Glamorgan tie with Gloucestershire when chasing world record 593

Vitality County Championship Division Two, Cheltenham (day four)

Gloucestershire 179 & 610-5 dec: Bracey 204*, Bancroft 184

Glamorgan 197 & 592: Northeast 184, Labuschagne 119; Singh Dale 3-124

Gloucestershire (11 pts) tied pinch Glamorgan (11 pts)

Match scorecard

Gloucestershire and Glamorgan played retired an epic last-ball necktie arsenic Glamorgan came wrong 1 tally of mounting a caller world-record pursuit of 593.

Wicketkeeper James Bracey took a stunning drawback to disregard Glamorgan’s past man Jamie McIlroy arsenic Glamorgan were near 592 each out.

Sam Northeast made a marathon 187 and Marnus Labuschagne deed 119 to return Glamorgan adjacent to triumph successful nan County Championship Division Two match.

Both sides looked favourites to triumph astatine times successful a melodramatic past session.

The immense second-innings scores came aft some sides were bowled retired for nether 200 first clip around.

Starting nan time connected 222-3, Labuschagne and Northeast took their guidelines to 153 arsenic Labuschagne notched up his 2nd period successful his 4th and astir apt last Championship lucifer of nan season.

Beau Webster’s spell of seam caused nan batters problems and nan elephantine Tasmanian struck successful different manner arsenic Labuschagne was caught astatine backward quadrate limb for 119 to supply nan only greeting wicket.

Chris Cooke, different man tin of a agelong innings, lasted 50 minutes for a watchful 14 earlier edging a good shot from Matt Taylor arsenic James Bracey claimed nan catch.

But Dan Douthwaite (39) played a sensible support domiciled successful a period guidelines pinch Northeast earlier blasting Ollie Price to screen conscionable earlier beverage arsenic nan location broadside seized backmost nan initiative.

Glamorgan needed 140 pinch conscionable 4 wickets opinionated going into nan past convention successful nan gloom.

Timm van der Gugten chipped successful a valuable 31 earlier being caught down disconnected Ajeet Singh Dale, earlier Gloucestershire yet removed Northeast driving astatine Taylor to springiness Bracey his ninth unfortunate of nan game.

He had faced 277 balls and struck 22 fours successful a magnificent show of accomplishment and concentration, but his dismissal near nan Shire connected top.

Marchant de Lange removed Andy Gorvin for 7 pinch 43 balls left, leaving Mason Crane to workplace nan onslaught and protect number 11 Jamie McIlroy.

Webster thought he had McIlroy caught down pinch 3 overs to spare, but umpire Naeem Ashraf turned down nan impassioned appeals.

As Glamorgan looked group to settee for a draw, Crane deed 3 successive fours successful nan 150th over.

McIlroy glanced a 4 successful nan penultimate complete leaving 2 needed disconnected Singh Dale’s past over, but Crane turned down an early azygous earlier taking 1 disconnected nan 5th ball.

McIlroy edged nan past transportation for a soaring Bracey to return his 10th drawback of nan game, prompting delirious celebrations from his team-mates.