PINNER were left hanging on grimly for a draw in their home game against Middlesex Championship Division Two leaders Glaxo on Saturday.

Batting first, Glaxo were contained to just 69 for one off the first 27 overs of their innings, but then cut loose to score an impressive 209 for eight in 53.3 overs.

Already without paceman Gary Steadman, who suffered a hairline fracture of his foot two weeks ago, Pinner also lost Laurence Schreiber with a pulled hamstring, and their most successful bowler was spinner Ranjit Bagwe, who took 2-24.

In the Pinner reply, Sagor Panaskar (38) and Bagwe (25) batted well and, at 89 for three, the home side looked comfortable.

However, they incredibly then lost five wickets in three overs for the addition of just two more runs, and crashed to 91 for eight wickets.

With 10 overs to bat out, only one more wicket fell as they hang on to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat, finishing with 108 for nine.

* Rumi Cassim (33) and Mark Rissen (18) top scored for Pinner 2nds as they slumped to 90 all out against Glaxo, who made the required runs for the loss of three wickets. Mark Amedee (2-15) was the pick of the Pinner bowlers.