Red Rose pair's shining display in rain-hit match

LUKE Wells and Keaton Jennings enriched the penultimate evening of the season at Emirates Old Trafford with an unbroken opening stand of 105 but Lancashire's Rothesay County Championship match against Middlesex looks certain to end in the draw that would almost certainly end the visitors’ chances of promotion.

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Replying to Middlesex’s 211, a first innings in which Tom Aspinwall and Tom Bailey both took four wickets, Lancashire ended another day shortened by rain and bad light on 105 without loss, with Jennings on 36 not out and Wells unbeaten on 60.

However, only 31.4 overs were possible yesterday and neither side appears to have a credible chance of forcing a win, even if today’s weather permits a full 96 overs’ play. So far 210 overs have been lost in this match.