Sporting Digest: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP (second day of three): Chelmsford: Essex 401 for 3 dec (N V Knight 211no, R J Rowlands 80no) and 76 for 2; Northamptonshire 300 for 3 dec (K J Innes 106, R J Warren 82, J D Wells 53). Derby: Derbyshire 111 (K P Sheeraz 5-28) and 99 for 1 (M J Vandrau 52no); Gloucestershire 402 for 8 dec (R C Williams 125, R C J Williams 95, J Shepherd 52). Leicester: Warwickshire 314 for 6 dec (W G Khan 140no, C E Mulraine 56) and 135 for 2 (T L Penney 59no, M Burns 52no); Leicestershire 333 for 4 dec (P N Hepworth 111, J M Dakin 100no). Taunton: Kent 282 (D P Fulton 79, R M Ellison 67) and 92 for 2; Somerset 336 for 5 dec (M Trescothick 132, I Fletcher 99). Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 303 for 7 dec (R T Robinson 119; D M Cox 4-60) and 32 for 0; Durham 264 for 6 dec (J A Daley 61, S D Birbeck 81no). (First day of three): Cardiff: Glamorgan 144 for 5 (A Roseberry 71); v Middlesex.