Sporting Digest: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP (First day of three): Taunton: Durham 307 for 8 dec (D A Blenkiron 69, P W Henderson 93); Somerset 77 for 0. Rocester: Glamorgan 311 for 9 dec (D L Hemp 96; A W Richardson 5-60); Derbyshire 18 for 0. Worcester: Sussex 427 for 5 dec (M T Peirce 127, C M Wells 117, C C Remy 51); Worcestershire 49 for 1. Worksop: Nottinghamshire 268 (M P Dowman 154); Yorkshire 16 for 0. Old Trafford: Lancashire 380 for 8 dec (R C Irani 203no, S P Titchard 82; M M Patel 4-84); Kent 8 for 1. Oxted: Essex 261 (N Shahid 60, A R Butcher 58; M A Butcher 4-63); Surrey 90 for 3.