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The match was played at Quetta, the capital of the province of Baluchistan

Essex beat Worcestershire by four wickets at Chelmsford thanks primarily to Stuart Law's third county championship of the season

Lancashire's spin bowlers have given the county a good chance of victory against Durham at Manchester

Yorkshire enhanced their prospects of gaining on leaders Surrey by dismissing Somerset for 182 in their Division One championship match at Scarborough after they had lost the toss

Darren Thomas gave Glamorgan the edge over Northamptonshire whom they dismissed for 229 just over half-an-hour after tea in their championship match at Cardiff

Martin Bicknell broke through Leicestershire's batting by taking five wickets for Surrey in a spell which had the visitors in trouble at 33-6 by the close at Guildford: they were just 63 runs ahead

Yorkshire have every chance of improving on their third position in the First Division of the championship as they took a 218 runs first innings lead over Somerset and then had their guests at 12-2 in their second innings at Scarborough

Northamptonshire prospered from some unconvincing Glamorgan batting and the accurate bowling of their own paceman Michael Strong and off-spinner Jason Brown to have the advantage of Glamorgan at Cardiff

Rahul Dravid kept his international rival Shane Warne at bay to keep Kent from serious trouble against Hampshire at Portsmouth

Essex struck back at Worcestershire after yielding a 109 runs first innings lead at Chelmsford

Nottinghamshire batted stubbornly in the sunshine at Hove to prevent Sussex from capitalising on their big 404-5 score on the first day

John Crawley struck his second century in a week and Michael Gough took four wickets in innings for the first time in over a year in the Division One championship match between Lancashire and Durham at Manchester

England turned in a sound bowling and fielding performance in restricting the West Indies to 195 for nine wickets in their innings in the final group match of the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham

Alec Stewart's gallant century was not enough to stop West Indies winning by three runs in a breathtaking finish to the last qualifying match before the final of the NatWest Series

England warmed up for Saturday's NatWest Series final against Zimbabwe by narrowly losing a thrilling contest to the West Indies by just 3 runs - Alec Stewart remaining not out on exactly 100

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For once, sunny skies greeted the cricketers as England took on West Indies in the final group match of the NatWest Series

After 30 overs of the West Indian innings at Trent Bridge in the last of the group matches in the NatWest Series, England could be well pleased with their progress

West Indies, eliminated from the final, nevertheless finished with honour by recording a thrilling three-run victory over England at Trent Bridge

A superb West Indian fightback has brought to life this final group match of the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham