County Championship: Rishi Patel ton leads Leicestershire to draw with Glamorgan

< / figure > LV = County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day four) Leicestershire 407: Hanscomb 95, Ahmed 90; Van der Gugten 6-88 & 252-3: Patel 134*, Hill 82 Glamorgan: 465: Cooke 132, Neser 90, Labuschagne 64, Byrom 51; Wright 5-89, Scriven 3-61 10 pts) Match scorecard

Patel and Lewis Hill (82) have led Leicestershire to 252-3.

Glamorgan took a 58 first-leg lead as they were eliminated for 465, Chris Cooke last out for 132.< /p>

But they scored slowly thanks to the disciplined Foxes attack, led by Chris Wright (5-89).< /p>

Much improved Leicestershire now have 45 points from three games, including their first win against Yorkshire, and Glamorgan 31 from three draws.

Glamorgan resumed on the final day at 446-8 but quickly lost Andrew Salter, beaten by Wright for 13, leaving Cooke to knock everything out and soon become Wright's fifth victim.

Their three-plus scoring rate meant the game was running out of time, but Leicestershire were still likely to face an opening onslaught from the seamstresses of Glamorgan and Sol Budinger quickly edged Michael Neser to slip for one.

As Glamorgan tried to shake off the life of the pitch with a short bowling, Patel crushed Timm van der Gugten on the square leg in Milligan Road, while he and Hill survived loud calls to be taken hostage.

But the tension quickly died down as Leicestershire were top with nine wickets still standing at lunch , leaving Glam. ..