Middlesex get gritty in quote to conserve top-flight status
ReportA year ago there were tears in the structure for Middlesex's title win. This year the requirement is just for survival and the most important fizz is on the fieldLancashire 165 (Murtagh 4-49) and 46 for 1 require a more 175 go to beat Middlesex 233 and 152 (Robson 58, Bailey 5-44)There is something unusually stunning about a transfer scrap, even here, with just Middlesex in threat. Lancashire, safe, upset the race to the top was settled so quickly, with a million reasons to have actually psychologically had a look at of the 2017 season, are playing their part in a back-and-forth tussle that began with brass knuckles and will be settled by brass balls. That this match, on an unforeseeable pitch which has actually developed more mistakes than quality, is being dipped into Lord's is a ...