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| June 20, 2007 | Wednesday | Jamadi-us-Sani 04, 1428 |
Warne, Murali put rivals in a spin
LONDON, June 19: Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, Test cricket's top two leading wicket-takers of all time, bowled their respective sides to victory in the English County Championship on Monday.
Hampshire captain Warne took five for 50 as Durham were bowled out for 288 in their second innings to give the hosts a 50-run win at the Rose Bowl.
The former Australia leg-spinner finished with match figures of 11 for 133.
Sri Lanka off-spinner Muralitharan took four for 72 in a match return of eight for 145, as Lancashire beat Kent by eight wickets.
Scores on Monday:
County Championship (final day of four):
First Division:
At The Rose Bowl: Hampshire (18pts) beat Durham (5pts) by 50 runs.
Hampshire 232 (M. Lumb 70) and 309-9 declared (C.T. Tremlett 62 not out; A.D. Mascarenhas 60, M. Brown 59; M. Davies 4-48); Durham 288 (M.J. Di Venuto 124, G. Muchall 59; S.K. Warne 6-83) and 203 (M.J. Di Venuto 50; S.K. Warne 5-50, C.T. Tremlett 4-47).
At Old Trafford: Lancashire (22pts) beat Kent (3pts) by eight wickets.
Lancashire 451-5 declared (B.J. Hodge 156 not out, M.B. Loye 75, S.G. Law 58, I. Sutcliffe 57) and 12-2; Kent 272 (J. Denly 77, G.O. Jones 70; M. Muralitharan 4-73) and 190 (M. van Jaarsveld 85, D.I. Stevens 55; M. Muralitharan 4-72).
At Edgbaston: Warwickshire (10pts) drew with Worcestershire (11pts).
Warwickshire 343 (J.O. Troughton 109; D. Bollinger 4-102) and 48-0; Worcestershire 399 (S.C. Moore 112).
At Headingley: Yorkshire (7pts) drew with Sussex (7pts).
Yorkshire 139 (Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3-34, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-40) and 284-6 declared (A. McGrath 58); Sussex 141 (A. Shahzad 4-22) and 57-2.
Second Division:
At Lord's: Middlesex (7pts) drew with Essex (11pts).
Essex 376 (J.D. Middlebrook 127, A.J. Bichel 102; W.P.U.J.C. Vaas 4-79); Middlesex 177 (M.J. Saggers 5-39) and 360-6 declared (O.A. Shah 131, B. Godleman 68).
At Northampton: Northamptonshire (7pts) drew with Leicestershire (7pts).
Northamptonshire 251 (D.J.G. Sales 92; D.D. Masters 5-59) and 171-7 (L. Klusener 50); Leicestershire 131-4 declared.
At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire (10pts) drew with Derbyshire (4pts).
Derbyshire 108 (C. Shreck 7-35) and 95-3 (S.M. Katich 50 not out); Nottinghamshire 302-2 declared (M.A. Wagh 123 not out, S. Patel 89 not out, J.E.R. Gallian 62).—AFP
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