Runs galore but rain has the last laugh

Wrong call: Toby Roland-Jones, having inserted Glamorgan, finds bowling to Sam Northeast a real struggle
PICTURES: Alamy

GLAMORGAN V MIDDLESEX AT LORD’S
Not many would have expected 1,316 runs for 15 wickets, at a partnership average of 87.73 in an early April Championship game. But that is what happened at Lord’s, with Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast, inserted by his opposite number Toby Roland-Jones, amassing an unbeaten 335, the highest ever score at Lord’s, before Middlesex went past their opponent’s score to condemn this match to a high-scoring draw...

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