19 April 2004	Monday	28 Safar 1425

LONDON, April 18: Shane Warne led from the front with five wickets for Hampshire on the second day of their County Championship match against Durham at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

The Australian leg-spin great, now Hampshire captain, took five for 68 as Durham were bowled out for 201 in the Second Division match. That left Warne's men needing a mere 109 for victory but at stumps they were 13 for two with Durham still in the game.

Elsewhere, in the opening round matches, former West Indies captain Carl Hooper showed his class with 115 for Lancashire in their First Division match away to Northamptonshire. At The Oval, defending champions Sussex made 445 for nine in reply to Surrey's 304, a lead of 141, with captain Chris Adams scoring 101.

Close of play scores on Saturday:

(Second day of four):

First Division:

At Northampton:

LANCASHIRE 504-9 dec (C.L. Hooper 115, S.G. Law 108, I. Sutcliffe 104, G. Chapple 55; J Louw 4-71);

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 142-2 (T. Roberts 85 not out).

At The Oval:

SURREY 304 (Azhar Mahmood 84; R.S.C. Martin-Jenkins 4-59);

SUSSEX 445-9 (C.J. Adams 101, I.J. Ward 82, T. Ambrose 56).

At Edgbaston:

MIDDLESEX 432-8 dec (P.N. Weekes 118, J. Dalrymple 77, D.C. Nash 55);

WARWICKSHIRE 16-1.

At Bristol:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 202-6 (C. Taylor 58 not out; M. Saggers 4-31) v Kent.

Second Division:

At Sophia Gardens:

GLAMORGAN 185 (K. Dean 4-41, Mohammad Ali 4-75) and 23-0;

DERBYSHIRE 174.

At The Rose Bowl:

Durham 128 and 201 (N. Peng 66, J.J.B. Lewis 50; S.K. Warne 5-68);

HAMPSHIRE 221 (M.J. Clarke 75; M. Davies 6-53) and 13-2. -AFP