The steadfast efforts of Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke in adding 226 in 83.1 overs against Nottinghamshire at The SSE SWALEC not only helped to save the game in the Specsavers County Championship but also led to the statisticians frantically scouring the record books to check on a number of records.
Whilst Colin Ingram’s score of 155* was a Glamorgan-best, his stalwart efforts of batting for 590 minutes and facing 427 balls was one of the longest innings in the Club’s history, but it was not a record-breaker. In terms of balls faced, that record remains with Steve James who batted for 670 minutes against Nottinghamshire at Colwyn Bay in 1999 as he made an unbeaten 259 having faced 546 balls.
In terms of the longest by time, that record still stands with Mike Powell who faced 479 deliveries whilst batting for no less than 667 minutes against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in 2006 as he made 299 to become the second-highest scorer in the Club’s history. Steve James, in making his record-breaking 309* against Sussex at Colwyn Bay in 2000 also batted longer than Colin Ingram did at Cardiff, with James occupying the crease for 601 minutes and facing 491 balls.
Cooke and Ingram batted throughout the final day of the contest at Cardiff – this is not the first time such a feat has been achieved, with perhaps the most famous being in 1968 when brothers Alan and Eifion Jones occupied the crease throughout the last day of the contest against Sussex at Hove. Having been 78/2 at the end of day two, the Jones boys took the total to 292/2 as Glamorgan salvaged a draw.
In terms of their unbroken partnership of 226, it was the best for the sixth wicket for Glamorgan against Nottinghamshire surpassing the efforts of Peter Walker and Don Ward who added 138 at the Rodney Parade ground in Newport in 1961. But it did not beat the overall Club record, set by Jim Allenby and Mark Wallace in 2010 who added 240 for the sixth wicket against Surrey at The Oval.