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| September 25, 2005 | Sunday | Sha'aban 20, 1426 |
Mushtaq guides Sussex to second place
LONDON, Sept 24: Former Pakistan Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed equalled his career-best first-class score when he hit an unbeaten 90 against Kent to help Sussex finished second in the first division of the English County Championship. Mushtaq hit eight fours and two sixes as Sussex made 348 — a lead of 91.
On easy paced pitch, former England left-arm spinner Min Patel took five for 81 to take his season haul to 58. Robert Key passed 1,500 runs for season by reaching 84.
Sussex, who need to win to stand any chance of finishing runners-up behind Nottinghamshire, would have had their hopes dashed had they not claimed third batting bonus point that Mushtaq’s knock provided.
Sussex eventually won by eight wickets on Friday.
Another Pakistan discard Azhar Mahmood struck an undefeated 167 as Surrey, who were relegated to Division Two for next season, piled up 607 for four against Middlesex. Ex-England Test batsman Mark Ramprakash hammered 242 not out.
Scores on Friday:
County Championship:
Division One:
At The Rose Bowl: Hampshire (22 points) beat Nottinghamshire (2 points) by an innings and 188 runs.
HAMPSHIRE 714-5 declared (J.P. Crawley 311 not out, A.D. Mascarenhas 103 not out, J. McLean 67, S.M/ Katich 53, J. Adams 50); NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 213 (A.D. Mascarenhas 5-55, S.D. Udal 4-39) and 313 (D.J. Bicknell 97, C.M.W. Read 63; S.D. Udal 4-70)
At Hove: Sussex (20 points) beat Kent (5 points) by eight wickets.
KENT 257 (N. O’Brien 61, M.M. Patel 51; Rana Navedul Hasan 4-83, R.J. Kirtley 4-53) and 238 (R.W.T. Key 84); SUSSEX 348 (Mushtaq Ahmed 90 not out; M.M. Patel 5-81) and 151-2 (C.P. Hopkinson 57, M. Yardy 55 not out).
At The Oval: MIDDLESEX 404-5 declared (S.B. Styris 100 not out, E. Joyce 90, B. Hutton 79, O.A. Shah 58); SURREY 607-4 (M.R. Ramprakash 242 not out, Azhar Mahmood 167 not out, J.N. Batty 73, S.A. Newman 51).
At Edgbaston: WARWICKSHIRE 208 (J.O. Troughton 84; C.M. Bandara 4-67) and 320-9 declared (N.V. Knight 94, J.O. Troughton 57, I. Westwood 55, C.M. Bandara 4-90); GLOUCESTERSHIRE 118 (N Carter 4-30) and 97-2.
Division Two:
At Old Trafford: Leicestershire (17 points) beat Lancashire (3 points) by four runs.
LEICESTERSHIRE 165 (G. Chapple 5-22, M. Kartik 4-43) and 200 (H.D. Ackerman 67; J.M. Anderson 4-45); Lancashire 191 (J. Maunders 4-28) and 170.
At Northampton: YORKSHIRE 177 (C. White 51; M. Panesar 5-32, J. Brown 5-65) and 101-4 (M. Panesar 4-39); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 476-9 declared (U. Afzaal 157, S. Crook 97, M.L. Love 95; G. Kruis 5-75).
At Taunton: SOMERSET 259 (J. Hildreth 84, J. Francis 54; W. White 4-77) and 173-2 (J. Francis 107 not out); DERBYSHIRE 707-7 declared (Hassan Adnan 191, S.D. Stubbings 151, G. Welch 99 not out, A. Botha 57, L. Sutton 53, J. Moss 53; G. Andrew 4-134)
At Worcester: ESSEX 574 (W.I. Jefferson 116, R.C. Irani 99, R. ten Doeschate 98, T. Phillips 89, G. Napier 55; S Wedge 5-112); WORCESTERSHIRE 424-3 (S.C. Moore 191, B.F. Smith 154 not out).—Agencies
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