Academy chase ends in draw

Mark Wagh: Runs and wickets for the Academy

A frenetic finish saw England's Academy cricketers pulled up brutally short in their four day match against Australian Capital Territory in Canberra.

Chasing 267 for victory, England had dashed to 264 for five off just 55 overs when stumps were drawn on the final day.

After Ian Bell's dismissal for 60, Kent batsman Robert Key came together with Alex Tudor in a last-gasp sixth wicket stand worth eight runs before the clock beat them, leaving Key unbeaten on 72.

Warwickshire's Mark Wagh, who took three second innings wickets with his off-spin, then top-scored for the tourists with 73.

Hampshire pace bowler Chris Tremlett also bagged three scalps as ACT were bowled out for 299 to set up the chase.

The home side were hindered by the retirement hurt of leading batsman D Hazell, who made just a single after his first innings 199 before leaving the crease.

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ACT, 1st innings
J Smith c Wallace b Harmsion 0
D Dawson c Strauss b Bell 17
D Hazell c Key b Wagh 199
S Holcombe c Wagh b Harmison 6
S Maxwell lbw b Harmison 97
C Hanna c Wallace b Wagh 6
A Lade lbw b Kirby 2
M Hatton not out 51
T Hill lbw b Wagh 0
B Dennett c&b b Kirby 5
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 6, nb 23) 43
Total (9 wickets decl.) 426

FoW: 1-6 (Smith), 2-49 (Dawson), 3-81 (Holcombe), 4-285 (Maxwell), 5-323 (Hanna), 6-328 (Lade), 7-410 (Hazell), 8-414 (Hill), 9-426 (Dennett)
DNB: E Kellar, D Anderson

Bowling (O - M - R - W) Harmison 24 - 4 - 82 - 3 Tudor 14 - 4 - 30 - 0 Jones 3.2 - 1 - 3 - 0 Kirby 20.4 - 2 - 109 - 2 Bell 12.4 - 3 - 46 - 1 Tremlett 17 - 3 - 44 - 0 Wagh 29 - 6 - 78 - 3 Wood 6 - 0 - 20 - 0

ECB National Academy, 1st innings
A Strauss lbw b Hill 48
M Wood lbw b Hill 107
M Wagh b Dennett 164
D Kenway b Dennett 18
M Wallace c Dawson b Kellar 67
R Key c Dawson b Kellar 0
I Bell c Dawson b Kellar 3
A Tudor c Dawson b Dennett 0
C Tremlett c Dawson b Kellar 23
S Harmison b Dennett 1
S Kirby not out 0
Extras (b 3, lb 5, w 1, nb 19) 28
Total (all out) 459

FoW: 1-111 (Strauss), 2-191 (Wood), 3-244 (Kenway), 4-404 (Wallace), 5-404 (Key), 6-416 (Bell), 7-417 (Tudor), 8-437 (Wagh), 9-459 (Tremlett) 10-459 (Harmison)

Bowling (O - M - R - W) Dennett 23.3 - 3 - 98 - 4 Kellar 23 - 6 - 75 - 4 Anderson 9 - 0 - 61 - 0 Hill 25 - 4 - 95 - 2 Hatton 10 - 2 - 43 - 0 Lade 15 - 0 - 54 - 0 Smith 4 - 0 - 25 - 0

ACT, 2nd innings
D Dawson st Wallace b Wagh 105
J Smith c Wallace b Harmsion 62
D Hazell Retired hurt 1
S Holcombe c Key b Tremlett 46
S Maxwell lbw b Tudor 9
C Hanna lbw b Wagh 1
A Lade Run Out 17
M Hatton b Tremlett 22
T Hill st Wallace b Wagh 5
B Dennett b Tremlett 0
E Kellar not out 0
Extras 31
Total (9 wickets) 299

FoW: 1-114 (Smith), 2-191 (Holcombe), 3-219 (Maxwell), 4-250 (Hanna), 5-255 (Lade), 6-287 (Dawson), 7-299 (Hatton), 8-299 (Dennett), 9-299 (Hill)

Bowling (O - M - R - W) Harmison 10 - 1 - 37 - 1 Kirby 5 - 1 - 32 - 0 Tudor 16 - 2 - 61 - 1 Tremlett 16 - 5 - 31 - 3 Wagh 37.1 - 7 - 106 - 3 Wood 6 - 1 - 19 - 0

ECB National Academy, 2nd innings (target 267)
A Strauss c Hatton b Smith 32
M Wood c Dawson b Dennett 9
M Wagh c&b b Hatton 73
D Kenway lbw b Smith 0
R Key not out 72
I Bell c Maxwell b Kellar 60
A Tudor not out 3
Extras (b 3, lb 6, w 1, nb 5) 15
Total (5 wickets) 264

FoW: 1-21 (Wood), 2-58 (Strauss), 3-59 (Kenway), 4-150 (Wagh), 5-256 (Bell)

Bowling (O - M - R - W) Dennett 13 - 1 - 80 - 1 Kellar 14 - 3 - 45 - 1 Anderson 6 - 0 - 25 - 0 Smith 7 - 0 - 36 - 0 Hatton 11 - 1 - 49 - 1 Lade 4 - 0 - 17 - 0