Middlesex hold on for draw against Derbyshire

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: Despite failing to bowl the visitors out on the final day, Derbyshire remain unbeaten after four matches and are second in the second division

Derby (day four of four): Derbyshire 472, Middlesex 315 & 307-7 - Match drawn

Ryan Higgins found his form at just the right time to save Middlesex from defeat on the final day of the County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby.

Higgins scored 56, his first fifty of the season, sharing a seventh wicket stand of 75 from 155 balls with Zahar Gohar, who was unbeaten on 52 off 108 balls to take Middlesex to 307 for 7, 150 ahead, when the teams shook hands on a draw.

Related: How four minutes of madness almost changed everything

^{Blair Tickner bowled with great heart for his one wicket on the final day, but it was in vain (Getty Images)}

Max Holden (94) and Stephen Eskinazi (61) had added 169 for the second wicket only to throw their wickets away in the last over before lunch.

Derbyshire's hopes lifted when the visitors slipped to 220 for 6, but Higgins and Gohar stood firm to deny them, although the draw takes them to second place, 13 points behind second division leaders Leicestershire.

Related Topics

• How four minutes of madness almost changed everything
• "It's really good for the game": Leicestershire director of cricket lauds loan system
• "It would normally end up with one of us storming off" - Ben and Charlie Allison on opposite sides once again