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On a slowish pitch where quick scoring was never very easy, West Indies achieved what was probably the match-winning total of 232 for seven off an accurate but essentially toothless Zimbabwe attack

Lara leads harvest of fifties

Bryan Strang, bowling speed in the lower seventies, opened for Zimbabwe to Adrian Griffith of West Indies in the NatWest Series limited-overs match at Bristol - two singles nudged to third man coming off his first over

West Indies accelerate after steady start

Some fine batting by Zimbabwe, their innings held together by a restrained Neil Johnson, has kept them on even terms in the NatWest Series match at Bristol with a West Indian team thatprobably did not expect such stern opposition

Zimbabwe up with scoring rate

The NatWest Series opened in Bristol under rather better weather than during the previous few days, warm and humid, with the sun often shining through the haze

NatWest Series under way - and the sun shines through

Mark Butcher (87 n.o.) took out his in Surrey's convincing win by 7 wickets over Sussex in the NatWest Trophy fourth-round match at The Oval

Butcher boosts Surrey in NatWest Trophy

Somerset didn't hang around too long at Southgate this morning

Middlesex win in a hurry

Keith Newell (62 n.o.), the Glamorgan opening batsman, kept his nerve at Canterbury as Kent showed greater fight today than they had the day before in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round match

Glamorgan survive Ealham shock to beat Kent

Bristol, NatWest Series: West Indies (232 for seven off 50 overs) lost to Zimbabwe (233 for four off 45 overs) by six wickets

Zimbabwe shock win brings NatWest Series to life

Dominic Cork showed spectators an early touch of what he had produced for England in the Test Match at Lord's

Cork's quick 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

Northants keep winning record against Yorkshire

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

Giles stuns Cork - and Derbyshire

Ashley Giles, who has represented England at one-day cricket, made his maiden limited-overs hundred in taking Warwickshire to an impressive 257-8 from their 50 overs against Derbyshire at Birmingham in their NatWest Trophy four-round match

Giles first hundred puts Warwickshire on top

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

Champion Gloucester's dramatic victory

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

Oval and out - rain holds up play

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

Glamorgan have Kent on the hop

Hampshire hammered Harmison for 34 runs in three overs to canter to a five-wicket victory over Durham in their NatWest Trophy fourth-round match at Chester-le-Street

Harmison hammered - Extras crucial as Hampshire thrash Durham

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

Lancashire openers runs riot Flintoff proves fitness