Batters hold firm to keep Middlesex afloat

By ECB Reporters

'If we had played a full four days, I think the pitch would have broken up enough for the spinners to come into play.'MIDDLESEX CAPTAIN TOBY ROLAND-JONES AFTER three days in which they had been outplayed by Lancashire, Middlesex’s batters comfortably secured the draw that sustains their hopes of avoiding relegation from the first division of the LV= Insurance County Championship. When the players eventually shook hands at 4.50pm on the Emirates Old Trafford outfield, the visitors were 160-3 with the highly-rated Jack Davies unbeaten on 65 not out, his maid...

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