County Cricket Round-Up

LV County Championship Division One, day two

Hampshire's innings against Somerset at The Rose Bowl finally came to an end when they were bowled out for 548. The runs came from Jimmy Adams, who made 147 while there were half-centuries for Liam Dawson (55), Michael Lumb (68), Dominic Cork (52) and Imran Tahir (77 not out). Off-spinner Omari Banks picked up four wickets and Somerset were struggling at stumps, stumbling to 98 for three, all three wickets falling to Imran Tahir.

LV County Championship Division One, day three

Yorkshire produced another staggering fightback against Warwickshire at Scarborough. Reduced to 99 for seven in reply to 320, 102 not out from David Wainwright and 85 from Gerard Brophy enabled them to take a first innings lead by being bowled out for 328 despite Shanthakumaran Sreesanth returning five for 93. Warwickshire closed on 111 for three, Ian Westwood unbeaten on 58.

LV County Championship Division One, day four

Nottinghamshire's title bid suffeed a hit when they closed against Worcestershire just seven runs short of victory, although reaching 351 for seven was an admirable achievement in itself. Worcestershire set up the run chase by declaring their second innings on 242 for six, Moeen Ali making 84 not out and Alexei Kervezee a brisk 30. Worcestershire reduced Nottinghamshire to 15 for two but weren't able to continue to take wickets, being denied victory by half-centuries from Alex Hales (55), Samit Patel (55), Ali Brown (84) and Chris Read (70 not out). Andre Adams almost forced the win with an unbeaten 29 in 19 balls at the death but it wasn't to be.

LV County Championship Division Two, day one

At Centerbury, Surrey batted well to close on 261 for four against Kent. The platform was set by an opening partnership of 171 between Jon Batty (96) and MIchael Brown (88) before Kent hit back, two wickets apiece from Amjad Khan and Phil Edwards ensuring that four wickets fell for 90 runs.

LV County Championship Division Two, day two

Middlesex took control against Gloucestershire by bowling them out for 196 at Lord's. Gloucestershire were never in the hunt in reply to Middlesex's 342, only Chris Taylor, with 47, resisting. Murali Kartik led the way with three wickets.

LV County Championship Division Two, day three

Essex remained firmly in control of their fixture against Leicestershire, asking the Foxes to follow on. Despite an unbeaten century from James Taylor, who made 112, Leicestershire's 344 was inadequate after Essex's day two declaration at 517. Danish Kaneria returned figures of eight for 116. Leicestershire lost the wickets of Paul Nixon (4) and Matthew Boyce (14) to give Essex hope of a victory on the final day.

All to play for at Northampton but the draw has to the most likely outcome in the match between Northamptonshire and Glamorgan. Replying to the home side's 350, Glamorgan reached 383, James Allenby and Michael Powell both making 55 before Monty Panesar picked up three for 55. Northamptonshire had yet to gain a lead when they lost Rob White for nine to close on 19 for one in their second innings.

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Sussex smashed their way to a very competitive score of 277 for six against Durham. Murray Goodwin led the way with 77 after running out captain Mike Yardy but the real fireworks came from Dwayne Smith, who crashed three fours and four sixes on his way to 54 in just 30 balls. Ed Joyce also weighed in with 49 as Will Gidman and Ian Blackwell both picked up two wickets. The home side then pulled off a staggering 193-run win by bowling the Dynamos out for just 84, James Kirtley grabbing five for 26; Durham's innings only lasting 24.1 overs.