{"id":554135,"date":"2026-04-27T23:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/554135\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:59:16","slug":"county-championship-glamorgan-and-leicestershire-play-out-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/554135\/","title":{"rendered":"County Championship: Glamorgan and Leicestershire play out draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leicestershire started the day with a lead of 60 but started slowly as Glamorgan were content with a holding operation in the field, Kiran Carlson and Andy Gorvin keeping it tight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tattersall reached his first Leicestershire century, in his second game since moving from Yorkshire, off 191 balls and including just six fours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But he quickly fell, caught off Carlson, when he tried to open his shoulders having put on 104 with Ben Cox. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cox recorded his third score of 50-plus in consecutive innings, including 162 against Surrey, but although Ben Green fell quickly swinging at Gorvin, there was no concerted flurry of shots before the declaration at 12:32 BST with 69 overs left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Australian opener Jake Weatherald did not resume his innings for Leicestershire after suffering cramp and retiring on 104, with the team not needing his batting services or a permanent replacement in the match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eddie Byrom&#8217;s scratchy form continued as he fell lbw to Josh Davey for five, but Zain Ul Hassan patiently soaked up 80 balls for 29 before playing no shot to Ben Green and chopping on to his stumps.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But eight wickets in the final session looked a tall order for the Foxes bowlers and so it proved, despite a fierce spell of short-pitched bowling from paceman Josh Hull which saw Carlson struck painfully in the ribs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tribe was largely untroubled after surviving some early difficulty against the spin of Ajaz Patel, while Carlson finished on 28 not out as very occasional spinner Stevie Eskinazi got a chance to turn his arm over along with Rishi Patel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Glamorgan and Leicestershire both have two draws and a defeat from their opening three games back in the top flight, with the Foxes extending the points gap between them to five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leicestershire host champions Nottinghamshire in the next round starting on Friday 1 May, while on the same day Glamorgan begin a rare Championship visit to Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The fitness of key all-rounder Ben Kellaway, who suffered a hip injury against Nottinghamshire, is being closely monitored as he returns to training, but he looks likely to miss the trip to Southampton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Glamorgan coach Richard Dawson told BBC Sport Wales:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If they were going to come hard with the bat this morning, we might have been on the back foot but the way we were bowled yesterday to hold the game, we did a hell of a job. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The pitch wasn&#8217;t what we expected, it was a different game from what we had planned for, I suppose it was challenging in a different way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our last game against Notts, we played well in patches but we wanted to bounce back and we know Leicester play hard cricket, they put runs on the board and we&#8217;ve both come away with what we probably deserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Ben Kellaway did a bit of running this morning, did some fielding and had a hit so he&#8217;s progressing nicely, he&#8217;s adding more to his rehab.&#8221;   <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leicestershire coach Alfonso Thomas told BBC Radio Leicester:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The bowlers were absolutely superb to bowl 140-odd overs and only go for three (runs) an over, I thought was a phenomenal effort in quite hot weather in England (Wales) for the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In terms of the wicket, I wasn&#8217;t impressed, it&#8217;s not conducive to four-day cricket, if I was coming to watch that I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;Il be queueing to come back next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For me, being a (former) bowler there&#8217;s got to be a fair contest between  bat and ball, and that had boring draw written all over it by the end of day two. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We haven&#8217;t played a lot of four-day cricket on hybrids, but if that&#8217;s how they&#8217;re going to play I certainly wouldn&#8217;t be an advocate for Callum (Lewin, head groundsman) to do it at Grace Road.&#8221; 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