Derbyshire v Northants abandoned as draw

Derbyshire were nine runs ahead at the end of the third day's play

Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Derby (day four)

Derbyshire 307 & 202-3: Jewell 71, Madsen 62*; Leech 2-54

Northants 500-8 dec: Procter 150, Zaib 105, Vasconcelos 82

Derbyshire (12 pts) drew with Northants (16 pts)

Match scorecard

No play was possible on the final day of the County Championship game between Derbyshire and Northamptonshire because of rain.

The match at Derby was abandoned as a draw in early afternoon, with the home side waiting to resume their second innings on 202-3, a slender lead of nine runs.

Captain Wayne Madsen was left unbeaten on 62, his second half-century of the game, with Brooke Guest 12 not out.

Northamptonshire reached 500-8 before declaring on day three, thanks mainly to Luke Procter (150) and Saif Zaib (105), the latter's second Championship century in successive innings, having made 116 against Lancashire in the previous round.

Derbyshire, who take 12 points, will be at home to Middlesex on Friday, while Northamptonshire - 16 points - do not play again until they start an away game against Leicestershire on 2 May.

Derbyshire head of cricket Mickey Arthur:

"We've got away with this one and certainly our skills weren't at the level that we all expect. There were some good performances and you can never fault the effort but I thought we were just off it in terms of our skills.

"I thought day one we were exceptional and then from day two we started playing catch up and that was disappointing.

"We are a team that wants to play on the front foot and we were playing on the back foot from lunchtime on day two and that's not where we want to be."

Northamptonshire head coach Darren Lehmann:

"It hasn't gone our way with the weather, Derbyshire played well yesterday and I thought it was an excellent game.

"The pleasing thing is we are playing a really good team based game. I was pleased with the batters yesterday that they scored so quickly to take the game on and give us more overs.

"From a bowling point of view I thought we were probably a little bit down in the first innings when Derbyshire got 300 and it was a 220 wicket I reckon so we were just a little bit short there but we caught everything and gave ourselves a chance to win the game which is all we can ask for."