Grant Stewart sees out the first three balls of the last possible over of the match, and with four wickets standing that is enough to secure the draw and bring this round of county championship matches to an end. Gloucestershire's cowardice in delaying the declaration until Kent needed over 400 at 10 an over meant that even thought Kent got in bother there was just not enough time for Gloucestershire to win.
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I still think it was unconscionably cowardly of Gloucestershire to delay their declaration as long as they did, but Kent are making such a hash of the final innings that they may yet get away with it. Harry Finch has just gone to make to 97-6 and Kent have 7.3 overs to survive.
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Weather closing in at Edgbaston, saving the home side from defeat. Barnard and Hannon-Dalby had survived a fair time already, but this weather intervention is almost certainly settling it,
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/04/21/day-four-here-there-and-everywhere/
A look at the state of play as the current round of county championship matches draws to a close. Also a large photo gallery.
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Off for bad light at Lord's with Middlesex 14-1 chasing a target of 55. The worry for Middlesex is that there is rain approaching London from the west, and that may well be what denies them in the end.
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Nice to see #Essex top the #CountyChampionship table. Suspect it won't last if Sam Cook is absent as we struggle to bowl teams out twice. #cricket

Lunch on day four. Glamorgan are 269-7, needing two more runs to avoid the innings defeat. If they can stave off defeat until 3PM or thereabouts rain may save them.
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These umps aren’t LBW givers. Middx had better try hitting the stumps. #CountyChampionship #cricket

Porter claims a return catch that would end the match. Brookes refuses to walk saying he thinks the ball hits the ground. However Brookes has now accepted that the catch was cleanly taken to give Porter his sixth wicket of the innings and eighth of the match. Essex win by 29 runs, and Brookes is last out for 88. The 10th wicket yielded 64 runs, with Duffy scoring 0* in the supporting role.
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Another six to Brookes reduces the ask below 30. Brookes now has 88*.
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Porter manages to ensure that Duffy will be facing at the start of the new over. Worcestershire 260-9, need 35 more to win.
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Worcestershire into the 250s as Brookes hits the seventh six of his innings, moving on to 79 not out. Four byes from the next ball reduces the ask below 40.
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Brookes into the 70s and the ask for Worcestershire drops below 50 - they are 246-9, needing 49 more to win.
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Ethan Brookes playing a great innings here. Starting to feel a little nervous. #Cricket #CountyChampionship

50 for Ethan Brookes, the second such score of this innings and the fourth of this match, but significantly Walter, the only left hander in this match, went on to three figures for Essex.
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