By Jeremy Blackmore

Lancashire’s Luke Wells ripped through Northamptonshire’s lower order taking career-best figures of 5-25 with his part-time legspin to consign the hosts to their fifth innings defeat of the summer and their fourth at home. Northamptonshire resumed on the fourth morning on 211-5, still needing another 81 to make Lancashire bat again. Wells though had other ideas as the Steelbacks were bowled out for 266 to lose by an innings and 26 runs.
Lewis McManus and Saif Zaib extended their overnight partnership to 56 against the spin of Wells and Tom Hartley a...