"Lancashire dominated the cricket that was played on another rain-affected day of their County Championship Division Two match with Middlesex. Heavy rain overnight and in the morning had delayed the third day's play at Emirates Old Trafford until 15:00 BST. Tom Aspinwall claimed the final two wickets as Middlesex went from their overnight 189-8 to 211 all out to finish with 4-62."
"Wells and Jennings then put on an unbroken 105 in 25 overs, with Wells an impressive 60 not out and the Red Rose county only 106 runs behind. But bad light brought a premature finish to proceedings with only 31.4 overs possible and a total of 210 overs lost so far across the match, rendering the chances of a victory for either side almost impossible and ending Middlesex's remote hopes of promotion back to Division One."
"Anyone waking up in Manchester on Wednesday would have found the prospect of play highly unlikely, given the volume of rain. But once it brightened up, impressive work from the groundstaff enabled play to finally begin in mid-afternoon, although Lancashire captain Sir James Anderson was absent from the field, awaiting the result of a scan on a side issue."
Heavy rain delayed the third day's play at Emirates Old Trafford until mid-afternoon. Tom Aspinwall finished with 4-62 as Middlesex, overnight 189-8, were dismissed for 211, leaving no batting points. Lancashire openers Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings compiled an unbroken 105 in 25 overs, Wells unbeaten on 60 and Jennings 36 not out. Only 31.4 overs were possible during the day after substantial time was lost to rain, with 210 overs already lost across the match. The curtailed play made victory unlikely for either side and ended Middlesex's remaining hopes of promotion to Division One.
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