Saqlain claims four

Published June 5, 2002

LONDON, June 4: Results on the final day of four-day English County Championship cricket matches Monday:

Division one:

At Tunbridge Wells: Kent beat Sussex by four wickets. Sussex 180 (M. Saggers 6-39) and 354 (R.R. Montgomerie 79, M.W. Goodwin 76, M. Prior 67; A. Symonds 6-105); Kent 343 (A. Symonds 89, M.A. Ealham 83 not out; R.J. Kirtley 4-88) and 195-6 (E.T. Smith 82). Kent 18 points, Sussex three.

At Leicester: Leicestershire beat Yorkshire by five wickets. Yorkshire 310 (C. White 62, D.S. Lehmann 51; D.E. Malcolm 6-72) and 239 (D.S. Lehmann 119 not out; P.A.J. DeFreitas 5-38, D.E. Malcolm 4-76); Leicestershire 346 (M.G. Bevan 142, D.L. Maddy 61) and 207-5 (M.G. Bevan 76 not out, D.L. Maddy 58). Leicestershire 18 points, Yorkshire 6.

At Old Trafford: Match drawn. Surrey 382 (J. Batty 104, M.R. Ramprakash 71, I.J. Ward 61; G. Keedy 5-122) and 246-6 declared (I.J. Ward 106); Lancashire 194 (G. Chapple 51; Saqlain Mushtaq 4-43) and 112-3. Lancashire 6 points, Surrey 10.

At Southampton: Match drawn. Warwickshire 250 (M.J. Powell 92, J. Troughton 63; A.D. Mullally 6-56) and 329-8 declared (J. Troughton 131 not out); Hampshire 277 (J.P. Crawley 60; S.M. Pollock 4-37) and 142-7. Hampshire 9 points, Warwickshire 9.

Division two:

At Lord’s: Match drawn. Durham 645-6 declared (M.L. Love 251, G. Muchall 127, J.J.B. Lewis 71); Middlesex 465 (O.A. Shah 112, A.J. Strauss 96) and 194-5 (E. Joyce 71). Middlesex 9 points, Durham 11.

At Northampton: Essex beat Northamptonshire by four wickets. Northamptonshire 632 (M.E. Hussey 140, J. Cook 90, A.S. Rollins 89, R.J. Warren 87, T. Bailey 64, R. Anderson 51, A.L. Penberthy 50; Z. Sharif 4-98) and 155 (J. Stephenson 4-25); Essex 497-7 declared (A. Flower 103 not out, A. Habib 93, D.D.J. Robinson 68, J. Middlebrook 67, R.C. Irani 54) and 291-6 (A. Flower 92 not out, J.Dakin 57). Northamptonshire 7 points, Essex 19.—Reuters

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