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| May 15, 2005 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 6, 1426 |
Pietersen improves his Test prospects
LONDON, May 14: Kevin Pietersen hit his first century for Hampshire on Friday, boosting his hopes of selection for England’s first Test against Bangladesh at Lord’s later this month. The South African-born batsman struck 125 off 111 balls to help his new side pile up 461 for nine declared on the third day of the county championship first division match against Kent at Canterbury.
Former Nottinghamshire batsman Pietersen, 24, scored three hundreds in England’s one-day series against South Africa earlier this year but has yet to win his first Test cap.
Paceman Steve Harmison followed up his three wickets from the first innings by taking six for 52 in the second as he helped Durham beat Lancashire by nine wickets in the second division.
Scores and results on Friday:
County Championship (third day of four):
First Division;
At Canterbury: Hampshire 328 (S.K. Warne 107 not out, S.M. Katich 56) and 461-9 declared (S.M. Katich 128, K.P. Pietersen 125, S.M. Ervine 57, M.J. Brown 54; A Khan 4-106); Kent 305 (D.P. Fulton 74, D.I. Stevens 68, M. Dennington 50) and 121-2 (R.W.T. Key 54).
At Lord’s: Middlesex (21pts) beat Gloucestershire (4pts) by 340 runs. Middlesex 390 (E.C. Joyce 75, P.N. Weekes 69, O.A. Shah 63, B.J.M. Scott 58; J. Lewis 4-82) and 342-6 declared (O.A. Shah 111 not out, E.C. Joyce 93); Gloucestershire 232 (C.M. Spearman 69; A. Richardson 5-32, M.M. Betts 4-86) and 160 (M.M. Betts 4-58).
At The Oval: Surrey 444 (A.D. Brown 122, S.A. Newman 117, R. Clarke 84, J.G.E. Benning 57) and 425-4 declared (S.A. Newman 219, M.R. Ramprakash 97); Glamorgan 345 (D.J. Harrison 75 not out; M.P. Bicknell 6-74) and 177-2 (M.J. Powell 80 not out, D.L. Hemp 77 not out).
Division Two
At Old Trafford: Durham (20pts) beat Lancashire (3pts) by 9 wickets. Lancashire 199 and 173 (A. Flintoff 55; S.J. Harmison 6-52); Durham 338 (M.E.K. Hussey 144 not out, P. Mustard 77; M. Muralitharan 5-107) and 35-1.
At Grace Road: Leicestershire 278 (H.D. Ackerman 85 not out, D.L. Maddy 53) and 276-9 declared (D. Mongia 70, P.A. Nixon 68); Yorkshire 151 (I. Dawood 62 not out; O.D. Gibson 6-56) and 261-3 (A. McGrath 70 not out, M.P. Vaughan 53).
At Northampton: Northamptonshire 552-7 declared (U. Afzaal 168 not out, B.M. Shafayat 153, D. Wright 55); Essex 178 (J. Louw 6-51) 282-2 (A. Cook 131 not out, R.S. Bopara 79).
At New Road: Worcestershire 478 (S.C. Moore 246, D. Pipe 80 not out); Derbyshire 263 (Kabir Ali 4-77) and 314 (J. Moss 75, G. Welch 63, M.J. Di Venuto 51).—Agencies
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