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The New Zealand A team overcame Hampshire by two wickets at Portsmouth thanks mainly to the batting of wicketkeeper Michael Papps

Kiwis conquer Hampshire - just

Matthew Elliott (127) brought Glamorgan to the brink of victory after the visitors had been asked to score 307 runs to beat Middlesex in their championship match at Southgate and the Welsh county achieved the goal with two wickets in hand

Elliott guides Glamorgan home

A very severe electrical storm knocked down telephone poles, trees and knocked out power to area businesses and homes

Electrical storm ruins Holland's first match of tour

15-Jul-2000•CCA

Skill, Accuracy, Mastery - It's England!

Fine control by the English bowlers restricted the West Indian total to a mere 169 for eight wickets

Riverside, close of play: West Indies (169/8 off 50 overs) lost to England (171 for no wicket off 35.2 overs) by ten wickets

England crush West Indies on the way to Lord's

This is the most crucial match of the NatWest Series

England v West Indies, Preview

England carried their magnificent form from Old Trafford to the picturesque Riverside ground in Durham and virtually ended West Indies' hopes of a passage to the final of the NatWest Series next Saturday

England's win completes the picture

15-Jul-2000•Andy Jalil

Lara and England come to grips

Brian Lara, although not in peak form, produced a fighting fifty for West Indies after more fine bowling by Alan Mullally had given England an early advantage in their match at the Riverside Ground at Chester-le-Street

England outclassed West Indies on a day in which they may have discovered the first-wicket partnership which they have been seeking for some time and re-discovered a competent bowling attack

England outplay West Indies in masterful display of batting, bowling and catching

Leicestershire are unlikely to suffer the fate of Middlesex and have points deducted for the state of their pitch after their Division One championship match with Durham ended with a day to spare

Leicestershire pitch out Durham with day to spare

Mike Burns and Rob Turner piled on the agony for Lancashire's weary bowlers on the third day of the County Championship match at Taunton

Somerset pile on the agony

14-Jul-2000•Richard Latham

Surrey shift into top gear at The Oval

Ally Brown struck Surrey back on top of their top-of-the-table championship battle with Yorkshire at The Oval

By making their second highest score of the season against Glamorgan at Southgate, Middlesex underlined their own appeal against the deduction of points for the perceived poor condition of the pitch

Middlesex put their case - where it matters - on the pitch

Min Patel showed once again why he had been England's spinner as he took five wickets for Kent in their championship match against Derbyshire

Kent get the better of Derbyshire batting

Michael Bevan scored the 44th first-class hundred of his career in giving Sussex a good grip on their Division Two championship match with Essex

Day belongs to Sussex

New Zealand A have fought back to have victory within their grasp over Hampshire at Portsmouth

Kiwis count on victory