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Rose flowers against Durham's drawn match
Graham Rose and Mike Burns put up a partnership that took Somerset from 153 for 5 after lunch on the final day to 362 for 8 declared at the close of play in the county championship match at Taunton
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19-Aug-2000
Graham Rose and Mike Burns put up a partnership that took Somerset from 153
for 5 after lunch on the final day to 362 for 8 declared at the close of
play in the county championship match at Taunton. This enabled Somerset to
gain four batting points thereby taking the match tally to 11 points while
the opponents Durham took 10 points from the drawn match. There was no
chance of a result after rain washed away five sessions of play during the
first three days.
The day did not start well for the hosts as they lost Rob Turner to John
Wood, Keith Parsons to Nick Phillips and Peter Bowler to Steve Harmison for
a personal score of 31, after rain delayed the start.
But Burns and Rose batted beautifully to make 89 balls and 102
respectively. But the fall of Rose's wicket made Jamie Cox, the Somerset
captain to declare thereby stopping Durham to gain an extra bonus bowling
point.
Full postSchofield helps Lancashire build useful lead over Kent
Chris Schofield helped Lancashire build up a useful lead on the third day of their championship clash against Kent at Old Trafford today
Colin Evans
19-Aug-2000
Chris Schofield helped Lancashire build up a useful lead on the third day of
their championship clash against Kent at Old Trafford today.
The England reject, who has slipped to number two behind Gary Keedy in
Lancashire's spin bowling department, showed that he remains an enterprising
batsman, hitting an unbeaten 43.
Keedy, who resumed with Schofield at Lancashire's overnight 110-7, was 17 when he fell to an unplayable ball from Min Patel. It lifted nastily and, in trying to fend it away, he gave David Fulton a catch at forward short leg.
Full postSomerset take greater satisfication from rain ruined Taunton match
Graham Rose and Mike Burns ensured that Somerset took greater satisfaction from the final day of the rain-ruined County Championship first division match at Taunton
Mark Easterbrook
19-Aug-2000
Graham Rose and Mike Burns ensured that Somerset took greater satisfaction from the final day of the rain-ruined County Championship first division match at Taunton.
After five sessions of play had been lost to the weather during the first three days, it was inevitable that the match would peter out into a battle for bonus points.
Somerset, 92-2 overnight in reply to Durham's 378, progressed to 362-8 declared at the close of play and that was good enough to give them four batting bonus points and 11 overall in the match.
Full postLancashire on course for vital win over Kent
Lancashire were on course for a vital win at Old Trafford today in their bid to stay in touch with championship leaders Surrey
Colin Evans
19-Aug-2000
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Peter Martin Photo © John Dawson |
Lancashire were on course for a vital win at Old Trafford today in their bid
to stay in touch with championship leaders Surrey.
Relegation threatened Kent, needing 280 to win, slumped to 43-4 after a superb all-round performance from Peter Martin.
Mark Alleyne helps Gloucestershire to a win over Essex
Gloucestershire took revenge against Essex for the 109 run defeat they were handed out at Bristol earlier this summer
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19-Aug-2000
Gloucestershire took revenge against Essex for the 109 run defeat
they were handed out at Bristol earlier this summer. Skipper Mark Alleyne
took the last three wickets as Gloucestershire bowled out Essex
for 243. Having been set a victory target of 348, Essex started the
day at 141 for 4 but lost Stephen Peters, Graham Napier and Barry Hyam
very quickly while the Essex skipper Ronnie Irani was holding the
other end. He batted for 3 hours to make a defiant 33 not out. The
other notable performance was by Danny Law who made 29 and along with
his skipper put on a stand of 39 for the eighth wicket. He was the
first of Alleyne's victims who then went on to claim Tim Mason and
Ashley Cowan. Alleyne ended with 3 for 44 while seamer Ben Gannon
picked up 3 for 66.
The win enabled Gloucestershire take 18 points while Essex took 3
points.
Full postDarren Lehmann is the leading run scorer
Darren Lehmann's 115 against Leicestershire at Grace Road made him the leading run scorer in the country
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19-Aug-2000
Darren Lehmann's 115 against Leicestershire at Grace Road made him the
leading run scorer in the country. The century on the final day of the
drawn match was the 47th in his career and 10th for Yorkshire.
Earlier resuming at 194 for 5, Yorkshire were all out for 340 in
answer to Leicestershire's 351 in the first innings. Leicestershire
took 11 points and are in the fourth place in the championship while
Yorkshire are in the second place by picking 10 points from the match.
Yorkshire meet Surrey the week after next at Scarborough where their
task will be to come out with maximum points and limit the points of
Surrey. "It's all down to when we play Surrey. That was always going
to be the crucial game," said Martyn Moxon, Yorkshire's director of
coaching.
Full postRamprakash is first to 1,000 run milestone
Mark Ramprakash continued to distance himself from a disappointing experiment as a Test opener by becoming the first English player to reach 1,000 first-class runs this summer
Mike Beddow
19-Aug-2000
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Mark Ramprakash 1,000 first-class runs Photo © AllSport |
Mark Ramprakash continued to distance himself from a disappointing experiment as a Test opener by becoming the first English player to reach 1,000 first-class runs this summer.
The Middlesex batsman scored his fourth century in nine innings, for a total of 700 runs, since he reverted to No 4 in the county team after losing his England place.
Full postRamprakash is first to 1,000 runs
Mark Ramprakash became the first English player to 1,000 runs this season after a delayed start on the third day at Edgbaston
Mike Beddow
19-Aug-2000
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Mark Ramprakash Photo © AllSport |
Mark Ramprakash became the first English player to 1,000 runs this season after a delayed start on the third day at Edgbaston.
The Middlesex batsman made an unbeaten 120 - his fourth century in nine Championship innings - to take his county to 380 for eight by lunch in the first innings of a rain-curtailed match.
Warwickshire batsmen struggle after Langer's lunchtime declaration
Middlesex captain Justin Langer attempted to reawaken a rain-curtailed game at Edgbaston with a lunchtime declaration at 380 for eight on the third day
Mike Beddow
19-Aug-2000
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Mark Ramprakash 1,000 first-class runs Photo © AllSport |
Middlesex captain Justin Langer attempted to reawaken a rain-curtailed game at Edgbaston with a lunchtime declaration at 380 for eight on the third day.
Langer sacrificed the chance of a fifth batting point with Mark Ramprakash unbeaten on 120 after becoming the first English player to reach 1,000 first-class runs this season.
Innings victory for Young England
England compled a convincing win over Sri Lanka in the Under-19 `Test' at Trent Bridge with a day and an innings to spare thanks in the main to Kabir Ali's accurate seam bowling
Staff and agencies
18-Aug-2000
England compled a convincing win over Sri Lanka in the Under-19 `Test'
at Trent Bridge with a day and an innings to spare thanks in the main
to Kabir Ali's accurate seam bowling.
Kabir was backed up by slow left-armer Monty Panesar, who collected
three wickets as the Sri Lankans collapsed for 184 in their second
innings.
Jehan Mubarak, who top-scored on the first day, was again the main run
getter with 44.
But after he was fifth out, the Sri Lankan tail added just 47 more
runs before England won by an innings and 22 runs.
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