Sporting Digest: Cricket

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP: Fenner's: Buckinghamshire 176 for 6 dec and 17-1; Cambridgeshire 210 for 9. Wellington: Oxford 210 for 6 dec and 204 for 3 dec; Shropshire 206 for 6 dec and 200 for 5. Shropshire won by 5 wickets. Stone: Staffordshire 225 for 3 and 235 for 7; Bedfordshire 211 and 251 for 3. Bedfordshire won by 7 wickets.

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP: Walmley: Yorkshire 388 and 264 for 6 dec; Warwickshire 327 and 111 for 2. Match drawn. Hove: Sussex 361 for 8 dec and 226 for 8 dec; Middlesex 289 and 151 for 2. Match drawn. Worcester: Northamptonshire 353 and 227; Worcestershire 379 for 6 dec and 76 for 4. Match drawn. Southampton: Hampshire 211 and 281 for 4 dec; Durham 194 and 207 for 6. Match drawn. Trent Bridge: Leicestershire 403 for 5 dec and 165 for 5 dec; Nottinghamshire 307 for 7 dec and 172 for 7. Match drawn. Gloucester: Gloucestershire 322 and 212 for 1 dec; Glamorgan 261 for 7 dec and 191 for 7. Match drawn.

INDIA SQUAD (for four-nation tournament, Sri Lanka, 4-17 Sept): M Azharuddin (capt), S R Tendulkar, N S Sidhu, M Prabhakar, A S Jadeja, V G Kambli, A C Bedade, N R Mongia (wkt), Kapil Dev, J Srinath, P S Vaidya, Venkatesh Prasad, A R Kumble, R K Chauhan, Venkatapaty Raju.