Tanya Aldred's round up
The end at Grace Road came with a ball from Glamorgan’s Eddie Byrom that bounced three times and booked a couple of house viewings before it reached Leicestershire’s Rishi Patel. As the slips dropped to their knees, Patel grinned, patted the ball away and the teams shook hands. Patel’s unbeaten 134 was his highest first-class score and comes hot on the heels of the crucial century that helped chase down Yorkshire three weeks ago. Lewis Hill skipped to 82 in a second wicket partnership of 203 which safely zipped up the draw. Chris Cooke had earlier been Glamorgan’s last man out for 132; Chris Wright five for 89. Leicestershire, winless last year, can scent promotion.
Gloucestershire escaped with a draw against Sussex despite slipping to 41 for four following on. Two crucial partnerships saved their bacon between even more crucial rain breaks. The first, between Ajeet Singh-Dale and Miles Hammond (unbeaten on 87), frustrated Sussex until an hour into the morning session. The second was an unbroken 80 between Graeme van Buuren and Ollie Price that carried Gloucester to stumps.
A Sussex side with a twist will contest the next three Championship games, as Ollie Robinson gets some Ashes practice in, alongside Australia’s Steve Smith.
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No final twist in the tale, after the rain does Gloucestershire’s spade work for them, helped by a stoical partnership between van Buuren and Ollie Price. Thanks for all your messages and chat BTL. We’ll be back for Steve Smith and round five on Thursday. Till then, goodnight!
