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With the floodlights on, stewards in gloves, spectators crisply hunched and an unkind wind blowing past the East Stand, Yorkshire crept closer towards the First Division.
Yorkshire need a maximum of 10 points to be guaranteed top-flight cricket next year, and secured two of them as Northamptonshire crumbled, though with their nearest rivals Middlesex marooned at Hove, the magic number is likely to be smaller. The morning sun had shone brightly in Leeds, but troublesome damp patches caused a five-hour delay as a succession of men, including Yorkshire chair Colin Graves in a pea coat, examined them.
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