Harbhajan strikes for Surrey

Division One

Sussex and Nottinghamshire squeezed in just seven overs on a heavily rain-affected second day at Arundel, but it was enough time for Chris Harris to dismiss Robin Martin-Jenkins. Jenkins added 12 to his overnight score of 25. Sussex ended the day on 274 for 6.

Harbhajan Singh ripped through the Hampshire middle-order, taking 6 for 36 as Surrey grabbed the second-day honours at The Rose Bowl. Surrey added 35 to their overnight score to finish on 361 all out. Dominic Thornely was eventually dismissed for 73, the fourth of Chris Tremlett's victims. Tremlett returned figures of 4 for 106. Harbhajan also chipped in with the bat, posting a useful 25 before he was bowled by Sean Ervine. Then came the bowling onslaught. Martin Bicknell struck first, removing Jimmy Adams. Michael Brown was the next to fall, to Mohammad Akram. But Harhbajan did the bulk of the damage. And Hampshire were in dire straits at 146 for 8 by the close.

Daniel Cherry struck a sweet double century - the first of his career - as Glamorgan strode to an imposing 584 for 3 declared. There were centuries too for David Hemp (103) and Jonathan Hughes, who was unbeaten on 134. Hughes shared an impressive partnership of 239 for the third wicket as Glamorgan steered themselves into a very solid position. Ben Hutton turned to nine bowlers in all in a bid to gain breakthroughs, but wickets were few and far between. And he failed to cash in on a belter of a pitch, making 16 before falling to Dean Cosker. Middlesex ended the day at 96 for 1, with Ed Smith unbeaten on 57, but the home side still have much work to do at Southgate.

Kent wrested control at Edgbaston through Robert Key (75) and Martin van Jaarsveld (62). At the end of the day Kent were 270 for 3, a lead of 18 with seven wickets in hand.

Division Two

Dale Benkenstein and Phil Mustard each struck 80 as Durham added 200 to their overnight score to reach 334. Johannes Wright was Northamptonshire's most successful bowler, with 4 for 71. Northants' reply got off to a steady start, with Martin Love and Bilal Shafayat sharing an opening stand of 54. But Robert White fell just before the close to leave Northants on 98 for 2 and the match in the balance.

Lancashire will feel the happier of the two sides, just, as they ended the second day against Derbyshire with a lead of 51 and one wicket remaining. Dominic Cork chipped out the last two wickets for Derbyshire early, to end with 4 for 40. Lancashire's reply got off to a bad start, as they lost Mark Chilton and Mal Loye with the score just 12. They were going along nicely, but a further three wickets fell for just eight runs to leave them in some disarray at 128 for 6. Cork again came to the rescue and was unbeaten on 63 by the close, with some strong lower-order support from Muttiah Muralitharan (24 not out).

Zander de Bruyn struck an unbeaten half-century as Worcestershire shaded the day at Grace Road. Nadeem Malik took 5 for 71 as Leicestershire wickets fell steadily - they ended on 225. In reply, Worcestershire were in some difficulty at 27 for 2 - with Simon Davies and Graeme Hick back in the pavilion courtesy of Ottis Gibson, but Ben Smith (45), Stephen Moore (41) and de Bruyn all batted well to add stability.