Division Two contests creep towards draws as teams pile on runs

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: There were centuries for Glamorgan's Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram, while Saif Zaib, Calvin Harrison, Justin Broad and Ricardo Vasconcelos all made tons for Northamptonshire

Cardiff (day three of four): Gloucestershire 380 & 12-0, Glamorgan 528 - Gloucestershire trail by 136 runs with 10 wickets remaining

Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram centuries piled on a first-innings lead for Glamorgan as the result withered towards a draw against Gloucestershire.

Glamorgan's middle-order pair put on 254 for the fifth wicket (147 added from overnight) with 82 and 48 for the seventh and eighth wickets respectively, frustrating Gloucestershire bowlers to 528 from a mammoth 151.1 overs in a day of just six wickets falling.

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^{Saif Zaib was one of four centurions for Northamptonshire on a taxing day for the bowlers at Canterbury (Getty Images)}

Kellaway's 139 was the 21-year-old's second century of an eye-catching season for his home nation county side while South African veteran, Ingram, racked up his 16th first-class century for Glamorgan.

Canterbury (day three of four): Kent 566-8 dec, Northamptonshire 624-6 - Northamptonshire lead by 58 runs with four wickets remaining

Bat continued to dominate ball on day three of the Rothesay County Championship match between Kent and Northamptonshire at Canterbury, with Saif Zaib, Calvin Harrison, Justin Broad and Ricardo Vasconcelos all making centuries as the visitors closed on 624 for six, a lead of 58.

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Zaib was unbeaten on 150, Harrison hit 122, and Broad was 107 not out at stumps. Earlier, Vasconcelos made exactly 100, and Tim Robinson weighed in with 55.

It was another sapping day for the bowlers, but Jaydn Denly took his first red-ball wickets at the Spitfire Ground, finishing with two for 107.

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