Middlesex dig deep to save status
At the end of a day marked not by a frenetic run-chase but by the sort of determined batting specifically designed to prevent such dramas, the players shook hands on the draw at 4.21pm at Old Trafford
23/09Result
LV= County Championship Division One at Manchester, Sep 23-26 2014
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![Middlesex]( "Middlesex")
214 & 341/8 (134 ov) -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
Player of the Match
23/09Result
LV= County Championship Division One at Manchester, Sep 23-26 2014
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![Middlesex]( "Middlesex")
214 & 341/8 (134 ov) -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
Player of the Match
Day 4
Day 3
Chapple's heroic blow keeps Lancashire hopes alive
With one heroic blow, Lancashire's captain Glen Chapple took their relegation fight against Middlesex into a final day
Day 2
Lancashire cling on in edge-of-the-seat battle
Like mariners clinging to wreckage in the hope of eventual rescue, Lancashire's cricketers hoped to confound the logic of experience on the second day of this game
Day 1
Harris scrambles for vital Middlesex point
The first day of this match was dominated by points yet tinged with poignancy. One of these big battalions will be playing their four-day cricket in Division Two next season and this game is therefore something of a shootout