26 April 2004	Monday	05 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425

LONDON, April 25: Matthew Walker scored a dazzling 151 as Kent made a sensational comeback to beat Worcestershire by five wickets in the English County Championship at Canterbury on Saturday.

Kent started the fourth and final day of the Division One match in trouble at 35 for two, but lost only three more wickets in achieving a daunting target of 429. Mike Carberry was Kent's other star with 112.

Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq claimed four for 107, but still finished on the losing side as Middlesex defeated Surrey by six wickets at Lord's.

Results on Saturday (final day of four):

Division One:

At Canterbury: Kent beat Worcestershire by five wickets.

WORCESTERSHIRE 401 (V.S. Solanki 84, S.D. Peters 76, A.J. Bichel 50; A Sheriyar 5-94) and 316-2 declared (S.C. Moore 108 not out, G.A. Hick 89, B.F. Smith 78 not out);

KENT 289 (D.P. Fulton 107, M.J. Walker 70, J.C. Tredwell 51 not out; M.N. Malik 5-88, M.S. Mason 4-55) and 429-5 (M.J. Walker 151 not out, M.A. Carberry 112, M.J. Saggers 64)

At Lord's: Middlesex beat Surrey by six wickets.

SURREY 418 (A.J. Hollioake 106, S.A. Newman 86, I.D.K. Salisbury 77; C.B. Keegan 5-138) and 203 (Azhar Mahmood 70, M.R. Ramprakash 68; M. Hayward 4-41);

MIDDLESEX 325 (O.A. Shah 93, B.L. Hutton 78; Azhar Mahmood 4-96) and 300-4 (B.L. Hutton 88, O.A. Shah 65, S.G. Koenig 62; Saqlain Mushtaq 4-107).

Division Two:

At Chester-le-Street: Nottinghamshire beat Durham by an innings and 80 runs.

DURHAM 350 (L.E. Plunkett 54, A. Pratt 53, N. Peng 51, G.J. Pratt 50) and 93 (C.E. Shreck 6-46);

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 523 (R.J. Warren 120, D.J. Hussey 76, J.E.R. Gallian 58, K.P. Pietersen 52).

At Leicester: Match drawn.

GLAMORGAN 455-7 declared (M.P. Maynard 163, D.L. Hemp 82, M.J. Powell 55) and 125-9 (C.W. Henderson 5-28);

LEICESTERSHIRE 264 (B.J. Hodge 105; M.S. Kasprowicz 5-54) and 353 (B.J. Hodge 158, C.W. Henderson 63)

At Taunton: Match drawn.

SOMERSET 388 (P.D. Bowler 127, M. Burns 68, M.J. Wood 66; K.J. Dean 5-86, N.G.E. Walker 4-111) and 170-6 declared;

DERBYSHIRE 275-8 declared (Hasan Adnan 107 not out; A.W. Laraman 5-58) and 112-1 (C.J.L. Rogers 58 not out).

At Headingley: Yorkshire beat Essex by seven wickets.

ESSEX 262 (W.I. Jefferson 74, M.L. Pettini 67) and 273 (A. Habib 62, A.N. Cook 52);

YORKSHIRE 408 (I.J. Harvey 95, M.J. Lumb 76, C. White 60, D.S. Lehmann 53; G.R. Napier 4-119) and 129-3. -Agencies

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