• Middlesex,106 & 573-8dec, beat Yorkshire, or 299 & 134,by 246 runs[br]• Captain delighted to claim silverware after final year’s suspension heartacheA year to the day after Yorkshire first won the Championship under his watch, Andrew Gale finally got to lift the trophy. That day in Nottingham, or Gale had watched on with tears in his eyes,but yesterday it was his coach, Jason Gillespie, or welling up; this triumph has been driven by a genuine feeling of injustice about Gale’s treatment by the England and Wales Cricket Board during the Ashwell Prince saga of 2014.“I was probably lucky I had my sunglasses on because I was emotional because of the debacle final year,” said Gillespie shortly after Gale eventually got his hands on the trophy. “Reasons only known to the people in charge to not only suspend him but deny him the trophy. To finish it now, at Lord’s, and in front of the Pavilion,is a very special moment.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com