The extra 74 runs put on by Leicestershire at the start of day two could yet be crucial. The only shame for Paul Nixon’s Foxes is that it ended just four runs shy of what would have been a fabulous and well deserved double century for Colin Ackermann, whose knock comprised of 350 balls, 25 fours and two big sixes. Tail-end resistance from Gavin Griffiths (40) took them to a challenging 427 and a third straight win in the County Championship – almost unprecedented in these parts these days – looked on the cards. Even more so when the Foxes reduced Middlesex to 60-3 at one s...
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