Bob Willis Trophy: Yorkshire and Lancashire draw after final day washout

A total of 212 overs were lost to the weather over four days at Headingley

The Roses Match between Yorkshire and Lancashire ended in a draw after heavy rain prevented any possibility of play on the final day at Emerald Headingley.

Umpires Peter Hartley and James Middlebrook - both ex-Yorkshire players - took the decision to abandon the game before the scheduled 11:00 start time.

The result effectively ended Lancashire's chances of reaching next month's final at Lord's.

Yorkshire, though, could still qualify by finishing top of North Group.

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They are at home to Leicestershire in their final game, starting on Sunday 6 September, and Lancashire could do them a favour if they beat Derbyshire in Liverpool at Aigburth.

The two group winners with the best records will contest the five-day final at Lord's, which begins on 23 September.

With only one and a half innings completed after three days at Headingley, the acquisition of bonus points would have been the only target for the two sides had play been possible.

But teeming rain and puddles on the outfield prevented Steven Croft and George Balderson from resuming the Lancashire first innings.

Along with paceman George Burrows, the latest to make his Lancashire debut in this game, left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, all-rounder George Balderson and fast bowler Ed Moulton have also taken their first-class bow for the Red Rose during the Bob Willis Trophy.

Yorkshire head coach Andrew Gale told BBC Radio Leeds:

"We're in a good place. Winning the first two games was fantastic.

"This game has been evenly matched but, given the players that were missing and the young players coming into the side, it's been a very good effort.

"We've still got a chance of getting to Lord's. We're playing our next game at Headingley against Leicester, so it's in our own hands really."

Lancashire spinner Tom Hartley:

"It's been a disappointing few days with all the time lost. We would have loved to have got on and tried to win, but you can't do anything about the weather.

"We're all in a similar situation, just trying to impress in our first games. Myself and George Balderson took our first wickets almost back to back and here George Burrows took his first wicket.

"It's got the feeling of a second-team game with no one here, but the cricket is definitely a massive step up. It makes you realise the parts of your game you need to work on."