Northants lose out on promo and rue Trent Bridge go-slow
Northants 202 (Procter 82, Raine 5-54) and 197 for 4 (Procter 94) beat Leicestershire 128 (Sanderson 5-39, Gleeson 5-49) and 270 (Cosgrove 80, Kerrigan 4-62)Northamptonshire's ninth triumph of the season, finished with some ease in benign batting conditions at Grace Road, had a bitter-sweet component for the guys from Wantage Road.Occasions at Hove, where Nottinghamshire required just to draw with Sussex to verify they would take the 2nd promo location from Division Two, implied that Northamptonshire complete the season 3rd - and it will be little alleviation that no group has actually made more of its' cumulative capability.Northants were delegated especially rue the five-point reduction suffered after defeat at Trent Bridge in late August for a sluggish over-rate. It was a difficult time...