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| April 26, 2002 | Friday | Safar 12, 1423 |
Azhar, Tudor send Yorkshire packing for low score
LONDON, April 25: Former Zimbabwe batsman Murray Goodwin carried on from where he left off last season, making 162 for Sussex on the first day of their English county championship match against Somerset at Hove Wednesday.
Goodwin, who last season made 1521 championship runs at 58.50 for the Second Division title-holders, guided Sussex to a total of 337. At the close Somerset were four without loss.
Meanwhile, at Headingley, reigning First Division champions Yorkshire had a torrid opening day against title-contenders and 1999 and 2000 county kings Surrey.
Fresh from a 10 wicket win over Sussex, Surrey bowled out the home side for 140.
England paceman Alex Tudor took four for 31 and Pakistan’s Azhar Mahmood, signed as temporary overseas cover for international team-mate Saqlain Mushtaq, was also on target with his medium-pacers to finish with three for 33.
Surrey then rammed home their advantage by finishing on 115 without loss, club captain and England left-hander Mark Butcher unbeaten on 53 with fellow England southpaw Ian Ward 51 not out.
Lancashire’s former England seamer Peter Martin claimed four for 77 as Warwickshire were bowled out for 297 at Edgbaston, a total that owed much to Neil Smith’s 96 made at number eight.
Lancashire finished on 48 without loss.
At the Rose Bowl, Leicestershire captain Vince Wells made 149 not out against the Hampshire attack, the visitors reaching 389 for six at stumps.
Wednesday’s scores:
(First day of four):
DIVISION ONE:
At Southampton: Leicestershire 389-6 after 104 overs (V.J. Wells 149 not out, D.I. Stevens 82) v Hampshire.
At Hove: Sussex 337 in 90.2 overs (M.W. Goodwin 162; M. Bulbeck 4-104); Somerset 4-0 after three overs.
At Edgbaston: Warwickshire 297 in 78.2 overs (N.M.K. Smith 96, M.M. Betts 56; P.J. Martin 4-77); Lancashire 48-0 after 23 overs.
At Headingley: Yorkshire 140 in 75.5 overs (A.J. Tudor 4-31, Azhar Mahmood 3-33); Surrey 115-0 after 28 overs (M.A. Butcher 53 not out, I.J. Ward 51 not out).
DIVISION TWO:
At Derby: Derbyshire 263 in 75.4 overs (M.J. Di Venuto 56, D.G. Cork 56, S. Bukhari 53; N. Killeen 4-52); Durham 102-3 after 28 overs.
At Chelmsford: Gloucestershire 336-9 after 104 overs (M.W. Alleyne 125 not out, C.M. Spearman 80, I. Fisher 65) v Essex.
At Lord’s: Middlesex 433-6 after 103.2 overs (E. Joyce 119, O.A. Shah 63, A.J. Strauss 62, P.N. Weekes 50 not out) v Nottinghamshire.
At Northampton: Worcestershire 398-5 after 104 overs (D.A. Leatherdale 147 not out, S.D. Peters 146) v Northamptonshire.
MURALI TARGETS 600
MELBOURNE: Sri Lanka’s leading bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has his sights set on claiming 600 Test wickets, but still believes Australian Shane Warne is the world’s best spinner.
The 30-year-old off-spinner is currently in Melbourne receiving treatment from leading Australian surgeon David Young on a shoulder injury he sustained while fielding in the Sharjah Cup earlier this month.
“I would like 600 wickets, that’s about another 180,” Muralitharan told reporters Thursday.
“It’s hard to take wickets. It depends on how good you play because sometimes you can drop down, or you can do well. It depends on how you do.”
Muralitharan recently became the youngest player to take 400 Test wickets but said the difficulty associated with bowling leg-spin meant that Warne was still the best.
“I think he is the greatest spinner because wrist spin is very hard to bowl. It’s difficult to control the ball,” he said.
Both Muralitharan (412) and Warne (450) are closing in on West Indian Courtney Walsh’s record of 519 Test wickets.
Muralitharan’s shoulder injury means he is likely to miss much of Sri Lanka’s current tour of England.—AFP/Reuters
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