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Glamorgan 305 (Carlson 119, van der Gugten 54, Raine 4-65) and 104 for 6 (Lloyd 31, Coughlin 3-27) f/o tied with Durham 471 for December 9 (Carse 91, Trevaskis 79, Robinson 73, Jones 69, Borthwick 59, Labuschagne 4-81)
In Glamorgan’s second innings, Durham’s bowlers were back on top as the home side reached 106 for 6 before a heavy downpour brought the game to an end with 22 overs to bowl.
Glamorgan will finish with nine points and Durham with 13, but the real winner was the weather that took this game almost two matchdays.
Carlson and van der Gugten batted brilliantly to put their team within reach of avoiding the follow-up with a partnership of 110, a record ninth wicket stand in matches between these two teams.
He slowed down a bit on his way to his hundred, but it was another inning that held things together for his team. Against Gloucestershire he ran into trouble with his team at 35 for 3, here his team trailed three times for just 60 runs. Both times, a century his team dug out of a hole they had made themselves.
Carlson’s first innings of the day ended when Liam Trevaskis caught and bowled him off for 119.
Durham’s efforts to push for victory were hampered by Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann’s tight back, which prevented him from taking the field on the final day, but they still managed to bundle Glamorgan in time. Van der Gugten was the last man to fall for 54.
Carlson could not repeat his first innings heroics, being dismissed for 7 in Glamorgan’s second dig when caught leg slip by Graham Clark.
David Lloyd made 31 before being caught hooking at the boundary to give Coughlan his third wicket, leaving Glamorgan 66 for 5 with over 30 overs to bowl. That became 96 for 6 when Chris Cooke broke through to the keeper of Raine’s bowling alley.
Shortly after the fall of Cooke’s wicket, rain ended play and Durham left to lament a missed chance for a win with too much lost time to head back north with maximum points.
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