Middlesex match abandoned after second washout
Nottinghamshire 354
Middlesex 203-3: Robson 114*, Simpson 66*; Hutton 2-47
Middlesex (9 pts) drew with Nottinghamshire (10 pts)
Rain had the final say at Lord’s, with the weather-ravaged County Championship Division One match between Middlesex and Nottinghamshire abandoned as a draw on Wednesday after a second successive washout.
No play was possible on either the third or fourth days, and both teams afterwards expressed their frustration at a situation in which they were not even able to contest the full complement of bonus points available.
The umpires abandoned the match at 2.20pm after heavy morning and afternoon rain.[phone][/phone]
Toby Roland-Jones, the Middlesex seamer who took 5-61 in Notts’ first innings, said: “It’s been a strange couple of days, sitting around and hoping for the weather to clear. We looked like playing a few times, but it was not to be.
“Both sides would have looked at having a good first session, if there had been a resumption, to get the game going their way, but it was a steady wicket on which to bat so it would have been difficult for the bowlers.”
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