Surrey vs Sussex, 5th Place Play-off at Abu Dhabi, Mar 24 2009 - Match Result

In weather more suited to Sheffield than Sharjah the most surreal Roses match in recent memory was decided by the Duckworth/Lewis method after torrential rain forced the players from the field for Yorkshire to be pronounced comfortable 156-run winners

Essex kept their cool in testing conditions at the Sheik Zayed Stadium on Wednesday night to add the Pro ARCH Trophy to their Friends Provident Trophy success of last season after beating Middlesex in an evenly contested final

Lancashire swept aside the Fly Emirates part-timers in Sharjah to set up a Roses play-off game on Tuesday to decide which of the rival counties will finish third in the Pro Arch Trophy for 2009. The floodlights at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium h

An explosive five-wicket haul from Essex's Jamaican-born paceman Maurice Chambers blew away Sussex's middle-order to hand a comfortable 47-run win and catapult his side into Wednesday's Pro Arch Trophy final