Surrey’s match with Kent and Warwickshire’s showdown with Northamptonshire also ended in a draw in the LV=Insurance County Championship Division One; Durham beat Glamorgan in Division Two as England hopeful Matthew Potts plays a starring role
James Anderson sacked his England team-mate Joe Root for just four, but Yorkshire held on to thwart Lancashire’s bid for a first Roses win at Headingley since 2011 in the LV=Insurance County Championship.
Yorkshire then started their second innings at 11.50am on the fourth day, 187 runs behind with a minimum of 85 overs remaining.
Adam Lyth, Dawid Malan and Root fell into the top 22 on either side of lunch, the last two to Anderson as the score dropped to 45 for three. But Harry Brook’s excellent summer continued with an unbeaten 82 from 157 balls, helping Yorkshire to 169 from 6 from 78 overs to seal the tie.
Scorecard: Yorkshire vs Lancashire
En route to two for 17 from 15 overs, Anderson on the song tore midway and stumps from Root with a delivery that stayed low just after lunch.
Both teams wore black armbands and observed a minute’s silence before the game in memory of former Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Symonds, who died overnight in Australia.
The Red Rose were the dominant force in a match that ended with both sides preserving their unbeaten Division One records; the visitors two wins and three draws, the hosts one win and four draws.
Leaders of the First Division surrey had to settle for a draw with Kent after rain ruined the final day at Beckenham.
Just 9.2 overs were possible, with Kent going from their 82-for-one score in the second innings overnight to 114 with no more defeats over two mini sessions, still 327 runs behind Surrey’s first-innings score of 671. for nine.
Scorecard: Kent vs Surrey
Warwickshire match against Northamptonshire meandered to an inevitable draw, with just 10 wickets falling in four days at Edgbaston.
In the final installment of an atrocious draw, the home side, responding to Northamptonshire’s 597-for-six, progressed to 568-for-four before they shook hands at 4:40 p.m.
Sam Hain (202) and Matt Lamb (155) extended their partnership to an unbroken 254, a record fifth Warwickshire wicket against Northamptonshire.
Scorecard: Warwickshire vs Northamptonshire
On Saturday, Somersault scored his second win of the season after concluding an all-innings win over Gloucestershire in three days in Bristol.
sussex were frustrated by leicestershire at Grace Road thanks to a 111-for-275 eighth-wicket partnership between Harry Swindells and Callum Parkinson and rain breaks losing 27 overs.
Both young batsmen were eventually sacked, but they shook hands with eight overs remaining and Leicestershire leading by 93 runs in light preventing Sussex from using their pace bowlers.
Scorecard: Leicestershire vs Sussex
Matthew Potts enhanced his England credentials by claiming the best seven-wicket haul of his career and inspiring Durham to a dramatic 58-race win over glamorgan.
Potts took five scalps on the final day of their Division Two clash at Riverside, which Glamorgan began requiring 126 runs to win with seven wickets intact.
Potts, who had claimed two wickets on Saturday night, was in impressive form as he finished the innings with numbers seven for 40 and match numbers 11 for 101, with Glamorgan collapsing from 65 for two to 137 overall.
Scorecard: Durham vs Glamorgan
Sam Robson’s second straight century, combined with an afternoon downpour, denied Nottinghamshire first place as Middlesex salvaged a draw at Lord’s.
