Dawid Malan has played 15 Tests for England, averaging 27.84 with the bat
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day four): |
Northamptonshire 445 & 10-0 |
Middlesex 271 & 317-4 dec (f/o): Malan 160*; Buck 3-53 |
Northants (12 pts) drew with Middlesex (9 pts) |
An unbeaten 160 from Middlesex captain Dawid Malan helped his side escape with a draw at Northamptonshire.
The 31-year-old England batsman started the final day on 55 and moved to his 22nd first-class century before they declared on 317-4 - a lead of 143.
Eoin Morgan and Stevie Eskinazi then opened the bowling for Middlesex to increase their over-rate and avoid a points deduction with a draw agreed.
Northants finished on 10-0 with wicketkeeper John Simpson bowling.
The visitors hurried through seven overs in 15 minutes to recover the negative over-rate.
It was a contrived end to an otherwise entertaining match which also saw the debut of West Indies captain Jason Holder for Northants.
But the all-rounder could not make the breakthrough as Malan batted for more than six hours in total and Holder went wicketless in the second innings.
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