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Mike Atherton (70) and Saurav Ganguly (97) laid the basis of Lancashire's victory by 68 runs over Essex in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round match by putting on 163 runs in 39 overs for the first wicket

Debutant Michael Strong broke the back of Yorkshire's innings with three wickets in twenty deliveries as Northamptonshire, who have never lost to the Tykes in this competition, beat their visitors by 69 runs in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round

Gloucestershire, holders of the NatWest Trophy, showed the quality of real champions as they beat Leicestershire by 10 runs at Grace Road - coming the day after they had beaten Worcestershire in their replayed match from the preceding round

With just two overs play possible in which the vsitors made 5-0 Surrey and Sussex will resume their NatWest fourth-round match at The Oval tomorrow

Ashley Giles made his first one-day hundred to inspire Warwickshire to a 40 runs win over Derbyshire at Edgbaston in their NatWest fourth-round match

Glamorgan adjusted better to the wet conditions at Canterbury to finish the shortened day with the advantage over Kent in their NatWest fourth-round match

The war of words behind them Worcestershire settled quickly to the task of proving themselves to be the better team when their replayed NatWest Trophy third-round match began at New Road

Gloucestershire showed that the victory was worth waiting for as they beat Worcestershire by five runs at New Road in the NatWest Trophy third round match which had to be replayed because Worcestershire had included an ineligible player - 19 year-old

Surrey finished off Hampshire within nine minutes of the last day's play starting at Southampton

Worcestershire, currently leading the National League Division One, faltered after being put in to bat by strand-in captain Steve Rhodes against Leicestershire at the New Road ground, until they were restred by the weather from their predicament

Chris Adams struck a captain's innings of 100 runs off 95 balls to power Sussex Sharks to a 43 runs win at Wantage for only their second National League success this summer

Somerset slammed 295-7, the highest score in the National League this summer to date, at Maidstone as they took out their frustration on Kent for having pulled away from defeat after following in the corresponding championship match which ended

There was drama at Swansea as Neil Smith's dismissal to the last ball of the match with the totals even brought Warwickshire/Glamorgan a share of the honours in their National League Division Two encounter

Lord's-For once, and for all their customorary endeavour, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh couldn't quite complete another rescue mission for the West Indies again foisted on them by their weak batsmen

Lord's, lunchtime: West Indies 267 and 54; England 134 and 13 for one

For the moment England had to take a rain-check - literally - on their push for an historic victory at Lord's

Lord's, teatime: West Indies 267 and 54; England 134 and 109 for two (Atherton 44, Hick 9)

England triumphed at Lords by 2 wickets in one of the most memorable Test Matches played on that historic ground - or anywhere

Lord's: West Indies (267 and 54) lost to England (134 and 191 for eight) by two wickets

In all the great matches this celebrated old ground has hosted in more than 200 years, no day could have been more sensational, intense and unpredictable as the second of its 100th Test yesterday