Sporting Digest: Cricket

LANCASHIRE have reappointed Mike Watkinson as captain for next season. They have released Jonathan Fielding, while Jonathan Henderson has retired on medical grounds.

SOMERSET have released seven players, including the wicketkeeper Neil Burns; Kevin Parsons, Andy Payne, Vince Clarke, Ian Bond, Paul Clifford and Brad Donelan are the others, while a new contract for Neil Mallender is dependent upon a medical report.

TETLEY BITTER FESTIVAL

Final

(One-day)

Yorkshire v Durham

SCARBOROUGH: Yorkshire won by three wickets.

(Durham won toss)

DURHAM

W Larkins b Weekes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

M Saxelby b Weekes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

S Hutton c Kellett b Hamilton. . . . . . . . . . . . 57

J A Daley lbw b Hartley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

J E Morris c Blakey b Stemp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

* P Bainbridge b Hartley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

A C Cummins run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

J Wood run out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

A Walker b Weekes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

J P Searle not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

C W Scott not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Extras (lb3 w7 nb10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Total (for 9, 50 overs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Fall: 1-5 2-47 3-79 4-199 5-214 6-255 7-258 8-268 9-280.

Bowling: Weekes 10-0-58-3; Hamilton 6-0-58-1; Batty 10-0-53-0; Hartley 10-3-39-2; Stemp 10-0-42-1; Grayson 4-0-29-0.

YORKSHIRE

* M D Moxon b Searle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

S A Kellett c Bainbridge b Walker. . . . . . . .130

D Byas lbw b Bainbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

B Parker b Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

P J Hartley b Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

R J Blakey run out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

L C Weekes c Bainbridge b Cummins . . . . . . . . 7

A P Grayson not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

G M Hamilton not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras (lb1 w5 nb12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Total (for 7, 49.4 overs) . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Fall: 1-130 2-143 3-196 4-214 5-253 6-270 7-277.

Did not bat: J D Batty, R D Stemp.

Bowling: Wood 10-0-61-2; Cummins 9.4-0- 59-1; Searle 10-0-51-1; Walker 10-0-51-1; Bainbridge 10-0-60-1.

Umpires: B Leadbeater and J H Hampshire.

RAPID CRICKETLINE SECOND XI CHAMPIONSHIP (First day of three; today 10.30): Benwell Hill: Essex 140 (C Campbell 6-40); Durham 125 for 7. Gloucester: Lancashire 134 (M Cawdron 5-24); Gloucestershire 7 for 0. Southampton: Hampshire 208. Leicestershire 149 for 6. Trent Bridge: Northants 481 for 9 dec (D J Sales 166, D Ripley 50) v Notts. Horsham: Sussex 360 for 7 dec (K Newell 159); Derbyshire 26 for 1. Stratford-upon-Avon: Surrey 436 for 8 dec (R Cake 100, M Lynch 164, G Kersey 50); Warwickshire 59 for 1. Worcester: Glamorgan 93 for 9 (D Follett 5-48) v Worcestershire.

SHANE WARNE helped Australia to a 28-run victory in their opening match of the Singer World Series Cup at Pakistan in Colombo yesterday. He hit 30 valuable runs and then took three wickets for 29 to win the man of the match award.

SINGER WORLD SERIES CUP (Colombo): Australia 179 for 7; Pakistan 151 for 9.