County Championship: Sam Whiteman leads Northants to defeat Middlesex

LV= County Championship Division One, The County Ground, Northampton (day four): Middlesex 149 & 167: Roland-Jones 37; Tremain 3-41Northamptonshire 198: Keogh 75*; Roland-Jones 4-53 & 120-3: Whiteman 60*Northants (19 pts ) beat Middlesex (3 pts) by seven wickets Sheffield Shield last month, played positively for their unbeaten 60.

He hit seven fours and a six as the Northants hit their target just before lunch.

The conditions were tested from the start and the Middlesex bowlers worked hard, finding plenty of movement on a slow surface to limit the score.

Azad's early start, leaving a ball that pinched back and trapped in front, brought together Australian duo Whiteman and Northamptonshire's Chris Tremain.

Tremain, who had come on Saturday evening to perform night watchman duties, reached the first limit of the day but then fell with his leg in front of the counter, dragging himself in his crease towards Ethan Bamber.

At this point Northants still needed another 67 to win but Whiteman, who had only managed 26 in his first three innings for the county, took the attack at Middlesex, hitting the back-to-back limits of Roland Jones before doing the same with Tom Helm.

Middlesex thought he had made the breakthrough when Whiteman cut Helm just before the ravine on 32 but it continued to flat...