Overwhelming precipitation on the last day at Wantage Road destroyed Leicestershire's quest for consecutive LV= County Championship triumphs surprisingly since 2010.
The guests, having been set a triumph focus of 116 in the wake of knocking down some pins Northamptonshire out for 162, were left stranded on 30 for 1 as just 45 minutes of play was conceivable on the last day because of the climate.
Leicestershire's trusts were raised when play started on time and, requiring one more wicket to end the Northamptonshire second innings with Steven Crook not able to bat, Clint McKay struck second ball to have Ben Sanderson lbw.
It cleared out Leicestershire inside of sight of triumph and they got off to the ideal begin in their run pursue with a limit first ball.
They lost Angus Robson lbw to Rory Kleinveldt for 10 yet Niall O'Brien was elevated to No. 3 and struck a magnificent back foot drive for four.
In any case, he had just made 5 and Lewis Hill 11 when the downpour touched base after only 6.4 overs of the pursuit, and that ended up being the last activity of the match as play was surrendered at 4pm.
Leicestershire take 12 focuses from the amusement and stay base of Division Two, while Northamptonshire's 11 focuses moves them up to fourth in the table.
Northamptonshire now turn their thoughtfulness regarding NatWest Blast T20 Finals Day on Saturday and have a few harm concerns.
Hooligan is top of that rundown and he went for an output on Monday morning on his right lower leg, with the club anticipating news of potential ligament or tendon harm. In the event that the sweep returns clear, he might yet have the capacity to line up against Warwickshire this coming weekend.
There was a further stress on the fourth morning when Richard Levi left the field nursing the ring finger on his left hand having dropped a catch at second slip. He just showed up in a little uneasiness however will go for a preliminary.
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