Browne 99 trumps Ingram ton in Essex chase

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Essex 325 for 6 (Browne 99, Bopara 59, Ryder 50) beat Glamorgan 324 for 8 (Ingram 107, Lloyd 62) by four wicketsScorecard

Nick Browne posted his highest List A score to keep Essex top of the Royal London Cup South Group table, but the opener might have been celebrating a first 50-over hundred if he had not been run out on 99.

Browne slipped as he turned for a second run and failed to beat home Andrew Salter’s throw from deep mid-on. He had faced 104 balls, and in partnerships of 82 with Jesse Ryder and 85 with Ravi Bopara laid the foundations for Essex to chase down 325 with five balls to spare.

The left-hander’s previous best had been the …

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