Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire: Scores and match report

Match scores (Cardiff)

Nottinghamshire 1st inns: 448 (Wessels 120, Libby 109, Read 88; Hutton 61; van der Gugten 5-101, Carey 3-100)

Glamorgan 1st inns: 187 all out (Donald 53; Fletcher 3-60, Broad 2-40, Hutton 2-41)
Glamorgan 2nd inns: 420-5 dec (Ingram 155*, Cooke 113; Fletcher 2-73)

Match drawn

Day four report

Colin Ingram and Chis Cooke batted through the final day as Glamorgan became the first team to deny Nottinghamshire victory in this season's Specsavers County Championship.

South African Ingram occupied the crease for nine hours and 53 minutes in compiling 155 not out and Cooke was unbeaten 113 as Glamorgan reached 420 for five in their second innings in Cardiff.

Nottinghamshire had dismissed the hosts for 187 in their first innings before enforcing the follow-on, but despite using nine different bowlers they were unable to find a breakthrough on day four.

Ingram was the leading run scorer in the recent Royal London One-Day Cup group stages, but reined in his attacking instincts during a chanceless innings which helped Glamorgan avoid a third defeat from four Division Two games.

Indeed, when Ingram reached his century - from 294 balls - it was the slowest ton in the County Championship this season, albeit an invaluable contribution.

Cooke joined Ingram mid-way through the third afternoon and reached his fourth first-class century by cutting Jake Libby's occasional off-spin to the boundary.

It was a frustrating day for England's Stuart Broad, who bowled 34 overs without success - although he showed good control in sending down 173 dot balls.

During the course of Cooke and Ingram's partnership, the pair set a new Glamorgan record for the sixth wicket against Nottinghamshire, exceeding the 131 set by Peter Walker and Don Ward at Newport in 1961.

There were 32 overs remaining when Notts took the final new ball, which appeared their last chance of breaking the stand, but after a short burst from Broad and Luke Fletcher there were no alarms before Michael Lumb became the ninth bowler to be used on a very flat pitch.

When the players shook hands, with Glamorgan ahead by 159, Ingram had faced a mammoth 427 deliveries during his 153 overs at the crease, and his partnership with Cooke had put on 226, 14 runs short of the Glamorgan record for the sixth wicket.

Day three report

Nottinghamshire require only five Glamorgan wickets on the final day to make it four wins out of four in Specsavers County Championship Division Two.

Forced to follow-on after being dismissed for 187 on day two in reply to Nottinghamshire's first-innings 448, the hosts were reduced to 212 for five in Cardiff - still 49 in arrears.

Colin Ingram led the resistance with an unbeaten 72 which saw him occupy the crease for more than five hours, while Luke Fletcher took two for 52 for Notts.

Ingram showed the application and concentration that had been missing in Glamorgan's first innings and was supported by Aneurin Donald and David Lloyd.

Fletcher struck with the seventh ball of the morning when he knocked back Nick Selman's off stump as the opener shouldered arms.

Jacques Rudolph and Will Bragg put on 51 for the second wicket but departed in swift succession before lunch.

Bragg shuffled across his stumps and was out leg-before to Harry Gurney for 30, before Rudolph nicked an outswinger from Brett Hutton to stand-in wicketkeeper Riki Wessels for 14.

Donald struck Stuart Broad for six over long-leg but then undid all his good work by getting out to a reckless shot.

Having survived an attempted slog sweep at Samit Patel which narrowly missed his off stump, Donald attempted the shot again two balls later and was bowled for 36.

South African left-hander Ingram, who struck 29 sixes in the recent Royal London One-Day competition, was in more circumspect mood and left well outside off stump.

Lloyd kept him company for 42.2 overs, scoring 37 from 153 balls, before getting a ball from Fletcher that lifted from a length and carried to Steven Mullaney at second slip.

Ingram had faced 209 balls by stumps, hitting only eight fours, and had Chris Cooke, who reached eight not out, at the other end for company.

With the weather forecast good for Monday, they - along with the Glamorgan tail - still have plenty of work to do to salvage anything from a so far one-sided contest.

Day two report

Nottinghamshire assumed total control on day two of their Specsavers' County Championship game against Glamorgan at the SSE Swalec in Cardiff.

Having reached 448 all out with the bat, thanks to half centuries from Chris Read and Brett Hutton, they bowled out Glamorgan for 187 and will choose overnight, whether or not to enforce the follow on.

The Welsh county have yet to win a four-day game this season and on the evidence of their performance on day two, a change of fortune looks highly unlikely. In fact, if they attempt as many high-risk shots in their second innings as they did in the first, they will do well to take the game past tea.

Although the morning's play was fragmented due to a couple of heavy rain showers and injuries to both Read and Hutton, Notts arrived at lunch on 389 for six. Hutton, who was struck on the head by Marchant de Lange was the more aggressive of the two players, whilst Read, who reached his 50 off 71 balls with eight fours and a six, thereafter set off in careful pursuit of a three figures.

After an early lunch had been taken due to heavy rain, the seventh wicket pair upped the tempo with Read, who was forced to have a runner after damaging a hip, playing a secondary role to Hutton who passed 50 from 80 balls, with six fours.

Read eventually departed, at 427 for seven, caught by Will Bragg off the bowling of Lukas Carey for 88 and thereafter, Glamorgan enjoyed their most productive spell of the day.

Stuart Broad was bowled by Colin Ingram for seven, Hutton top-edged Carey to de Lange at backward point for 61 and Harry Gurney was comprehensively bowled by Timm van der Gugten for one.

Van der Gutgen was the pick of the Glamorgan bowlers, finishing with figures of 5 for 101. Carey helped himself to 3 for 100.

Keen to make early inroads with the ball, Notts took less than eight overs to make the initial breakthrough. Luke Fletcher, bowling from the River End, had Nick Selman caught behind by stand-in wicket keeper Rikki Wessels for seven. Thereafter, Glamorgan lost wickets at regular intervals.

Bragg committed cricketing suicide when running himself out for five at 20 for two and though the host county were only two wickets down at tea, their plight worsened after that.

Ingram departed for nine, caught by Steven Mullaney off Hutton at 47 for three, before captain Jacques Rudolph (25) edged Gurney to Wessels at 51 for four.

David Lloyd and Aneurin Donald batted with a degree of aggression and application to take the Welsh county past the 100 mark in the 34th over, but after Lloyd was caught at slip by Mullaney off the bowling of Broad, for 34, Chris Cooke had his off stump knocked back by the England seamer to leave Glamorgan on 125 for six.

Any feint hope Glamorgan might have had of avoiding the follow on disappeared when Donald (53) pulled Fletcher to the mid wicket boundary where substitute Luke Wood pulled off a remarkable one handed catch.

De Lange followed, caught in a similar position, by Cheteshwar Pujara at 158 for eight and after van der Gugten gifted Samit Patel his first wicket, shortly after, Carey was last man out at 187, leaving Notts with a first-innings lead of 261.

Day one report

Jake Libby returned to his old stamping ground in Cardiff to help Nottinghamshire into a strong position at the end of day one of their Specsavers County Championship game against Glamorgan.

The former Cardiff MCCU batsman made his first-class debut at the SSE Swalec, against Glamorgan, back in the summer of 2014, during a three-year stint at the Metropolitan University.

Later that season, Libby not only secured a two-year contract with Nottinghamshire, but capped his first-class debut with a Championship century against Sussex.

Back in the Welsh capital on Friday, the 24-year-old Devonian scored 109 as Nottinghamshire made Glamorgan pay for not building on an impressive start.

Having seen his side reduced to 108 for four shortly after lunch, it was opener Libby and Riki Wessels who rescued the day by adding 123 for the fifth wicket.

Nottinghamshire finished the day on 335 for six with Wessels out in the penultimate over for a sparkling 120.

Having chosen to bat first, the visitors made slow progress against a Glamorgan side yet to win a Championship game in 2017.

The host county bowled particularly well throughout the session and reduced the league leaders to 64 for two at lunch with Steven Mullaney and debutant Cheteshwar Pujara the men out.

Mullaney was well caught by wicket-keeper Chris Cooke for 14 off the impressive Timm van der Gugten (four for 52), whilst India Test batsman Pujara offered a catch to Aneurin Donald off the bowling of Marchant de Lange.

Nottinghamshire then found themselves 68 for three when Samit Patel was trapped leg before by Van der Gugten.

Michael Lumb followed as 19-year-old Welshman Lukas Carey bagged his first wicket of the game as the hosts took further control.

Glamorgan continued to bowl well throughout the afternoon session, albeit without reward as Libby and Wessels fought back for the visitors.

After Libby had departed, Cooke taking a smart catch at the wicket off the bowling of Van der Gugten, Wessels continued to make hay and added 99 for the sixth wicket with Chris Read, who finished the day unbeaten on 47.

However, having reached his century off 119 balls, the Australian departed in the 95th over when he was trapped lbw by Van der Gugten for 120.