Paul Edwards pays a visit to Southport where Middlesex’s unbeaten run comes to an end

Paul Edwards
Lancashire 309 (McLaren 75, Murtagh 6-63) & 111-2 (Hameed 38*, Roland-Jones 2-34)
Middlesex 180 (Simpson 53*, Clark 3-36) & 236 (Malan 52, Parry 5-45)
Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Toss: Middlesex, who chose to bat Umpires: PJ Hartley, SJ O’Shaughnessy
Star man
RYAN McLAREN – Lancs: Took wickets, but it was his 75 in Lancashire’s first innings that really proved key. His 87-run partnership with Tom Bailey was the difference

Key moment
Ryan McLaren and Tom Baile...