Benham fires Hampshire to first win

Chris Benham blasted Hampshire to their first win of the season as they chased down a mammoth total with three balls to spare against Gloucestershire at the Rose Bowl. Alex Gidman's career-best 105 helped guide the visitors to a towering 350 for 5 and Hampshire's hopes of opening their account were looking slim. Marcus North belted 85 from 73 balls, while Hamish Marshall (64) and Christopher Taylor (53 off 23) contributed to the carnage. The tall target was reduced to 240 from 30 overs after rain affected Hampshire's innings, and Michael Carberry got them away to a strong start with 60. A 98-run stand between Benham and Nic Pothas pushed them closer but when Pothas fell for 43 from 32 balls the victory was far from secured. Jon Lewis chose to bowl the final over himself, a decision he might regret as he finished with an unflattering 0 for 49 from 4.3 overs as Benham ended up unbeaten on 54 from 27 balls and Greg Lamb clubbed 8 from three deliveries.

Glamorgan survived a late scare from Steffan Jones, who clattered 42 from 36 to nearly take Somerset to an unlikely win at Taunton, but the visitors crept home by 19 runs with more than three overs to spare. Glamorgan's 221 was set up by a fine 95 from David Hemp, including 11 fours, but there was little else from his team-mates apart from Mike Powell's 32. Somerset struggled in reply, with Marcus Trescothick (15), Craig Kieswetter (18) and, crucially, Justin Langer (7) all falling cheaply. Ian Blackwell muscled 42 from 36, but when Somerset slipped to 163 for 9, there appeared little hope for the home side. Jones, though, gave them genuine belief with a blistering 42 - lifting three sixes - before he was last man out to David Harrison.

A career-best 75 from Navdeep Poonia was not enough for Scotland who fell to Derbyshire by six wickets in a rain-affected match at Derby. Charl Langeveldt collected 4 for 28 and troubled Poonia's team-mates, none of whom passed 16 as Scotland battled to 169. Chris Rogers, who recently lost his Cricket Australia contract as he was not considered a one-day player, guided Derbyshire's chase with 57 from 73 balls while his opening partner Steve Stubbings laboured for 53 deliveries for his 24. And although both fell, Dominic Telo (15*) and James Pipe (4*) took Derbyshire home with 14 balls to spare.

Click here for John Ward's report from Old Trafford where Lancashire pulled off a stunning win over Durham.

HD Ackerman's 103 and a fine all-round performance Jim Allenby took Leicestershire through to a comfortable 39-run win over Ireland at Grace Road. Ravi Rampaul, Ireland's recently-signed overseas player, couldn't inspire his new team-mates - conceding 49 from his 10 overs - but he bowled Dillon du Preez late in the innings for 3. Ackerman dominated his opening stand of 103 with Tom New (31) before he and Allenby put on a further 87 for the second wicket. Chasing a sizeable 252 Ireland slipped to 68 for 5, with Garnett Kruger picking up two early wickets, but Andrew White (52) and Gary Wilson (58) staved off Leicestershire's march to victory with a fine sixth-wicket stand of 109. However, once Allenby removed Wilson, the rest folded quickly and Allenby ended with 4 for 44.

Nottinghamshire had the better of a rain-affected day at Trent Bridge, where Darren Pattinson helped them account for Northamptonshire in a Duckworth/Lewis result. Pattinson, the Victorian fast bowler, picked up 3 for 39 from ten overs in his first one-day match for Nottinghamshire as the visitors struggled to support Stephen Peters, who made 90. They wobbled to 64 for 5 before Peters finally found some support from Lance Klusener, who made 60 from a very un-Klusener-like 109 deliveries. Northamptonshire ground out their 50 overs to reach 189 for 7, but later rain meant the home side's target was reduced to 143 from 30 overs. Nottinghamshire's other Australian player, Adam Voges, completed the six-wicket win with 42 from 40 balls after Will Jefferson set the platform with 36.

Click here for Brydon Coverdale's report on Surrey's win over Middlesex at Lord's.

Kent won a nailbiting match against Sussex at Hove, with Justin Kemp (68*) and Ryan McLaren (17) squeezing them home to a four-wicket win with one ball to spare. Sussex's 246 was set-up by four thirties from Matt Prior, Chris Adams, Luke Wright and Carl Hopkinson, with Michael Yardy making 50 from 78 balls. Kent began solidly, with Joe Denly making 43 and Martin van Jaarsveld cracking 58 from 55, but Wright hit back with three quick wickets to check Kent's run-chase. Geraint Jones and Azhar Mahmood both fell in the dying overs, but McLaren held his nerve and smacked 17 from 14 balls to help Kemp and Kent through to victory.

Midlands Division

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Nottinghamshire	3	2	0	0	1	5	+0.854	362/78.0	303/80.0
Leicestershire	2	1	0	0	1	3	+0.780	251/50.0	212/50.0
Northamptonshire	3	1	1	0	1	3	-0.047	439/78.5	438/78.0
Warwickshire	2	0	1	0	1	1	-0.222	293/50.0	297/48.5
Ireland	2	0	2	0	0	0	-0.950	373/100.0	468/100.0

North Division

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Lancashire	3	2	0	0	1	5	+3.420	226/34.5	224/73.0
Derbyshire	4	2	1	0	1	5	-0.118	466/105.4	489/108.0
Yorkshire	2	1	1	0	0	2	+0.270	334/74.0	314/74.0
Durham	3	1	2	0	0	2	+0.024	606/123.0	603/123.0
Scotland	2	0	2	0	0	0	-2.351	208/84.0	210/43.3

South East Division

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Essex	2	2	0	0	0	4	+0.608	472/74.0	427/74.0
Middlesex	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.353	711/129.0	650/126.0
Kent	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.242	701/132.5	734/133.0
Surrey	2	1	1	0	0	2	-0.410	484/93.0	539/96.0
Sussex	2	0	2	0	0	0	-0.256	386/74.0	404/73.5

South/West Division

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Somerset	4	2	1	0	1	5	+0.025	713/146.1	728/150.0
Gloucestershire	3	1	1	0	1	3	+1.232	461/65.2	463/79.3
Glamorgan	2	1	0	0	1	3	+0.380	221/50.0	202/50.0
Hampshire	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.161	749/129.3	750/126.1
Worcestershire	2	0	1	0	1	1	-1.863	221/50.0	222/35.2