COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: Glamorgan and Derbyshire played out an enthralling final day at Cardiff but ultimately had to settle for a share of the spoils, while Lancashire battled hard to avoid a home defeat
Cardiff (day four of four): Glamorgan 431 & 256-7, Derbyshire 350 & 308-9 - match drawn
Derbyshire fought out a final over draw as Glamorgan took a pendulum-swinging thriller down to the final ball thanks to Ben Kellaway's heroics in the County Championship.
Kellaway claimed career best batting and bowling figures on the same day as Luis Reece and No.11 Blair Tickner survived 28 balls to secure a 13-point draw.
The 21-year-old's 78 set up a declaration before taking 5 for 101 in 25 overs, falling just short of handing Glamorgan a win.
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Luke Hollman hit his maiden professional hundred (Warren Little/Getty Images)
Old Trafford (day four of four): Lancashire 450 & 255-8, Gloucestershire 589-8d - match drawn
Resolute batting by Lancashire's Luke Wells and Tom Hartley frustrated Gloucestershire's bowlers and helped ensure that the County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford ended in a draw.
The visitors declared on their overnight score of 589 for 8, giving them a lead of 139, and when they reduced the home side to 160 for 6 half an hour before tea, they looked well placed to beat Lancashire for the first time since 2015.
But Wells and Hartley shared a seventh-wicket partnership of 69 in 28 overs either side of tea and the game ended at 5.53pm when Lancashire were 255 for 8 and had a lead of 116 with only eight overs left in the match.
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Ben Kellaway claimed a maiden first-class five-fer (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
Lord's (day four of four): Kent 129 & 473, Middlesex 238 & 366-8 - Middlesex won by two wickets
Luke Hollman's maiden century paved the way for Middlesex to snatch a dramatic victory as they edged past Kent in a see-saw Rothesay County Championship classic at Lord’s.
Bowled out for 129 on the opening day, Kent looked favourites after setting a stiff target of 365 and reducing their hosts to 81 for 3 overnight – but Hollman's diligent knock of 103 anchored a remarkable fightback.
The 24-year-old shared key partnerships with Stephen Eskinazi (41) – who retired hurt with a back spasm but returned later – and Jack Davies (59), only for leg-spinner Matt Parkinson to turn the contest back in Kent's favour, dismissing Hollman and Davies in quick succession.
It needed an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 52 between Toby Roland-Jones and Zafar Gohar to wrap up a record Middlesex run-chase against Kent, the latter slog-sweeping Parkinson (3 for 105) for six to secure victory with just one over remaining.
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