I don't think Hants are particularly more likeable than Middlesex.
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How close is this? Three teams finish on consecutive points!
Hampshire need to make another 200 with nine wickets to stay up (or for the match to be drawn).1 Essex 14 248 2 Lancashire 14 176 3 Surrey 14 163 4 Yorkshire 14 148 5 Somerset 14 147 6 Middlesex 14 146 7 Hampshire 13 140+3 8 Warwickshire 13 78+3
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Yeah, they are all but safe now. They have actually got on the field of play now, but I think Sussex would need to Finch opening their batting to be Aaron Finch to have a chance of setting a decent target.
I guess Northants best hope is that the pitch is now a minefield and that both teams collapse. Seems unlikely given the first innings.
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Northants win. Bottom (0), 7th (4), Bottom (2), Bottom (0), Bottom (0) - Leicestershires last 5 seasons with number of wins in brackets. 6 wins in 80 games and 40 defeats. What a miserable shower and with no clear long term vision being set. The youth policy has been pretty much abandonded in favour of players becoming available from other Counties; many of whom are past-it, no longer good enough, not bothered or a combination of all of those. Players like Mark Cosgrove and Clint McKay (leaving now) have been decent performers but as England may well find out in a couple of months time, you need all players functioning and not just a handful. The county have had bad times in the past, but this slump is looking terminal.
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