Here she was, breakfast not even washed up; what would her husband, Jeff the journalist, think?

Kent 119 & 350 Worcestershire 106 & 343 Kent win by 20 runs

Kent 119 & 350 Worcestershire 106 & 280-6

`PRIEST' ROBS RHODES BANK

New faces at the National Portrait Gallery: how the designer's sculpture emerged from the flames

To see Greece in all its glory, they say you have to go island hopping. But how do you know which ones offer you the best chance of discovering that secluded beach, the most glamorous accommodation or the most memorable meal? Mike Gerrard presents a run-down of the best that the Greek islands can give and, once you've done your dreaming, the best ways to book your trip

A LONG weekend in Rhodes - idyllic or what? Both as it turned out. Being there was paradise, getting there and back was a nightmare. "But what do you expect," said a snooty friend from Berkshire. "It's all charter flights and package deals. Personally I wouldn't touch Rhodes with a barge pole."

ELSPETH GIBSON is a fashion designer and winner of the New Generation Designer of the Year at the 1998 British fashion awards.

WORLD CRICKET'S hare meets the game's premier tortoise when South Africa's Jonty Rhodes comes face to face with Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq in the Super Six crunch match between the tournament heavyweights at Trent Bridge today.

Pop LAMB THE PARADOX BRIGHTON

ROBERT RHODES JAMES, biographer, historian and politician, had an unusual career. Apart from Erskine and Childers he is the only official of the House of Commons to have crossed the divide between administration and politics and be elected as a MP. His position as a clerk in the Commons 1955-64, gave him a worm's eye view of parliament and politicians which was a valuable asset for someone whose chief claim to fame is as a biographer and historian of those subjects. He knew how the system worked and understood its more arcane aspects. There was little he did not know about the parliamentary stage and he regarded its performers with a realistic if somewhat sardonic eye.

Donald exposes frailty of Stewart's ambitions; South Africa 225-7 (50 overs) v England 103 (41 overs) H H Gibbs 60, G Kirsten 45 A A Donald 4-17 L Klusener 48 not out A D Mullally 2- 28 South Africa win by 122 runs

India 253-5 South Africa 254-8 S Africa win by four wickets

India 253-5 (50 overs) v South Africa S C Ganguly 97 R S Dravid 54 L Klusener 3-66