Play curtailed

Published May 4, 2003

BIRMINGHAM (England), May 3: British Universities were 92 for two when rain ended play early on the opening day of the four-day tour match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston on Saturday.

Scoreboard

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES (1st Innings):

J. Adams c Taibu b Blignaut 42

D. Taylor c Marillier b Hondo 16

J. Francis not out 19

E. Cowan not out 6

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, NB-2) 9

TOTAL (for two wkts, 38 overs) 92

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-80.

TO BAT: R. White, I. Dawood, R. Ferley, J. Bishop, T. Murtagh, J. Tomlinson, T. Mees.

BOWLING (to-date): Streak 14-7-15-0; Blignaut 13-2-33-1 (2nb); Ervine 6-2-22-0; Hondo 5-0-15-1.

ZIMBABWE: M.A. Vermeulen, D.D. Ebrahim, S.V. Carlisle, G.W. Flower, B. Rogers, T. Taibu, D.A. Marillier, S.M. Ervine, H.H. Streak, A.M. Blignaut, D.T. Hondo.

Friday’s scores in county championship:

(Day three of four):

Division One:

At Grace Road: No play due to rain. Essex 188 (J Stephenson 50); Leicestershire 185-7 (D Stevens 65; J Dakin 4-54).

The Oval: Play abandoned for the day, rain. Warwickshire 413 (M Wagh 136, T Frost 78, N Knight 58); Surrey 349-7 (A Hollioake 122, M Butcher 64, A Stewart 50).

At Hove: Sussex beat Kent by 133 runs. Sussex 279 (C Adams 54; A Sheriyar 5-65) and 198 (M Goodwin 96; J Tredwell 4-48); Kent 185 and 159 (R Kirtley 6-26).

Division Two:

At Derby: No play due to rain. Derbyshire 190 (A Caddick 4-66, R Johnson 4-47) and 38-0; Somerset 397 (J Cox 126, M Trescothick 69; D Cork 5-74).

At Riverside. No play due to rain. Gloucestershire 341 (R Russell 65, J Rhodes 60, T Hancock 59; D Law 4-30); Durham 129-7 (J Lewis 54).

At The Rose Bowl. No play due to rain. Yorkshire 293 (M Lumb 115no, D Gough 72) and 23-0; Hampshire 175.

At New Road: No play due to rain. Worcestershire 236 (V Solanki 79, B Smith 50; J Blain 5-84, B Phillips 4-45); Northamptonshire 196-3 (P Jaques 86no).—Reuters/AFP

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