By Jeremy Blackmore
MIDDLESEX’Sbid to have the ECB overturn the two-point penalty which sealed their relegation from Division One has received a boost.
The club’s appeal is being considered by Tim O’Gorman, chair of the ECB’s cricket discipline commission.
The penalty was incurred for a slow over rate during August’s game against Surrey at the Oval, a match which was abandoned in bizarre circumstances when a crossbow bolt was fired onto the outfield from outside the ground.
With Middlesex finishing one point behind Somerset in the table, the sanc...