Sport in Short: Cricket

RAPID CRICKETLINE CHAMPIONSHIP Belper: Worcs 218; Derbys 57 for 0. Southend: Surrey 463 for 4 (A D Brown 145, P D Atkins 116, R I Alikhan 94, A W Smith 83no) v Essex. Cardiff: Leics 356 for 7 dec (M I Gidley 151, P Whitticase 61, J D R Benson 57); Glamorgan 4 for 0. Gloucester: Middlesex 428 for 6 (J C Pooley 111, T A Radford 92no, R J Sims 63, Aftab Habib 61, D W Headley 52) v Gloucs. Folkestone: Hants 310 for 3 dec (R M S Cox 100no, J R Wood 149); Kent 32 for 4. Liverpool: Lancs 435 for 5 dec (J E R Gallian 158no, G Fowler 85, G Yates 70no, P A J DeFreitas 54); Sussex 15 for 0. Clevedon: Somerset 250 for 9 dec (R J Turner 109no); Notts 43 for 0. Marske: Yorks 292 (M P Vaughan 79, K Sharp 61no, P A Grayson 59; J Hughes 4-55); Northants 37 for 0.

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Oxford: Oxfordshire 185 for 4 dec and 229 for 2 dec (D A J Wise 118, T A Lester 64no); Cornwall 165 for 7 dec and 217 (S Williams 93, S Wherry 53, I J Curtis 5-86). Oxfordshire won by 32 runs. Ipswich: Suffolk 160 (C K Bullen 6-22); Bedfordshire 204 for 5 (R Swann 106).