Bears see batters DRAW on their resources

WARWICKSHIRE batted through a rain-affected final day to draw their Rothesay County Championship match with Sussex at Hove.

- By BRUCE TALBOT ECB REPORTERS NETWORK

Tom Latham led the way with 69 and there were half-centuries for skipper Alex Davies and Sam Hain with the Bears on 260 for four, a lead of 142, when the players shook hands at 4.50pm. Sussex took 14 points, Warwickshire 13.

After only 21 wickets had fallen on the first three days there was little likelihood of a clatter on day four, and the already-slim odds on Sussex forcing a victory lengthened when 18 overs were lost to rain and bad light before lunch.