They continued on the second day, adding 87 for the last three wickets to end with a total of 603, until Cardiff UCCE finally dismissed them – before they were bowled out for 152 in reply, spinner Dean Cosker taking three for 13.

Glamorgan eventually declared on 381 for 3 after 28 third-day overs, leaving Cardiff UCCE an impossible 833 to win – before Andrew Davies nipped out a wicket after five minutes.

That was followed up with two more Championship losses, against Gloucestershire and then Surrey, and the streak of defeats continued as eventual champions Essex beat them by five wickets in the National League.

The Outlaws were 52 for 4 in reply before a partnership of 99 between David Hussey (68) and Chris Read (47) lifted them – however, they were both dismissed by Dean Cosker as Nottinghamshire lost four wickets for 28 to stand at 179 for 8.

At The Oval, there was a short boundary towards Harleyford Road, over which Scott Newman (117) and Ali Brown (122) hit plenty of runs to take Surrey to 441 for 7 on the first day.

James Middlebrook was the main contributor with the ball, taking two for 27 off 9 overs, but South African pace bowler Dale Steyn also contributed with three for 34 amid no-balls and wides.

The experienced fast bowler Jason Lewry took six for 77 for Sussex, while the Welsh team's new import, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, scored a duck in his first innings.

Their overseas player, Sourav Ganguly, who played in his second match this season, added 55% of the Glamorgan team score, making 142 in three hours before he was last out, caught by Van Jaarsveld for 142.

Robert Croft, the former England spinner, top-scored with 88 from the opening position, while an eighth-wicket partnership of 23 between Mark Wallace and David Harrison took Glamorgan to a total of 211 for 7.

A disciplined Warwickshire fielding effort – the Bears only conceded one extra – and Alex Loudon taking five for 33, resulted in Glamorgan falling to 151 all out in 18.2 overs.

Along with Keith Parsons making 57 off 28, they made a dent in the theory that spinners are useful in Twenty20 cricket, as experienced off-spinner Robert Croft was dispatched for 50 runs in four overs.

In reply, the visitors had no one to pass 30 once Mike Powell went, Ian Blackwell taking four Glamorgan Dragons wickets for 26 runs as the Welshmen crumbled to 123 all out, Sourav Ganguly top-scoring with 35.

Jon Lewis and Mark Alleyne then shared a 68-run stand, but a quick burst of wickets from Robert Croft and Andrew Davies saw them bowled out for 128.

Croft and Matthew Elliott both made fifties as Glamorgan knocked off the runs with ten wickets and 7.3 overs to spare, helped by five no-balls and four wides from the Gloucestershire bowlers.

(Cricinfo scorecard) After two wins to end the Twenty20 Cup, it was back to losing in the County Championship, going down to Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge for their eighth loss in nine games.

Chris Read, the former England wicket-keeper, then made his fifth first-class century with a 117-ball ton, only to be departed by Nottinghamshire's last man Mark Footitt shortly afterwards – left stranded on 103 not out.

Another wicket fell shortly afterwards, and Glamorgan were 67 for 3, but Ganguly made 53, Mike Powell contributed 82, and David Hemp sealed the win with his unbeaten 51 off 36 ball.

After winning the toss, Ed Smith dominated proceedings in the first hour, making 29 in an opening stand of 40 before he was bowled by Huw Waters, Ben Hutton and Owais Shah made a partnership of 109 to lift Middlesex, and their batting line-up from one to nine all made it past 25 as the score finished on 534 – Shah finishing on 101, his third of seven Championship centuries, Kenyan-born Jamie Dalrymple scoring a season-high 108, and number nine Peter Trego smacking 72 off 54 balls – also a season-best.

(Cricinfo scorecard) Match drawn After a first day in which Glamorgan had racked up 380 runs, Mike Powell top-scoring with 111 and Alex Wharf making 77 while Syed Rasel took four for 89, the touring Bangladesh A side were sent in to bat.

Six Glamorgan players were then out in single figures, Amjad Khan taking three for 68, but number three David Hemp stood tall with an unbeaten 171.

Glamorgan were 188 for 9 at one point on day two, but survived to stumps to 236 for 9, and just kept going – their number 11, Huw Waters, made 34 from 192 balls, and he added 118 with Hemp, for the second-highest stand of the match.

However, their blunt bowling attack were shown up again, as Ian Westwood recorded his maiden first-class century, four batsmen passed fifty, and Warwickshire muscled their way to 545 for 7 before declaring.

Dean Cosker top-scored for Glamorgan with 52 from number seven as they made their way to 290, setting Gloucestershire a target of 540 to win – which would have been a record run chase in first-class cricket.

Then followed two matches in the National League, a five-run loss to Middlesex first, before C&G Trophy champions Hampshire were bowled out for 69, giving Glamorgan a 151-run victory.

Four wickets from Mark Ealham in the late hours of the third day's play, though, reduced Glamorgan to 290 for 9 at the close, and Wharf added 17 on the fourth morning with Huw Waters (who recorded an unbeaten 24-ball duck) before he was dismissed by Andrew Harris for 113, his highest first-class score.

Having been put in to bat by Glamorgan Dragons captain Robert Croft, they got themselves to 155 for 2 thanks to fifties from Usman Afzaal and David Sales, and to finish the innings off Bilal Shafayat and Riki Wessels recorded scores at run rates higher than six an over.

Wharf was eventually caught by Smith, but David Hemp, Dan Cherry and Richard Grant all added more than 30 in stands with Mike Powell, and at 219 for 5, Glamorgan needed 21 for the last five wickets.

When the match got underway, the entire Hampshire batting order from one to eight made their way past 15, and an innings including half-centuries from James Adams, Jono McLean, Simon Katich and Dimitri Mascarenhas, saw them to a total of 350.

Wicket-keeper and number eight Mark Wallace was left not out on 33, as Glamorgan posted a total of 244, while Ervine finished with five for 60 in the second innings, his best bowling figures of the season thus far.

Winning the toss and bowling first, Gloucestershire's spinners Malinga Bandara and Mark Hardinges shared four for 87 in their 18 overs after the opening bowlers Jon Lewis and James Averis went wicketless.