Surrey seemed intent on winning by as large a margin as possible, taking few chances and dropping the scoring rate as they gradually approached the modest target of 159

A daunting target of 362 runs proved overwhelming for Nottinghamshire as they went down by 174 runs in a Benson & Hedges semi-final which was totally dominated by the opposition who registered their biggest win, in terms of runs, in this competition

Kent maintained their position as joint leaders of the First Division Norwich Union League with an exciting two-wicket win over Surrey

Australia's distinct supremacy prevailed over Pakistan throughout this NatWest Series final, making it clearly one-sided as they coasted to victory by the overwhelming margin of nine wickets

Pakistan's innings, in the presence of a full house at Lord's, could be regarded as an anti-climax for the NatWest Series final

Australia's batsmen have made the last match before the NatWest Series final on Saturday look like a practice game in preparation for the showdown with Pakistan at Lord's on Saturday

An awesome display by Australia's batsmen condemned England to their 11th successive defeat in limited-overs cricket in a match that was totally dominated by Australia as they coasted to victory by eight wickets

Middlesex supporters who braved the cold, overcast day at Southgate saw their team go down by seventeen runs to Hampshire in the Norwich Union League

There was only a ten-minute delay to the start despite the wet conditions that had prevailed earlier in the morning at Southgate

A sterling innings from Robin Weston which spanned six hours and brought him an unbeaten maiden century for Middlesex, enabled his side to finish just 24 runs behind Hampshire's impressive first innings of 404

With a fighting innings of 51 not out, which has lasted nearly two and a half hours, Robin Weston was attempting to bring stability to the Middlesex innings after five wickets had gone down for 124

Having begun poorly with the loss of two early wickets, a series of half-centuries later in the day took Hampshire to 310 for seven by stumps on the first day

Marcus Trescothick's heroic innings of 137 from only 142 balls, carried England to within three runs of victory in a breathtaking finish to their second clash with Pakistan in the NatWest series.But Pakistan held on to sentence England to a record

Somerset cruised to victory by eight wickets after wet conditions before the start of play, and periodic showers through the afternoon, had delayed the start of this Norwich Union league match at The Oval

Mark Ramprakash, in magnificent form, took Surrey to their first CricInfo Championship victory of the season as he led the way during the second session on the final day, chasing a target of 209

If the first two days at The Oval belonged to batsmen, the third was distinctly in favour of bowlers with 15 wickets going down, the last eight of which were Somerset's who finished the day with an overall lead of 164 and two wickets standing

Runs kept coming at The Oval with Mark Ramprakash featuring prominently in registering his second CricInfo Championship century

Mark Lathwell, with an innings that fell just one run short of what would have been his first century of the season and an invaluable innings of 73 by Peter Bowler, saw Somerset placed more comfortably on 260 for six at stumps after struggling on 74

This was not the sort of preparation Australia would have wished for in their penultimate match before the limited-overs NatWest series

Andy Strauss' colossal effort over a five-and-a-half-hour period went a long way in stopping Nottinghamshire from registering their first CricInfo Championship victory