New Zealand bowler Blair Tickner has blocked out the last five overs to secure Derbyshire a draw in a tense County Championship match that looked as if it would be a win when Australia's Caleb Jewell was at the crease.
Set 338 in 65 overs by Glamorgan in the Division Two clash Tasmanian Jewell and David Lloyd put on 67 in the opening 13 overs before the latter's departure for 42. Derbys were still well-placed at 2-119 in the 23rd when Jewell was lbw to Ben Kellaway sweeping against the spin for 44.
The match ebbed and flowed thereafter, but when Martin Andersson (78) became one of youngster Kellaway's five victims the visitors collapsed from 4-218 to 9-293.
Tickner, accompanied by an injured Luis Reece, managed to keep the Welsh county at bay, even through an ambidextrous over from Kellaway, with Tickner batting ten balls for one.
Gloucestershire and Lancashire were also forced to settle for a draw on a featherbed Old Trafford wicket on which Marcus Harris made 167 in the home team's first innings. Batting again 139 behind after Cameron Bancroft declared on 9-589 Lancs made 8-255, Harris scoring 24 before being stumped.
Cam Green, who made eight in the first innings, was thus unable to bat again The allrounder still cannot bowl as Cricket Australia manages his recovery from a back operation so was unavailable to Bancroft as he tried to winkle Lancs out.
After making 112 in his opening innings in England since arriving in the West country on a deal bankrolled by a mystery benefactor Green has made 17 runs in four knocks. He has two more matches to play before joining up with Australia ahead of the World Test Championship at Lord's next month.
His next match is against Kent who lost a gripping topsy-turvy match against Middlesex at Lord's by two wickets in the penultimate over. Luke Hollman made 103 as Middlesex, 3-81 overnight, chased down 365 thanks to an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 52 between Zafar Gohar (30no) and Toby Roland-Jones (23no).
The results left Leicestershire, captained by Peter Handscomb, who beat a Darren Lehmann-coached Northamptonshire on Sunday, 21 points clear at the top of the table.
In Division One England hopeful James Rew made 103, Lewis Gregory 57 and Craig Overton 53 as Somerset beat Essex by three wickets. Hampshire and Brendan Doggett's Durham played out a draw in which only 20 wickets were taken in four days. The Queenslander went wicketless.
Nottinghamshire, fired by Fergus O'Neill's early season wickets, are top, four points ahead of Beau Webster's Warwickshire.
