Glamorgan did well to hang on to the draw in the end in this PPP Healthcare County Championship match at Edgbaston. Warwickshire, after winning the toss, batted solidly for the first 2 days amassing 551-6 declared, with Nick Knight scoring his career best of 233. Steve Watkin took 3 wickets, to no avail. Glamorgan would have to score 402 to avoid the follow on. They closed at stumps on day 2 on 64 for 0 wicket, and James and Elliott advanced the score to 203 before the first wicket fell, Elliott for 117, in his first championship innings for Glamorgan. Glamorgan, closing day 3 on 387 for 7, required just 15 more runs, but this morning, James finally went for 166, and Glamorgan collapsed 2 runs short to avoid the follow on. They batted out to 194 for 6, with Adrian shaw hitting an unbeaten 56, and Maynard helped with 52. Glamorgan pick up 10 points for the draw, 4 for the result, 4 for batting bonus points, and 2 bowling points.
Warwickshire 1st innings 551/6 dec. (150 overs)
Powell c Shaw b Watkin 73
Knight b Watkin 233
Ostler c Shaw b Jones 24
Hemp c James b Thomas 32
Penney b Watkin 85
Smith c Watkin b Croft 31
Welch not out 35
Giles not out 4
Extras 34
Bowling: Watkin 35-7-97-3, Thomas 30-4-119-1, Jones 28-1-106-1, Dale 13-1-356-0, Croft 41-11-136-1, Elliott 3-0-13-0
Glamorgan 1st innings 400 all out (130 overs) Avoid follow on target:402
Elliott c & b Powell 117
James c Piper b Giles 166
Dale c Knight b Giles 24
Maynard b Giles 1
Powell c Piper b Richardson 10
Law c Welch b Giles 4
Shaw lbw b Giddins 10
Croft c Ostler b Welch 16
Thomas c & b Giddins 15
Jones c Ostler b Giles 0
Watkin not out 4
Extras 33
Glamorgan 2nd innings (following on) 194/6 (94 overs)
Elliott lbw b Giddins 37
James c & b Richardson 0
Dale c Ostler b Giles 13
Maynard c Knight b Smith 52
Powell c Hemp b Richardson 18
Law c Ostler b Giles 1
Shaw not out 56
Croft not out 2
Extras 15
Warwickshire 12 points
Glamorgan 10 points
Match
drawn