LONDON, Aug 9: Scores at the close of play in four-day English County Championship cricket matches Thursday:

DAY ONE

Division one

AT OLD TRAFFORD: Lancashire 163 (A.Swann 84 not out; C.Tremlett 5-57); Hampshire 84-7 (G.Chapple 3-17, J.Anderson 3-44)

AT HOVE: Surrey 193 all out (K.Innes 4-41, R.Kirtley 3-49); Sussex 139-7 (A.Tudor 3-50).

Division two

AT KIDDERMINSTER: Worcestershire 201 (A.Singh 57; S.MacGill 5-63, A.Harris 3-43); Nottinghamshire 5-1.

DAY TWO

Division one

AT CANTERBURY: Kent 271 (D.Fulton 89, A.Symonds 69; A.Caddick 5-65) and 176-5 (E.Smith 54 not out; A.Caddick 3-53); Somerset 227 (M.Wood 55, P.Bowler 50; A.Khan 5-76).

AT HEADINGLEY: Warwickshire 233 (N.Knight 79). Yorkshire 304-9 (D.Lehmann 75, C.Taylor 50; A.Richardson 3-73, D.Brown 3-61).

Division two

AT DERBY: Essex 268 (D.Robinson 69, W.Jefferson 59) and 75-2; Derbyshire 301 (C.Bassano 152 not out, L.Suton 58).

AT CARDIFF: Gloucestershire 396 (I.Harvey 123, C.Taylor 74, R.Russell 52). Glamorgan 189-3 (M.Powell 94 not out).

AT LORD’S: Middlesex 360-3 (O.Shah 148 not out, B.Hutton 116) v Northamptonshire.—Reuters

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