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LONDON, May 4: Pakistan all-rounder Rana Navedul Hasan helped champions Sussex restrict Yorkshire to a modest score on the opening day of the English County Championship match at Headingley on Wednesday. Rana Naved grabbed four for 85 as Yorkshire were all out for 272 in their first innings.

Scores on Wednesday:

County Championship (first day of four):

Division One:

At The Rose Bowl: Middlesex 98 (B. Taylor 6-32); Hampshire 262-4 (D.J. Thornely 58 not out, N. Pothas 56 not out, J.P. Crawley 55)

At Old Trafford: Kent 269-7 (M. van Jaarsveld 87; G. Keedy 4-71) v Lancashire.

At Trent Bridge: Warwickshire 248-9 (M. Ali 68 not out, D.R. Brown 53; A Harris 5-53) v Nottinghamshire.

At Headingley: Yorkshire 272 (A. McGrath 80, D.S. Lehmann 64, Rana Navedul Hasan 4-86); Sussex 37-1.

Division Two:

At Chelmsford: Leicestershire 392-5 (D. Mongia 158 not out, H.D. Ackerman 111, D.D.J. Robinson 53) v Essex.

At Sophia Gardens: Derbyshire 275-7 (C.G. Taylor 121, S.D. Stubbings 97) v Glamorgan.

At Northampton: Somerset 258 (M.E. Trescothick 154; J. Brown 5-82); Northamptonshire 104-3.

At The Oval: Gloucestershire 207 (W.P.C. Weston 102); Surrey 132-1 (S.A. Newman 58 not out, M.R. Ramprakash 54 not out).

—AFP