Lumb and Wood ensure draw at Headingley

An evenly matched contest at Headingley petered out to a tedious draw, as Yorkshire staved off the threat of defeat against India A, before batting on to a standstill. The decision to call a halt to the match at 5.15pm was a blessing on an unsatisfactory final day, although it did not detract from two high-quality performances from Matthew Wood and Michael Lumb.

Yorkshire, who had conceded a potentially decisive first-innings deficit of 90, were 27 for 1 at the start of play, although Wood and Vic Craven (46) wiped out India A's advantage in a second-wicket stand of 83. Wood and Lumb then added 104 for the third wicket to put Yorkshire well on the way to survival.

Wood provided little by way of entertainment in an attritional knock, although his four-hour innings carried his season's tally to 727 runs, the highest by a Yorkshire batsman this season. A more adventurous captain might have set India A a nominal target, but that was not in Wood's style, and he instead chose to bat on.

The left-arm spinner Murali Kartik picked up three wickets, including Wood for 88, and at 214 for 5, there was still the prospect of a result. But Craig White and Andy Gray added an unbeaten 47 for the seventh wicket to put the draw beyond all doubt.