Glamorgan 390 (Carlson 162) and 426 for 7 (Cooke 134*, van der Gugten 52*) drew with Durham 630 (Lees 62, Bedingham 151, Robinson 102, Clark 80, de Leede 85*)
Chris Cooke defied Durham on the ultimate day at Seat Distinctive Riverside with an unbeaten century to safe a draw for Glamorgan, sustaining their unbeaten document within the LV= Insurance coverage County Championship Division Two this time period.
Cooke arrived on the crease after Kiran Carlson fell from the fifth ball of the day when the guests have been diminished to 159 for five, staring down the potential of an innings defeat.
However, the wicketkeeper defied the house aspect with a superb efficiency, notching his second hundred of the season with a rating of 134. Timm van der Gugten was equally spectacular to document his seventh first-class fifty, sharing an unbeaten stand price 153 with Cooke to earn a share of the spoils.
Durham made the early breakthrough to dismiss Carlson and have been seemingly heading in the right direction for victory after lowering the guests to 273 for 7. However they may not prise out the eighth-wicket stand on a pitch that supplied little help for each tempo and spin bowlers. The North-East outfit stay high of the Division Two desk nonetheless comfortably forward of their rivals on the midway stage of the marketing campaign.
Durham didn’t have to attend lengthy to earn the primary breakthrough of the day as Bas de Leede claimed the important wicket of Carlson for 35 when the Glamorgan skipper picked out Craig Miles at brief mid-wicket. Nonetheless 81 behind, the guests required a robust effort from their last 5 to fend off the Durham cost for victory.
Cooke and Billy Root have been disciplined to see off the remaining spells from de Leede and Ben Raine earlier than settling in towards the left-arm spin of Ajaz Patel. The batters placed on a stand of 72 earlier than Root had a waft a large supply from Raine at hand Durham their sixth wicket to current an opportunity to interrupt into the Glamorgan tail.
However Cooke led a counter after lunch, dispatching Miles for back-to-back boundaries to achieve his fifty and he was removed from achieved in a bid to defy the hosts. Though Andy Gorvin was bowled by Miles, van der Gugten joined Cooke, and was nicely up for the problem, remaining stable in defence…
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