Debutant Sussex tailender Ari Karvelas thwarted Middlesex’s hopes of victory with a defiant career-best half-century to secure a draw for Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates at Lord’s despite Tom Helm’s best efforts with the ball.
Karvelas, a Johannesburg-born Greece international, batted for over two hours to blunt the Middlesex attack after Helm’s morning burst – which earned him record match figures of nine for 146 – had raised the prospects of a final-session run chase.
Rawlins was out in the second inning for 7, facing 11 balls and hitting 1 four.
