Cricket: Best men

Run-makers

B C Lara (Warwickshire) 1,425 G A Gooch (Essex) 1,131 J P Crawley (Lancashire) 948 M W Gatting (Middlesex) 792 J E Morris (Durham) 789 C L Hooper (Kent) 743 N E Briers (Leicestershire) 742 D Byas (Yorkshire) 733 R G Twose (Warwickshire) 722 W Larkins (Durham) 718

Wicket-takers

M M Patel (Kent) 51 J E Benjamin (Surrey) 50 C A Walsh (Gloucestershire) 47 P A J DeFreitas (Derbyshire) 35 S J E Brown (Durham) 34 M Watkinson (Lancashire) 34 J E Emburey (Middlesex) 33 Mushtaq Ahmed (Somerset) 33 D J Millns (Leicestershire) 32 R A Pick (Nottinghamshire) 32 A C Cummins (Durham) 32

Wicketkeepers

R J Blakey (Yorkshire, 33ct 2st) 35 D Ripley (Northamptonshire, 25ct 5st) 30 R C Russell (Gloucestershire, 29ct) 29 P A Nixon (Leicestershire, 23ct 1st) 24 S J Rhodes (Worcestershire, 25ct 3st) 28 K R Brown (Middlesex, 28 ct) 28