County cricket draws dominate as bowlers toil and weather spoils
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Bad weather and flat pitches meant just one result was possible in Division One, but Notts look good in Division TwoBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogSurrey stay top of Division One after the gods of the earth and the sky conspired to make a draw inevitable at Bristol. It didn’t look like that when Gloucestershire’s decision to bowl paid dividends, the in-form Ryan Patel and Test batters, Rory Burns and Hashim Amla, back in the hutch on the first morning. But the next nine wickets were to realise over 1,000 runs and, with the last day washed out, no result was possible. Continue reading...