August 12, 2007	Sunday	Rajab 27, 1428

LONDON, Aug 11: Veteran spinners Shane Warne and Mushtaq Ahmed were in the wickets in the English county championship on Friday. Warne, the world's leading Test match wicket-taker, took four for 28 as his Hampshire side handed out a 285-run hammering to Worcestershire at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.

Worcestershire were set an unlikely target of 473 to win, with only Graeme Hick's 69 showing some resistance as his side crumbled to 187 all out.

Warne dismissed Steven Davies (28) and Gareth Batty (10) before Roger Sillence, who made 28 in a seventh-wicket stand of 70 with Hick, was caught at short-leg off the last ball before lunch to send Worcestershire in at 165-7.

Warne struck again on the resumption with a smart pick-up and direct hit to run out Kabir Ali.

Hick was ninth out, edging Warne to slip.

Championship leaders Sussex were struggling in their clash with Warwickshire at Hove despite former Pakistan Test star Mushtaq taking 7-111 as Warwickshire made 238 in their second innings.

That left Sussex needing 504 to win. They were 160-1 at stumps heading into the final day.

Mushtaq's 11-wicket match haul took his season's tally to 69.

Scores on Friday:

County Championship:

Division One:

At Headingley: Yorkshire 144 (G. Chapple 4-35) and 44-1; Lancashire 517 (S.G. Law 206, P.J. Horton 149).

At The Rose Bowl: Hampshire (22pts) beat Worcestershire (3pts) by 285 runs.

Hampshire 455-9 declared (M.A. Carberry 116, J.P. Crawley 96, M.J. Brown 73, N. Pothas 71 not out; G.J. Batty 6-125) and 103-8 declared (M.J. Lumb 57); Worcestershire 86 (J.T.A. Bruce 4-31, D.B.L. Powell 4-8) and 187 (G.A. Hick 69; S.K. Warne 4-28, J.T.A. Bruce 4-41).

At Hove: Warwickshire 433 (I.J. Westwood 110, T.R. Ambrose 99, K.C. Sangakkara 59, D.L. Maddy 53; Saqlain Mushtaq 5-96, Mushtaq Ahmed 4-170) and 238 (Mushtaq Ahmed 7-111); Sussex 168 (L.J. Wright 61; A.J. Shantry 4-31, J.E. Anyon 4-62) and 160-1 (R.R. Montgomerie 61 not out, C.D. Nash 50).

Division Two:

At Leicester: Leicestershire 274 (J. Allenby 83; T. Lungley 4-110) and 203-7 (T.J. New 78); Derbyshire 194 (Hassan Adnan 63; D.D. Masters 5-42).

At Southend: Gloucestershire (19pts) beat Essex (3pts) by 70 runs.

Gloucestershire 278 (C.M. Spearman 75, Kadeer Ali 65) and 139 (S.J. Adshead 50; Danish Kaneria 4-30, A.J. Bichel 4-34); Essex 88 (S.P. Kirby 5-41, J. Lewis 5-41) and 259 (R.N. ten Doeschate 58; S.P. Kirby 5-75).

At Colwyn Bay: Glamorgan 465 (A.G. Wharf 111 not out, D.L. Hemp 82, R.N. Grant 79) and 60-4; Northamptonshire 387 (D.J.G. Sales 219, G.G. White 65; R.E. Watkins 4-89).

At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 350 (S.P. Fleming 145, M.A. Wagh 51; A.R. Caddick 4-69) and 279 (D.J. Hussey 108 not out; C.L. White 4-37); Somerset 452 (C.L. White 124, P.D. Trego 67, I.D. Blackwell 58; G.P. Swann 4-125) and 116-4.—AFP