Moss gathers 87 as Derbyshire draw

Derbyshire had little difficulty in forcing a draw against Yorkshire in their Second Division clash at Headingley. Derbyshire followed on this morning 202 behind, but batted calmly through 92 overs to finish with 245 for 5. Jon Moss, their Australian import, top-scored with 87. Play finally got under way after two washed-out days at the Riverside: Durham were shot out for 231, with Gavin Hamilton top-scoring with 41. Simon Francis took five wickets for Somerset - and Rob Turner caught five behind the stumps - but it's hard to see how a draw can be avoided. Somerset had reduced the deficit to 104 by the close. It was a torrid start for Shaun Tait, Durham's new signing from South Australia: touted as the next Brett Lee, he sent down 14 no-balls in four overs that cost 43 runs.

In the First Division of the Totesport League Warwickshire wrapped up a quick victory over Kent, bowling them out for 135 - Heath Streak took 3 for 7 in six overs - and then knocking off the runs in just 24.1 overs. Centuries from Mark Chilton and Iain Sutcliffe set Lancashire up for a victory at Whitgift School to make amends for their three-day Championship defeat there. Chilton spanked 19 fours and Sutcliffe 17, and they shared an opening stand of 223, only a dozen short of Surrey's total. Surrey had been in disarray at 72 for 6 before Alex Tudor joined Adam Hollioake and they put on 128. At the Rose Bowl Matthew Elliott inched Glamorgan to a narrow three-wicket victory over Hampshire, for whom Shane Warne went wicketless for once.

Down in Division Two Scotland fell to their 11th defeat out of 12 completed matches (they've also had two no-results), going down by 114 runs to Sussex at the Grange in Edinburgh. Michael Yardy made 83 of Sussex's 263 for 6, then Mushtaq Ahmed, with 4 for 46, made sure there was no upset. Graeme Hick's 120 set up an 83-run win for Worcestershire at Lord's, despite Simon Cook's 5 for 34 for Middlesex. And Nottinghamshire's 249 proved too much for Leicestershire at Trent Bridge, where Stuart MacGill's three wickets all came courtesy of stumpings by Chris Read.

Derbyshire 240 and 245 for 5 dec (Stubbings 58, Moss 87) drew with Yorkshire 442 for 8 dec at Headingley
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Day 1 report: Flying start by Wood - The Telegraph
Day 2 report: McGrath continues fine form - The Times
Day 3 report: Draw looming at Headingley - The Sunday Telegraph
Day 4 report: Yorkshire lack cutting edge - The Daily Telegraph

Durham 231 and 85 for 6 drew with Somerset 400 for 8 (Johnson 101*, Laraman 66*) at Chester-le-Street
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Day 1: no play due to rain
Day 2: no play due to rain
Day 3 report: Francis duo impress on familiar turf - The Daily Telegraph

Glamorgan 209 for 7 (Croft 52, Elliott 79*) beat Hampshire 208 (Adams 40, Crawley 56, Hemp 3-11) by 3 wickets at the Rose Bowl
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Match report: Croft's payback robs Hampshire - The Times

Lancashire 238 for 2 (Chilton 115, Sutcliffe 102*) beat Surrey 235 for 8 (Hollioake 66, Tudor 56, Cork 3-35) by 8 wickets at Whitgift School
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Match report: Sutcliffe and Chilton hit Surrey with killer blow - The Times

Warwickshire 139 for 4 (Bell 51) beat Kent 135 (Streak 3-7) by 6 wickets at Edgbaston
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Match report: Streak burst takes pressure off batsmen - The Times

Worcestershire 261 for 7 (Hick 120, Leatherdale 63, Cook 5-34) beat Middlesex 178 (Scott 42, Shah 55, Batty 3-41) by 83 runs at Lord's
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Match report: Hick gives his Sunday best to close gap - The Guardian

Nottinghamshire 249 for 6 (Gallian 75, Singh 45, Pietersen 51) beat Leicestershire 229 (Maddy 75, MacGill 3-50) by 20 runs at Trent Bridge
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Match report: Maddy battles in vain - The Times

Sussex 263 for 6 (Yardy 83, Prior 44, Yasir Arafat 3-49) beat Scotland 149 (Mushtaq Ahmed 4-46) by 114 runs at Edinburgh
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Match report: Saltires cut down to size - The Scotsman