LONDON, July 29: Pakistan Test batsman Younis Khan hit his second unbeaten double century of the English county season on Saturday as title-chasing Yorkshire drew against Kent in a rain-hit match at Scarborough.
Younis smashed 217 not out as Yorkshire reached 550 for nine declared which secured them a first innings lead of 64.
Younis made his runs off 252 balls with 18 fours and six sixes.
His first double century — 202 not out — came early in May against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.
Scores on Saturday:
County Championship (final day of 4 unless stated):
Division One:
At The Rose Bowl: Sussex 145 (J.T.A. Bruce 5-64) and 124-4 (M.W. Goodwin 68 not out) drew with Hampshire 250-9 declared (J.P. Crawley 113 not out, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 5-106).
At Guildford: Surrey 369 (M.R. Ramprakash 142; G.J. Batty 4-101, Kabir Ali 4-104) drew with Worcestershire 217 (S. Davies 58; Harbhajan Singh 4-64) and 307-5 (P.A. Jaques 103, B.F. Smith 66, S.C. Moore 55; Harbhajan Singh 5-64)
At Scarborough: Kent 486 (J. Denly 114, D.I. Stevens 87, N. Dexter 55, S Cook 50 not out; A. Rashid 5-112, T.T. Bresnan 4-140) and 17-0 drew with Yorkshire 550-9 declared (Younis Khan 217 not out, A. McGrath 120, T.T. Bresnan 58; R McLaren 4-89).
Division Two:
At Northampton (3rd day of 4): Northamptonshire 366 (J.J. van der Wath 59 not out, D.J.G. Sales 59, A. Wakely 55, S.D. Peters 54; G.P. Swann 4-90, M.A. Ealham 4-43); Nottinghamshire 342-4 (M.A. Wagh 109 not out, S.P. Fleming 100, S. Patel 54).
At Derby: Somerset beat Derbyshire by 278 runs.
Somerset 340 (N. Edwards 94, P. Trego 56, C. Kieswetter 52 not out; A. Botha 6-101) and 84-3 declared; Derbyshire 94-2 declared, 52 (C.M. Willoughby 4-12).
At Bristol: Gloucestershire 184 (C.G. Taylor 101; A.J. Bichel 5-55) drew with Essex 129-7 (S. Kirby 4-33).—AFP