BRISTOL (final day of four): Gloucestershire (12pts) drew with Warwickshire (10)
DOUGIE BROWN was fed up with himself when he drove a catch to short extra cover with 11 overs left against Gloucestershire. But he had done enough in the preceding 3½ hours to make all but certain that Warwickshire would retain their unbeaten record, and in earning four points for a draw to their six bonus points, assembled extra ballast for the closing matches in the championship.
It was a fine effort by Brown, one that was well in character. By nature an aggressor, but before that essentially a team-man, he adapted to the role of a latter-day Chris Tavaré so easily that neither his team-mates nor himself can have missed a heartbeat.
Mark Wagh and Jonathan Trott, the overnight pair, had stretched their second-wicket stand to 163 before James Averis dislodged Wagh. Trott followed next over but Jim Troughton and Michael Powell resisted for more than 20 overs each, then came Brown.
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WARWICKSHIRE: First Innings 350 (J O Troughton 120, D R Brown 91)
Second Innings
*N V Knight b Lewis 0
M A Wagh c Adshead b Averis 73
I J L Trott c Spearman b Fisher 79
J O Troughton lbw b Fisher 21
M J Powell c Weston b Sillence 9
D R Brown c Taylor b Gidman 49
T Frost b Lewis 28
H H Streak c Hardinges b Lewis 4
N Tahir not out 11
N M Carter not out 0
Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 24) 34
Total (8 wkts, 122 overs) 308
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0, 2-163, 3-164, 4-202, 5-202, 6-263, 7-281, 8-306.
BOWLING: Lewis 27-6-89-3; Averis 15-4-57-1; Hardinges 13-2-42-0; Sillence 17-8-33-1; Fisher 36-20-50-2; Hussey 1-0-1-0; Taylor 1-0-2-0; Gidman 12-4-26-1.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE: First Innings
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C M Spearman c and b Troughton 237
W P C Weston c Trott b Tahir 30
M E K Hussey lbw b Troughton 26
I D Fisher c Frost b Pretorius 13
A P R Gidman c Powell b Wagh 47
*C G Taylor b Brown 30
S J Adshead b Brown 32
M A Hardinges not out 68
R J Sillence lbw b Trott 92
J M M Averis not out 0
Extras (b 3, lb 11, w 1, nb 2) 17
Total (8 wkts dec, 161 overs) 592
Score at 130 overs: 459-7.
J Lewis did not bat.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-99, 2-190, 3-229, 4-363, 5-368, 6-427, 7-434, 8-588.
BOWLING: Pretorius 20-2-84-1; Carter 23-1-93-0; Brown 31-9-84-2; Tahir 5-0-43-1; Wagh 28-3-107-1; Troughton 37-9-106-2; Powell 7-0-36-0; Streak 8-1-24-0; Trott 2-1-1-1.
Umpires: A Clarkson and N J Llong.