Middlesex v Leicestershire abandoned following draw

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May 6, 2024

Vitality County Championship, Division Two, Lord's (Day Four)

Leicestershire 306: Handscomb 109, Scriven 46, Ahmed 42; Bamber 4-68

Middlesex 407-8: Robson 162, du Plooy 131; Currie 2-66, Green 2-81

Middlesex (15 pts) drew with Leicestershire (12 pts)

Match scorecard

Middlesex County Championship match against Leicestershire ended in a wet draw with no play possible on the final day.

The hosts were leading by 101 with two wickets remaining before the fourth day of the Division 2 match, but rain which washed away the he action from day one returned with a vengeance as the finale began. morning, drenching the outfield.

Umpires Paul Baldwin and Robert White gave the field every chance to recover, calling an early tea at 3:10 p.m. BST after 2:35 p.m. . inspection.

However, further rain in the meantime led to the abandonment at 3:25 p.m.

The hosts – for whom Jack Davies and Henry Brookes were not part overnight – gain 15 points to Leicestershire's 12, leaving them both six behind leaders Sussex.

Middlesex, however, are above the Foxes in the matches won table.

Report provided by the ECB journalists network.