaston.
After Glamorgan's second innings closed on the fourth morning at 259 all out, Colin Ingram scoring 101 off 159 balls and Ethan Bamber taking 5-48, Warwickshire faced a victory target of 367 in a minimum of 75 overs.
An intriguing finish beckoned with all results possible when Warwickshire reached 100-2 (Alex Davies 46 off 66) with 46 overs left. But then the rain, which had already stripped the match of 44 overs lost on the first three days, returned.
It was a frustrating end to an excellent, fluctuating match, though both sides will be happy enough with a solid points haul from a draw which keeps them well-placed in the Division One table.
Warwickshire's players wore black armbands and the club flag at Edgbaston was at half-mast in tribute to the great Mike (MJK) Smith who passed away yesterday, aged 92.
The former England and Warwickshire captain, a bold and enterprising skipper and humble and gracious man, played 50 Test matches and scored 39,832 first class runs, including 69 centuries, in his magnificent career.
On the field, Glamorgan had resumed on 192-5, already 300 ahead, with an intriguing decision to make about how much longer to occupy the crease. Their strategy appeared to be simply to bat normally and see what happened - there was certainly no attempt to score quickly.
Bamber completed his five-for when Chris Cooke edged to Rob Yates at second slip for six. Ingram completed his 28th first class century then fell lbw to Jordan Thompson who quickly added the wicket of Mason Crane, caught behind without scoring.
When Nathan Gilchrist took out the last two, Tom Norton (seven) driving to cover and Ryan Hadley skying a slog for two, a desultory 80-minuute session had brought Glamorgan 67 runs for the last five wickets.
Glamorgan's opening bowlers, particularly Timm van der Gugten, then bowled well without luck as Warwickshire openers Davies and Yates posted a careful 50 in 16 overs. Their stand reached 72 before Davies was lbw to a ball from Zain-ul-Hassan that kept low.
Hadley added the wicket of Dan Mousley, who was smartly caught by diving wicketkeeper Cooke off an inside-edge for 15, but almost immediately the rain returned for the final and decisive time.
Report by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay.
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