LONDON, May 13: Hampshire chalked up a comfortable victory over Warwickshire in a Division One match of the English County Championship on Friday.

Hampshire ran out easy winners by 193 runs after Warwickshire scored just 213 in their second innings at Edgbaston.

In Division Two, Gloucestershire and Derbyshire also record victories while Glamorgan drew with Leicestershire.

Scores and results on Friday:

County Championship:

Division One:

At Chester-le-Street:

DURHAM 348 (J.P. Maher 106, P. Mustard 78; C.E.W. Silverwood 4-88) and 261 (J.J.B. Lewis 99, C.E.W. Silverwood 5-47, A. Richardson 4-50);

MIDDLESEX 242 (O.A. Shah 68; G. Onions 4-82) and 87-4

At Canterbury:

YORKSHIRE 382 (D.S. Lehmann 193, C. White 79; D.I. Stevens 4-36, S. Cook 4-67) and 2-0;

KENT 533 (J.M. Kemp 124 not out, M. van Jaarsveld 82, R.W.T. Key 81, D.P. Fulton 75, M.J. Walker 60; R.K. Dawson 4-151).

At Edgbaston:

Hampshire (21pts) beat Warwickshire (3pts) by 193 runs.

HAMPSHIRE 405 (M.A. Carberry 102, J.P. Crawley 96, N. Pothas 67 not out; A.G.R. Loudon 5-109, D.R. Brown 4-97) and 218-6 declared (J. Adams 85);

WARWICKSHIRE 217 (J.O. Troughton 103; S.K. Warne 5-52) and 213.

Division Two:

At Bristol: Gloucestershire (18pts) beat Northamptonshire (4pts) by six wickets.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 219 and 114 (J. Lewis 5-36);

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 232 (I.J. Harvey 102 not out, W.P.C. Weston 54; J.S. Brown 4-39) and 102-4.

At New Road:

Derbyshire (20pts) beat Worcestershire (5pts) by 35 runs.

DERBYSHIRE 338 (G. Welch 94, D. Pipe 57, M.J. Di Venuto 56; Zaheer Khan 6-60) and 149 (M.J. Di Venuto 58; Kabir Ali 7-43);

WORCESTERSHIRE 278 (V.S. Solanki 110; I. Hunter 4-92) and 174 (R. Price 56; G. Welch 4-33, P. Jones 4-62).

At Taunton:

SOMERSET 471 (K.A. Parsons 153, P. Trego 102, J. Hildreth 57) and 275-5 declared (W. Durston 69 not out, J. Hildreth 69, K.A. Parsons 59, C. White 58);

ESSEX 400-4 declared (A. Flower 161, R.C. Irani 141 not out).At Grace Road: Leicestershire (12pts) drew with Glamorgan (8pts).

LEICESTERSHIRE 525 (D. Mongia 161, J. Sadler 77, J.K. Maunders 71, P.A. Nixon 70 not out);

GLAMORGAN 297 (M.J. Powell 73, D. Cherry 66; C.W. Henderson 4-77) and 267-5 (D. Cherry 91, D.L. Hemp 86, M.J. Cosgrove 54 not out).—AFP

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