By Sportsmail Reporter

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Steve Finn, about to restart his Test career, faced spirited resistance from the Sussex tail as Middlesex made hard work of victory at Lord’s.

Finn made the early inroads, nipping out Chris Nash with a cracking yorker and Murray Goodwin to leave Sussex 64-3 and needing 208 to make Middlesex bat again.

Hard day's work: Finn

Hard day's work: Finn

But after Eoin Morgan dropped Naveed Arif off him in the slips, Finn was allowed to leave the hard work to his colleagues as the pitch grew flatter, his final figures of 3-66 giving him six wickets in the match.

Finn declined to speak afterwards, seemingly not wishing to comment on Jimmy Anderson being rested for the third Test.