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Notts, desperate for a win to enhance their promotion prospects, made a challenging total after electing to bat first against Surrey in their Division Two table-topper

Gavin Hamilton turned in a tremendous all round performance to bring Yorkshire Phoenix a sensational 49-run victory over Sussex Sharks at Scarborough yesterday which took them six points clear at the top of Division One of the Norwich Union National

Darren Bicknell (115) and Jason Gallian (84) put on a best ever opening partnership of 196 for Nottinghamshire at run a ball against Surrey at Trent Bridge in the Division Two league

Championship leaders Surrey were left with a minimum of only 32 overs in which to attempt to bowl out Yorkshire when conditions improved sufficiently at Scarborough for a start to be made at 4.00pm on the final day of a match in which feelings ran

Surrey were unable to resume their second innings at Scarborough until 3.30 this afternoon, despite hours of bright sunshine, because heavy overnight rain had caused water to seep under the plastic sheeting which was covering the run-up at the

Surrey were unable to resume their second innings at Scarborough until 3.30 this afternoon, despite hours of bright sunshine, because heavy overnight rain had caused water to seep under the plastic sheeting which was covering the run-up at the

Yorkshire were fired out for 158 by Championship leaders Surrey at Scarborough this afternoon, the visitors deciding during the tea interval not to enforce the follow on, despite enjoying a lead of 198

Yorkshire's hopes of winning the County Championship were shattered when they were bowled out for 158 in reply to Surrey's first innings total of 356 on day two of the Division One clash at Scarborough

Yorkshire today faced the possibility of having at least eight points docked as the ECB Pitches Panel, comprised of Mike Denness and Alan Fordham, carried out an examination of the Scarborough pitch after umpires Barry Dudleston and John Harries had

Championship leaders Surrey were in a commanding position when bad light ended play with 22 overs remaining on the second day of their top-of-the-table clash with Yorkshire at Scarborough

Yorkshire hit back hard against Surrey in front of a 6,000 crowd at Scarborough this afternoon after the Championship leaders had been well-placed on 106 for two at lunch

Championship leaders Surrey had much the greater cause for satisfaction on an intriguing opening day to their crunch match with third-placed Yorkshire at Scarborough which was watched by a crowd that built up to around the 6,000 mark

Division One leaders Surrey had the better of the morning's play after been put in to bat by Yorkshire in the crunch Championship match at Scarborough today and they were 106 for two in 32 overs at lunch, Ian Ward having batted throughout the session

Derbyshire, having suffered a mid-week defeat by an innings, inside two days (a fate that befell another team twenty-four hours later at a higher level of cricket, at Headingley, one is tempted to mention in these heady days) against Surrey in the

Derbyshire began the second morning better than they had the first with Tim Munton taking the wicket of the dangerous Nadeem Shahid almost immediately after the start, Hollioake and Salisbury though built a useful partnership of 54 with Salisbury

After their poor batting performance of the morning Surrey's nerves were set jangling further by a good opening stand between Stubbings and Sutton - who was standing in for Lacey

Surrey's game against Derbyshire at the Oval starting today had all the makings of a grudge match

Play at The Oval got off to a slow start, due in part to an early injury to Ian Salisbury in the field

Lancashire began the final day of this match needing 399 to win, but more conceivably knowing that they had survived one hundred and forty overs to achieve a draw against Somerset recently

Lancashire, the specialists of one-day cricket, had their sight fixed firmly on a Lord's final as they moved so comfortably towards it with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Surrey, with fourteen overs to spare, in a quarter-final of the NatWest