ALEX Wharf helped to save Glamorgan from following on against Worcestershire in the Liverpool Victoria County Championship division two match at Colwyn Bay.

The Yorkshireman struck 86 from 104 balls with 15 fours to dilute Worcestershire's winning position.

When Wharf came to the wicket Glamorgan were in trouble at 162-6, needing a further 149 to save the follow-on.

But the seventh wicket realised 105 in 20 overs -- and even when Mark Wallace perished, Wharf and Robert Croft took Glamorgan to 304-7 and a third batting point.

When Wharf and Croft went in consecutive overs, Glamorgan needed two runs to be safe with David Harrison obliging.

After reaching 460 all out with the last five wickets realising 312 runs, Worcestershire made useful in-roads into Glamorgan's first innings.

Needing 311 to save the follow-on, Glamorgan lost Mark Cosgrove to the second ball, giving Zaheer Khan his 60th first-class victim of the season.

Ryan Watkins and David Hemp did a rebuilding job until Watkins edged an attempted drive off Matt Mason to Ben Smith at first slip.

Michael Powell's productive run only lasted another 17 balls before he was bowled through the gate by Khan.

Seven balls later Hemp's flashing drive off Nadeem Malik was well taken by Smith.

Richard Grant and James Franklin got themselves in only to get out again, both victims of Gareth Batty's off-spin.

Worcestershire frustrated Glamorgan for the opening 72 minutes yesterday with the 10th wicket adding 83 runs from the overnight 377-9.

Daryl Mitchell reached his maiden championship century from 233 balls with 13 fours.

His stand with Malik broke the record for the 10th wicket for Worcestershire against Glamorgan, beating Jim Coombes and Paul Pridgeon's 58 at Swansea in 1981.

Glamorgan struggled to wrap up the innings but, in the 20th over of the day, Croft struck to have Malik lbw.

It left Mitchell not out on 134 having faced 280 balls during six hours and eight minutes at the wicket.