Defiant Glamorgan hold up Surrey

Stumps Glamorgan 337 for 9 (Wallace 55, Meaker 4-74) v Surrey 575 for 7 (de Bruyn 172, Maynard 123)
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Glamorgan's batting line-up, notably nightwatchman Huw Waters and Graham Wagg, produced a rearguard action to hold up Surrey's victory charge on the third day of the County Championship Division Two match at Cardiff. By the close Glamorgan had reached 377 for 9 in their first innings, requiring a further 49 runs to avoid the follow-on, after last pair James Harris and Dean Cosker survived the final 11.2 overs.

Waters and Stewart Walters had teamed up on 95 for 4, 480 runs adrift of Surrey's 575 for 7 declared in their first innings - and 331 short of the follow-on target. However, the fifth-wicket pair kept Surrey at bay for most of the morning session.

Walters, making his Glamorgan debut against his former county, survived a strong lbw shout from Stuart Meaker on 10 before the Glamorgan pair brought up the 50 partnership. But Walters had his middle stump removed by Meaker for 35 when the Surrey seamer switched ends to take his fourth wicket as they slipped to 158 for 5, ending a fifth-wicket stand of 63.

By lunch Glamorgan had crawled onto 169 for 5, with only 74 runs coming in 30 overs and Waters unbeaten on 20 from 116 balls. The 24-year-old continued to be a key man for Glamorgan as he remained unbeaten on 48 from 163 balls in three hours and 16 minutes when the players were taken off the field for rain at 2.35pm, a delay which lasted 75 minutes.

The tally beat the 24-year-old's previous career-best of 34, scored against Kent at Canterbury in 2005, where he batted for three hours and 10 minutes and faced 192 balls. Waters also showed bravery after being struck on the hand, helmet and body several times by Meaker and Jade Dernbach. He needed treatment for knocks to his hand and head in two five-minute breaks in play.

There was a dramatic start to the final session. In the first over Waters completed his maiden first-class half-century and in the next he was run out by Tom Maynard going for a risky single. It brought an end to a fine rearguard action which saw him frustrate Surrey for three hours and 24 minutes, while facing 169 balls.

After Waters' demise there were two more wickets for Surrey - Mark Wallace was caught behind off Batty for 55 and Robert Croft had made 18 when he pushed a delivery straight to cover point off England Lions seamer Dernbach. Ninth-wicket pair Wagg and Harris added two more bonus points, Wagg hitting 48 from 53 balls before falling to Chris Schofield before Harris and Cosker took Glamorgan to the close.