Glamorgan fell one wicket short of a memorable win against Derbyshire, after Andy Gorvin and Ben Kellaway brought the county to the brink of a first win of the season.

The Welsh county started the first two days strongly, posting 431 in the first innings with scores for experienced players Colin Ingram (81), Sam Northeast (63), and Timm van der Gugten (62), and a sparky 58 for university opener Asa Tribe.

Thanks to the returning Gorvin’s 5-85, Glamorgan reduced their opponents to 162-7, but Derbyshire rallied through Luis Reece and Alex Thomson to end with 350.

When Derbyshire’s New Zealand international overseas Blair Tickner pegged Glamorgan back to 15-3, the match looked as though it was turning the way of the visitors.

However, 109-run and 110-run partnerships between Zain-ul-Hassan and Ingram, and then Kellaway and Chris Cooke took Glamorgan up to 256-7 and, with a lead of 337, Northeast declared.

With the match perfectly poised on day 4, Glamorgan took regular wickets, while Derbyshire scored at a rate that always kept them in the contest. Martin Andersson’s 78 from 95 ball threatened to take the game away from the home side, but when he was caught behind off the bowling of Kellaway, Glamorgan had a sniff.

Three more quick wickets from Ned Leonard and Kellaway – who completed his 5-fer – left Glamorgan on the brink of victory, but Reece and Tickner at 10 and 11 batted out the final four overs for a draw.

Glamorgan took a creditable 14 points from the weekend’s match, but remain bottom of County Championship Division 2 and still searching for a first win of the season.

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