Derbyshire and Durham play out inevitable draw

Heavy rain through the early hours of the morning left the Incora County Ground saturated and prevented any play before lunch. Although the rain eased slightly, there was no prospect of any improvement and the match was abandoned just after 1pm

Derby (day four of four): Derbyshire 443 & 89-0, Durham 575 – match drawn

Durham stretched their lead at the top of Division Two after the final day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby was washed out.

Heavy rain through the early hours of the morning left the Incora County Ground saturated and prevented any play before lunch.

Although the rain eased slightly, there was no prospect of any improvement and the decision to abandon the match was made shortly after 1pm.

The draw means Durham take 12 points to go to 167, 54 clear of Sussex in second place, while Derbyshire's 10-point haul leaves them second from bottom in Division Two.

^{Alex Lees won the race to 1,000 County Championship runs [Stu Forster/Getty Images]}

A monster century from Brooke Guest help Derbyshire to 443, with the No.3 scoring 197 runs from 319 balls.

Wayne Madsen scored a half-century in support, with the pair putting on 118 runs for the third-wicket, while Scott Borthwick (4 for 25), Ben Raine (3 for 80) and Matthew Potts (2 for 68) were the most threatening bowlers.

Durham responded with big runs of their own. Alex Lees (171 off 210) and David Bedingham (138 off 159) both scored centuries, with the former becoming the first player to pass 1,000 Championship runs this season, while Potts (64), batting at No.6 as nightwatch, and Brydon Carse (80) also contributed as Durham built a 132-run lead. Sam Conners picked up 5 for 115.

By stumps on day three, Derbyshire had reduced the deficit to 43, with Harry Came unbeaten on 27 (88) and Luis Reece on 54 (76).