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'One of the worst adverts for county game' - Lehmann

Northamptonshire coach Darren Lehmann vented frustration after his team fell just twenty-three runs short of a target of three hundred and forty-nine against Derbyshire when bad light and drizzle forced an early stoppage on the final day. Batters Lewis McManus and George Bartlett were left dismayed as officials halted the contest with four wickets still in hand, leaving the club four points adrift of Kent in the Division Two promotion race ahead of a trip to face Middlesex.