Thanks to Steven Davies and Mark Ramprakash, Surrey appeared to be on course for maximum batting points at tea. But having notched up 223-3 the visitors then slumped to 290-9, which prompted Rory Hamilton-Brown to declare 69 runs behind, allowing Jade Dernbach and Chris Tremlett to have a brief dart at the Glamorgan openers before the close. With just one day remaining, however, the draw still seems the probable outcome to this rain-affected contest.

Needing 223 to avoid the follow-on, Steven Davies and Arun Harinath got Surrey off to a good start by combining for 83 in 21 overs. Davies had a let-off of sorts before even making his mark, when he edged James Harris between first and second slip in the opening over of the visitors' reply. Three overs later, that was quickly forgotten when the former Worcestershire keeper took three consecutive fours off David Harrison.

In the sixth over, Harinath on drove Harrison for four and moved to twenty in the next by despatching Harris to the cover rope. In the ninth over, Davies brought the fifty up for Surrey and also went past 5,000 first-class career runs with a wonderful drive through cover point for four off Harris.

Four overs later, Davies helped Harris to the third man boundary before cover driving the 20-year-old for four. But then, on 42, Davies was handed another life when Mark Cosgrove floored at difficult chance at gully off Harris.

In the 19th over, Davies posted a 51-ball half-century before being dropped again, this time on 50, when Tom Maynard failed to hold on at extra cover in Dean Cosker's initial over. But Glamorgan finally made the breakthrough when Harinath, attempting a sweep, fell leg before to Jamie Dalrymple's very first delivery.

With Mark Ramprakash sweeping Cosker fine for four, the visitors went to lunch on 92-1. In the fifth over after the interval, Ramprakash despatched Harrison to the fence at deep extra cover before flicking Huw Waters to fine leg for four. The 35th over saw the former Middlesex man angle Harrison down to the rope at third man before working him off his left hip to square leg boundary.

In the 38th over, Harris had Davies caught behind, looking to force through the off-side, for 83, thus ending a third wicket stand that was worth 74 in 17 overs. Five deliveries later, Younis Khan, looking to let the ball go, was bowled by one that nipped back and hit top of his off stump to make it 157-3.

In the 45th over, bowled by Jim Allenby, Ramprakash reached his fifty, off 82 balls, with a four through extra cover, though not before Usman Afzaal had gone past one thousand first-class runs against Glamorgan and flicked Harris wristily through the covers for his first boundary.

At tea, the visitors were 215-3. In the second over after the adjournment Afzaal hooked Harrison for four, but then Harris struck twice in the space of two balls when he had Ramprakash caught behind for 73 and Rory Hamilton-Brown trapped leg before for a duck.

Gareth Batty, favouring the off-side, then joined forces with Afzaal. In the 73rd over, Batty brought up the fifty partnership for the sixth wicket with a quick single, though not before he had driven Allenby straight down the ground for four.

Two overs later, Afzaal was brilliantly caught at slip, low and to the left of Dalrymple, off the bowling of Allenby. In the very next over, Batty, backing away to make room, was bowled by Cosker to make it 282-7. That became 287-8 when Stuart Meaker was LBW to the 32-year-old slow left-armer. Glamorgan collected a full hat of bowling points when Jade Dernbach, looking to drive the fifth delivery with the new ball, was bowled by Waters.

Earlier, resuming on 363-8, the home side missed out on maximum batting points. In the third over of the day, Harrison, looking to work to leg, was caught at mid-off after the ball took a leading edge off the bowling of Tremlett. Two overs later, Waters was cleaned up by Tremlett - who was operating off a shorter run-up - to give the former Hampshire man improved figures of 3-55.

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