22 June 2004	Tuesday	03 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425

LONDON, June 21: Australia all-rounder Shane Watson's unbeaten 112, only his second first-class innings in England, helped Hampshire to a massive 275-run Second Division County Championship win against Somerseton Sunday.

Watson, deputising for injured Hampshire captain and Australia Shane Warne, saw his century become the cornerstone of Hampshire's second innings 334 for nine declared which left Somerset with 422 to win.

Scores and results on Sunday:

(Third day of four):

FIRST DIVISION:

MIDDLESEX 508 (S.G. Koenig 104 not out, P.N. Weekes 102, B. Hutton 90, E. Joyce 82; V.S. Solanki 5-40);

WORCESTERSHIRE 170-1 (G.A. Hick 77 not out, S. Moore 73 not out).

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 368 (C. Taylor 177, A. Gidman 62; T. Murtagh 5-74) and 4-0;

SURREY 598 (A.D. Brown 170, J.N. Batty 106, S.A. Newman 73).

WARWICKSHIRE 499 (M.A. Wagh 167, G.B. Hogg 56, I.J.L. Trott 54, N.V. Knight 53; P.J. Martin 4-81);

LANCASHIRE 505-8 (M.B. Loye 184, D. Mongia 89, W.K. Hegg 54).

SECOND DIVISION:

Hampshire beat Somerset by 275 runs.

HAMPSHIRE 290 (M. Brown 81, C. Tremlett 57, S.D. Udal 50; S. Francis 4-57, A.R. Caddick 4-75) and 334-9 dec (S.R. Watson 112 not out, S.D. Udal 74; S. Francis 4-113);

SOMERSET 203 (J. Hildreth 61) and 146 (K.P. Dutch 60).

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 551-7 dec (J.E.R. Gallian 190, C.M.W. Read 130, K.P. Pietersen 107);

DERBYSHIRE 220 (J. Moss 69) and 75-5.

LEICESTERSHIRE 237-6 (D.I. Stevens 67, P.A.J. DeFreitas 52 not out) v YORKSHIRE.

National League (one-day):

Second Division:

Scotland beat Durham by six wickets.

DURHAM 189-7;

SCOTLAND 190-4 (C. Smith 79 not out, C. English 53 not out). -AFP