Lehmann says nothing has changed for Northants as they target victory at Lord's

The County were left frustrated and deflated as they were denied the chance of clinching a stunning win over Derbyshire by a controversial call by the umpires to end the contest at Wantage Road early due to bad light.

A win would have seen Northants go second in the table, but they were left 23 runs short of chasing down a record 349 and were forced to settle for a draw, which leaves them sitting third ahead of the season's final round of fixtures.

Kent beat Lancashire to go above the County, and they sit in the second promotion place with a crucial four point advantage.

The south east side host rock-bottom Gloucestershire in their final game at Canterbury, and know that a win along with four bonus points will be enough to see them finish second, regardless of what Northants do.

But if Kent fail to win, or don't get those bonus points, then the door will be ajar for Northants to finish above them - as long as they can beat Middlesex.

And that scenario, as far as Lehmann is concerned, has stayed the same.

“We move on to Lord’s, four points behind, but that's okay," said the head coach.

"We would have had to win at Lord’s anyway, so there's no dramas.

"It doesn't change too much, so you have to look at the positives.

"Against Derbyshire we bowled them out twice, although they probably got 50 too many on both occasions, but they played quite well.

"Friday was one of the proudest days I have had as a coach here, even though the result didn't go the way we would have liked.

"To get into that position against a good and disciplined Derbyshire attack was always going to be hard work and I thought our blokes got us set up into a really good position."

Northants will be strengthened at Lord's the return of leg-spinner Yuzi Chahal, who was unavailable against Derbyshire due to a 'prior engagement', and he was missed.

"Yuzi is back," confirmed Lehmann. "He obviously had a prior engagement and everybody has been chatting about that.

"It is hard to get these blokes for the whole time, and Yuzi has been great for us, so he will be back in and we will have to make room for him.

"He will play, and then we will decide on the rest of the side from there, and it will depend on what wicket get, what conditions we get.

"For us it's a case of playing what's in front of us and the four days at Lord's are going to be pretty exciting."