Zak Crawley holds firm for Kent as three games end in draws

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: Only Middlesex won in the second tier, but Gloucestershire were left to ponder a cautious declaration after taking six Kent wickets before running out of time at Canterbury

Derby (day four of four): Derbyshire 307 & 202-3, Northamptonshire 500-8d - match drawn

Rain ruined any chance of a positive result on the final day of the County Championship Division Two match between Derbyshire and Northamptonshire at Derby.

The players arrived at the County Ground to find the hover cover already in place, and the rain got steadier throughout the morning.

Going into the fourth day, the state of the game was that Derbyshire were nine runs ahead with seven second innings wickets in hand, but the pitch was playing well and the loss of the first session made it difficult for either side to push for a win. 

With the rain set in and no prospect of an immediate improvement in the weather, the umpires took the decision to abandon the game following a post-lunch inspection.

^{Middlesex won by nine wickets against Glamorgan (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)}

Canterbury (day four of four): Gloucestershire 472 & 355-5d, Kent 393 & 124-6 - match drawn

Gloucestershire were left to rue an over-cautious declaration when their Rothesay County Championship with Kent ended at Canterbury in a draw.

Tom Price almost single-handedly injected life into what was becoming a tedious final day by reducing Kent to 49 for 4 with 22 overs remaining, but despite some middle order tremors the visitors dug in to reach 124 for 6. England's Zak Crawley anchored the defence with an unbeaten 54 from 112 balls and Grant Stewart finished on 16 not out, keeping his head during a tense finale that went to the final over.

The visitors batted deeply, arguably too deeply, into the afternoon session before setting a notional target of 413 to win from 41 overs, after declaring on 335 for 5, Miles Hammond making 89, Graeme van Buuren 58 and Ollie Price 56. Tom Price finished with figures of 4 for 33.

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Old Trafford (day four of four): Lancashire 263 & 90-3 v Leicestershire 491-8d - match drawn 

The Rothesay County Championship match between Lancashire and Leicestershire ended in a draw after the home side's fourth-wicket pair, Josh Bohannon and Marcus Harris, safely negotiated what could have been a tricky final session at Emirates Old Trafford.

Resuming on 16 for 3 at 4.30pm after persistent rain had prevented play getting under way in the first two sessions at Manchester, Bohannon and Harris extended their stand to an unbroken 79 and had taken their side to 90 for three by the time the draw was agreed with a minimum of eight overs left to be bowled.

At that point, Bohannon was 45 not out and Harris was unbeaten on 34. However, the last session was not without its alarms for the home side. Bohannon was dropped twice in the opening seven overs by wicketkeeper Ben Cox off the bowling of Ian Holland, although neither chance was easy.

Leicestershire take 15 points from the game to Lancashire 11 and the visitors will have left the ground disappointed not to have had a longer opportunity to press home their advantage.

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^{The weather helped to ensure a draw for Lancashire on Monday (Image: Luke Adams)}

Lord's (day four of four): Glamorgan 199 & 329, Middlesex 470-9d & 59-1 - Middlesex win by nine wickets 

Middlesex overcame stubborn Glamorgan resistance and the rain to beat the visitors by nine wickets on the final day of their Rothesay County Championship Division Two clash at Lord's.

Chris Cooke's stoic 213-minute 69 and Ned Leonard's career-best 47 led the Welsh rearguard the pair sharing a heroic stand of 88 for the eighth wicket – this after Sunday's half-centurion Kiran Carlson had fallen without adding to his overnight score.

Timm van der Gugten contributed a useful 28, but they were bowled out for 329 shortly after 3pm, Toby Roland-Jones returning 3 for 68. Needing 59, despite a lengthy rain delay, Middlesex got home with 13 overs to spare, Leus du Plooy 27 not out finishing the game with a six.

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