By Matt Wright

WHEN Northamptonshire face Pakistan in a four-day tour match at Wantage Road, the tourists won’t have the only batsmen looking to get some valuable time in the middle.
Mercifully, the weather has improved since it forced a firstclass match to be abandoned without a ball bowled for the first time at the ground in 36 years, with Northants’ County Championship match against Durham falling victim.
This came as a frustration to the hosts, who were desperate to get some runs on the board after a succession of low totals in their first two games of th...