Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day four)

Glamorgan 505: Tribe 184, Carlson 107, Root 59; Akhter 5-107

Essex 129: Ul Hassan 5-14, Toole 3-21

& 351-6 (following on): Elgar 108, Bell 66, Westley 65

Glamorgan (13 points) drew with Essex (9 points)

Match scorecard

Glamorgan were unable to force a win against Essex as rain ended the contest as a draw after just 21 balls of play.

Following a delayed start, Essex added 20 runs to their second innings for the loss of George Bell’s wicket for 66.

But they were still precariously poised, 25 runs in arrears after following on, when the weather intervened again.

Glamorgan finish sixth in the table while Essex are eighth, thanks to Leicestershire’s points deduction following their Division One match against Glamorgan in August.

Rules that teams should lose all their match points for a poor pitch should ease any relegation worries for Essex supporters, whatever the extra sanctions decision.