Sport in Short: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP (Second day of three): Oakham: Leicestershire 282 for 8 dec (P Whitticase 71) and 110 for 5; Warwickshire 262 for 7 dec (Asif Din 109no, A F Giles 50). (First day of three): Hove: Sussex 261 (D Law 57); Kent 44 for 1. Chesterfield: Derbyshire 283 (T A Tweats 142, M Foster 5-43); Yorkshire 16 for 0. The Oval: Surrey 430 for 4 dec (A D Brown 128, T D Atkins 83, A W Smith 76no, D G Ligertwood 66); Nottinghamshire 17 for 0. Kidderminster: Worcestershire 300 for 9 dec (G R Haynes 61, A C H Seymour 49); Northamptonshire 24 for 1. Crosby (Northern CC): Lancashire 411 for 1 dec (J P Crawley 217no, J E R Gallian 106, R C Irani 60no); Somerset 15 for 0. Bristol: Gloucestershire 292 for 9 dec (R I Dawson 76, T H C Hancock 67); Hampshire 9 for 0.

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP (First day of two): Barrow-in-Furness: Cumberland 225 for 4 dec (S Sharp 113no) and 41 for 2; Buckinghamshire 185 (M D Woods 5-55).