Yorkshire play Lord’s cliffhanger the hard way to leave faithful gripped | Andy Bull


Ryan Sidebottom’s thrift at one end allowed Jack Brooks to cut loose at the other but the champions could rue some poor fielding against Middlesex

Late September, the very butt end of the season. In London it was a soupy sort of day, the sky a uniform grey and the atmosphere, in the morning at least, still thick with the lingering humidity of last week’s Indian summer, leaving the city’s commuters facing the dilemma of whether or not to pack an umbrella. If this morning was meant for anything, it was bowling first.

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