September 1, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-us-Saani 22,1423

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LONDON, Aug 31: Leaders Surrey were held to a draw by Warwickshire in the four-day English County Championship cricket clash at Edgbaston Friday.

Nick Knight, the England one-day specialist, made 133 as the home county reached 404 after conceding a 199-run lead on the first innings in the division one fixture.

Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq claimed a match haul of eight for 174, including four for 80 in Warwickshire’s second innings.

Saqlain, who was not considered for the current triangular tournament in Nairobi, took 11 for 180 against Hampshire in the previous round of matches.

Scores and results:

(Final day of four):

Division one:

At Edgbaston: Match drawn. Warwickshire 345 (N.V. Knight 74, J. Troughton 61; Saqlain Mushtaq 4-94, J. Ormond 4-108) and 404 (N.V. Knight 133, J. Troughton 63; Saqlain Mushtaq 4-80); Surrey 544 (N. Shahid 116, I.J. Ward 114, M.R. Ramprakash 99, A.J. Hollioake 72 not out, A.D. Brown 57; A.F. Giles 4-133).

Division two:

At Colwyn Bay: Match drawn. Nottinghamshire 464 (J.E.R. Gallian 171, G. Welton 92; D.A. Cosker 4-135) and 274 (U. Afzaal 104 not out, N. Boje 70; D.A. Cosker 3-101); Glamorgan 495 (S.P. James 184, A. Dale 109, M.P. Maynard 56; N. Boje 6-128).

At Worcester: Middlesex beat Worcestershire by six wickets. Middlesex 531 (E. Joyce 125, D.C. Nash 100, S. Koenig 81, A.A. Noffke 76; Kabir Ali 5-100) and 193 for four; Worcestershire 319 (G.A. Hick 101, A. Singh 50, B.F. Smith 50; C. Keegan 4-47, A.A. Noffke 4-84) and 401 (G.A. Hick 69, B.F. Smith 60; C. Keegan 4-92, A.A. Noffke 4-110).—Reuters