Sporting Digest: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP (Second day of three; 11.0 today): The Oval: Gloucestershire 286 (J M De La Pena 4-54) and 69 for 0; Surrey 251 for 6 dec (G J Kersey 107no; R C Williams 4-49). Headingley: Nottinghamshire 368 for 6 dec (W A Dessaur 124, M P Dowman 140) and 29 for 3; Yorkshire 315 for 9 dec (R A Kettleborough 87; S A Sylvester 4-47). Middleton-on-Sea: Sussex 226 (D J Boden

4-47) and 37 for 1; Essex 388 for 8 dec (M Diwan 196, S J Andrew 100no). South Shields: Durham 245 (G Fowler 66, A R Fothergill 60) and 19 for 3; Warwickshire 531 for 7 dec (G Welch 169, D R Brown 110no, J D Radcliffe 67, Wasim Khan 52). Derby: Kent 362 (C Penn 86, S C Willis 72, M A Ealham 69; P Aldred 4-83); Derbyshire 141 (J B Thompson 4-39) and 238 for 7 (M E Cassar 54, S J Base 48). Taunton: Somerset 309 for 9 dec (N D Burns 165no; I R McLaren 4-58) and 125 for 3; Worcestershire 304 for 5 dec (A C Seymour 160no, K R Spiring 60).

BAIN CLARKSON TROPHY (Portsmouth): Hampshire 253 for 5 (R S M Morris 112, R M F Cox 61, P R Whitaker 50no); Glamorgan 213 (M J Thursfield 4-21). Hampshire won by 40 runs.

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP (First day of two; 11.0 today): Netherfield: Suffolk 225 for 8 dec (P J Caley 79) and 26 for 6 (M G Scothern 5-19); Cumberland 228 for 5 dec (D J Makinson 102no).