Sporting Digest: Cricket

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP (Final day of two) Ransomes (Ipswich): Bedfordshire 178 for 9 dec (T J Caley 5-47) and 338 for 4 dec (C K Bullen 150no, T D B Hoare 103no); Suffolk 203 for 6 dec (K Wijesuriya 65) and 226 for 7 (S M Clements 77, P A Owen 5-84). Match drawn.

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP (Second day of three): Bingley: Leicestershire 408 for 8 (J Dakin 66, A Ditta 62, P Whitticase 65, M Brimson 50); Yorkshire 177 (M J Foster 59, S A Kellett 50) and 108 for 2. Chelmsford: Essex 361 for 6 dec (R Rollins 151no, D Robinson 56, A Butcher 50no; Parvaz Mirza 4-65) and 115 for 4; Worcestershire 255 (D L Houghton 88). Cheltenham (Dowty Arle Court): Warwickshire 354 for 9 dec (A Singh 126, W Khan 70) and 188 for 3; Gloucestershire 205 (D R Brown 4-61). Dartford: Nottinghamshire 105 (E Stanford 6-43) and 120 (N Llong 5-56); Kent 111 for 8 (J Afford 6-48) and 53 for 1. Harrow: Surrey 148 (Umer Rashid 6-21) and 254 (M A Lynch 92, K T Medlycott 50; R J Barringer 5-29); Middlesex 202 (D J Thompson 4-86) and 17 for 0. Kent won by nine wickets. Swansea: Glamorgan 245 (S D Thomas 50; M Betts 4-77); Durham 307 for 2 (G Fowler 161, P J Wilcock 60, J A Daley 64no). Northampton: Northamptonshire 434 for 6 dec (J Snape 176, T Harrison 121) and 77 for 5; Hampshire 301 for 8 (P R Whittaker 130, J S Laney 75).