Sporting Digest: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE SECOND XI CHAMPIONSHIP. Headingley: Match drawn. Nottinghamshire 368 for 6 dec (M P Dowman 140, W A Dessaur 124) and 186 for 8 dec; Yorkshire 315 for 9 dec and 35 for 1. Derby: Kent bt Derbyshire by 10 wkts. Derbyshire 141 and 270; Kent 362 and 50 for 0. Taunton: Match drawn. Somerset 309 for 9 dec (N Burns 165no) and 291 for 4 dec (V Clarke 101no); Worcester 304 for 5 dec (A C Seymour 160no) and 116 for 4. South Shields: Match drawn. Durham 245 and 225 for 8 ; Warwickshire 531 for 7 dec (G Welch 169, D R Brown 110. The Oval: Surrey by Gloucestershire by 3 wkts. Gloucestershire 286 and 225 for 9 dec; Surrey 251 for 6 dec (G J Kersey 107no) and 261 for 7 (A W Smith 137no). Middleton- on-Sea: Match drawn. Sussex 226 and 272; Essex 388 for 8 dec (M Diwan 196, S J Andrew 100no) and 91 for 3. Southampton (first day of three): Glamorgan 366 for 9 (A D Shaw 100no) v Hampshire.

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP: (Netherfield): Cumberland bt Suffolk by nine wickets. Suffolk 225 for 8 and 72; Cumberland 228 for 5 and 70 for 1.