Broad's fab four can't prevent draw

Leicestershire made firmly sure of the draw at Northampton, declaring their second innings on 175 for 6, the third declaration of the match, to leave Northants an unassailable target of 338.

The home side fell way short, reaching 259 for the loss of six wickets, although they gave game chase, rattling along at five an over as this pitch continued to leak runs. Not even a four-wicket haul from the wunderkind Stuart Broad could force a win for Leicestershire.

There were two wickets, too, for Claude Henderson but despite the Broad and Claude show, Northants were never in danger of losing after a fourth-wicket stand between Usman Afzaal and Bilal Shafayat. After missing out on a fifty first time around, Afzaal coursed to 88, while Shafayat made his second half-century of the game to put the result beyond doubt.

Afzaal eventually fell, caught and bowled, to Broad, and Shafayat was unbeaten on 58.