Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Scarborough (day 4)
Yorkshire 263: Wharton 70, Hill 62; Hull 3-57
Leicestershire 84-0: Patel 41, Gumbs 39
Yorkshire 9 pts drew with Leicestershire 11 pts
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There was no play doable because of a moist outfield on day 4 between Yorkshire and Leicestershire at Scarborough, with this Tenth-round County Championship match ending in a draw.
271 overs have been misplaced all through this Division One fixture, with play solely beginning on time on day one and never getting out of the primary innings. Sunday was the primary day and not using a ball bowled, and the 2 counties misplaced extra overs on this sport than they’d beforehand in your complete red-ball summer time.
Yorkshire posted 263 all out earlier than Leicestershire replied with 84 with out loss.
Leicestershire claimed 11 factors to Yorkshire's 9.
This was mid-table Yorkshire's fourth attract 10 video games and Leicestershire's third.
The 2 sides will discover out precisely the place they sit factors and placings smart later right now forward of a vastly thrilling remaining 4 rounds of the summer time.
As issues stand, although, with different matches nonetheless in play, Leicestershire are out of the underside two.
Yorkshire might nonetheless be relegated or win the title, highlighting simply how thrilling September goes to be for these in Division One.
Avoiding relegation could be a significant triumph for newly-promoted Leicestershire, particularly if they will marry that with profitable the Metro Financial institution One-Day Cup.
They face Middlesex at Trent Bridge within the remaining subsequent month.
Yorkshire's James Wharton stood out with 70, whereas Josh Hull claimed three wickets for Leicestershire, whose unbeaten opening batters Rishi Patel and Sheridon Gumbs additionally impressed with 41 and 39 respectively.
Umpires Ian Blackwell and Graham Lloyd inspected early on this morning in dry however overcast situations and dominated that the outfield wasn't match sufficient for play. They initially known as an early lunch at 12.30pm after which introduced an finish to proceedings at 12.25pm.
Yorkshire journey to face Surrey on the Kia Oval from Wednesday, whereas Leicestershire journey to Trent Bridge to face champions and present league leaders Nottinghamshire.
Report by ECB Reporters' Community, supported by Rothesay.
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