County Championship: Northants bat out remaining day to attract with Lancashire

Emilio Gay batting for Northants

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Northants opener Emilio Gay scored 205 runs in the match
LV= County Championship Division One, Emirates Old Trafford (day four)
Northants 342 & 213-5: Gay 61; Hartley 2-70
Lancashire 544-7 dec: Bohannon 128, Wells 119, Salt 105; White 3-85
Lancashire (12 pts) drew with Northants (9 pts)
Match scorecard

Division One’s bottom side Northamptonshire batted for 100 overs to secure a deserved final day draw with Lancashire.

Emilio Gay top scored with 61 to add to his first-innings 144 as he laid the platform for his side’s rearguard action.

Lancashire, who earlier added 46 in three overs to declare on 544-7, sent down more than 70 overs of spin as they drew a seventh game of the season.

The result sees them drop to seventh, while Northants are 25 points adrift of safety.

Lancashire started the day on 498-7 and George Balderson and Tom Hartley did not hang about before captain Keaton Jennings called them in.

When Tom Bailey removed Ricardo Vasconcelos (2) for his 350th first-class wicket and left-arm…

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