Northants injury worries amid rain pain

Northamptonshire 325 (Wakely 123, McKay 5-54) and 162 (Levi 54*, White 5-51) drew with Leicestershire 372 (Cosgrove 110, N O'Brien 95, McKay 51*, Kleinveldt 5-68) and 30 for 1
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Heavy rain on the final day at Wantage Road ruined Leicestershire's pursuit of back-to-back LV= County Championship victories for the first time since 2010.

The visitors, having been set a victory target of 116 after bowling Northamptonshire out for 162, were left stranded on 30 for 1 as only 45 minutes of play was possible on the final day due to the weather.

Leicestershire's hopes were raised when play began on time and, needing one more wicket to end the Northamptonshire second innings with Steven Crook unable to bat, Clint McKay struck second ball to have Ben Sanderson lbw.

It left Leicestershire within sight of victory and they got off to the perfect start in their run chase with a boundary first ball.

They lost Angus Robson lbw to Rory Kleinveldt for 10 but Niall O'Brien was promoted to No. 3 and struck a glorious back foot drive for four.

However, he had only made 5 and Lewis Hill 11 when the rain arrived after just 6.4 overs of the chase, and that proved to be the last action of the match as play was abandoned at 4pm.

Leicestershire take 12 points from the game and remain bottom of Division Two, while Northamptonshire's 11 points moves them up to fourth in the table.

Northamptonshire now turn their attention to NatWest Blast T20 Finals Day on Saturday and have several injury concerns.

Crook is top of that list and he went for a scan on Monday morning on his right ankle, with the club awaiting news of potential ligament or tendon damage. If the scan comes back clear, he may yet be able to line up against Warwickshire this coming weekend.

There was a further worry on the fourth morning when Richard Levi left the field nursing the ring finger on his left hand having dropped a catch at second slip. He only appeared in a little discomfort but will go for a precautionary.