Warne decision turns Hampshire towards success

Michael Carberry struck a career-best 192 as Hampshire completed a fantastic run-chase against Warwickshire at the Rose Bowl. They were set 331 after some pleasingly aggressive negotiations between Shane Warne and Darren Maddy following the third day washout. Carberry was dominant throughout, adding 117 with Michael Lumb, to put the chase on course, then a match-winning 86 with Dimitri Mascarenhas. Carberry plundered 24 boundaries and a six as Hampshire completed a victory, one which closes the gap in a tight division. It was another example of Warne's positive captaincy paying handsome dividends.

Lancashire and Yorkshire completed their battle for bonus points at Old Trafford and the visitors edged ahead as Adil Rashid produced a highly impressive spell of legspin on the final afternoon, extracting sharp, if slow, turn. He troubled the Lancashire top order and trapped Brad Hodge with an impressive topspinner and had Stuart Law stumped off the final ball of the match to help Yorkshire claim an additional point. James Anderson produced a sustained spell of strong speed as Lancashire claimed a full hand of bowling points. His 5 for 98 was his first five-wicket haul since August 2005.

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Pts
Yorkshire	8	3	1	0	4	108
Lancashire	8	2	0	0	6	95
Durham	8	3	3	0	2	94.5
Sussex	8	3	2	0	3	94
Warwickshire	8	2	1	0	5	94
Hampshire	8	3	1	0	4	93
Kent	7	2	3	0	2	71
Surrey	8	1	4	0	3	65
Worcestershire	7	0	4	0	3	43

Derbyshire pulled off a thrilling 15-run win against Middlesex at Southgate after the home side lost their last six wickets for 58. Jamie Dalrymple and Alan Richardson added 32 for the last wicket, but Graham Wagg had the final say when he bowled Richardson and handed Derbyshire their second win of the season. When Ed Smith was going well on 65 Middlesex were 208 for 4 and needed 74 more for victory, but Greg Smith trapped his namesake lbw and claimed two more vital wickets. Andrew Strauss fell early in the day for 53 and Ed Joyce failed to build on his promising start.

Monty Panesar claimed six wickets as he bowled Northamptonshire to a 138-run victory against Gloucestershire at Northampton. Panesar struck quickly on the final morning as he removed the nightwatchman Steve Kirby and Chris Taylor for ducks and it was only a matter of time before the innings folded. Panesar helped himself to his best figures of a productive season before Steven Crook claimed the final wicket.

Records continued to tumble in dream batting conditions at Chelmsford as Nottinghamshire amassed their highest first-class total, 791, against Essex. Chris Read made a career-best 240, the first time both wicketkeepers had made double-centuries in the same match after James Foster's 204, while Graeme Swann fell three runs short of the seventh century in the match. The final session consisted of Nottinghamshire improving their over-rate and Read performed the rare triple of batting, keeping and bowling on the same day.

It took Leicestershire only 25 balls to wrap up a 10-wicket win against Glamorgan at Grace Road. Arno Jacobs and Tim New knocked off the runs which carried Leicestershire to their first Championship win of the season.

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Pts
Somerset	8	4	1	0	3	122
Nottinghamshire	8	4	1	0	3	120.5
Essex	8	3	2	0	3	101
Middlesex	8	3	1	0	4	90.5
Derbyshire	8	2	1	0	5	90
Northamptonshire	8	3	3	0	2	88
Leicestershire	9	1	4	0	4	75
Gloucestershire	8	1	4	0	3	64
Glamorgan	7	1	5	0	1	46