County Championship: Leicestershire shut on 75-1 chasing 378 to beat Middlesex

Chris Wright (right) took 6-48 for Leicestershire

LV= County Championship Group Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day three):

Middlesex 295 & 218: Eskinazi 46; Wright 6-48

Leicestershire 136 & 75-1: Harris 41*

Leicestershire (3 pts) need 300 more runs to beat Middlesex (5 pts)

Scorecard

Sam Evans and Marcus Harris’ unbroken stand of 73 gave Leicestershire a slim chance of a County Championship victory over Middlesex.

The Foxes were set a target of 378 after Chris Wright’s 6-48 enabled them to bowl Middlesex out for 218.

Veteran seamer Wright finished with his second-best figures of the season.

Although Hassan Azad departed early, Evans and Harris steered Leicestershire to 75-1, with exactly 300 more required on the final day.

Resuming on 57-1, Middlesex made sluggish progress during the first two sessions, with none of their batsmen managing to build on promising starts.

Wright brought a ball back at Stevie Eskinazi to bowl him for 46 and Nick Gubbins (38) chopped on to Ben Mike (2-42),…

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