Sporting Digest: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP (Final day of three): Leicester: Somerset 300 for 6 dec and 312 for 2 dec; Leicestershire 275 for 3 dec and 334. Somerset won by three runs. Bristol: Gloucestershire 383 for 7 dec and 200 for 4 dec; Hampshire 241 and 183 for 9. Match drawn. Derby: Surrey 352 for 8 dec and 206 for 9 dec; Derbyshire 292 and 236 for 8. Match drawn. Wellingborough School: Lancashire 237 and 202; Northamptonshire 290 and 152 for 5. Northamptonshire won by five wickets. Kidderminster: Kent 410 for 4 dec and 250 for 6 dec; Worcestershire 309 for 4 dec and 348 for 9. Match drawn. Nuneaton: Warwickshire 382 for 7 and 195 for 6 dec; Essex 289 and 248 for 9. Match drawn. Seaton Carew: Durham 368 and 308 for 5 dec; Yorkshire 348 for 7 dec and 316 for 8. Match drawn. Southwell: Middlesex 359 for 5 dec and 174 for 7 dec; Nottinghamshire 273 for 8 and 192. Middlesex won by 68 runs.

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP (Final day of two): Luton: Hertfordshire 196 for 9 dec and 262; Bedfordshire 228 for 5 dec and 77. Hertfordshire won by 153 runs. Peterborough: Cumberland 225 for 2 dec and 114; Cambridgeshire 207 for 7 dec and 134 for 2. Cambridgeshire won by eight wickets.

OTHER MATCH: Hove: England Under-19s 239 and 185; Sussex Second XI 404 and 24 for 0. Sussex won by 10 wickets.

TRIPLE CROWN: Titwood: Scotland 213 for 7; Wales 217 for 5. Wales won by five wickets. Hamilton Crescent: Ireland 212 for 6; England XI 216 for 1. England XI won by nine wickets.