Devastating spell by Akram

Published September 20, 2003

LONDON, Sept 19: English cricket results on Friday:

County Championship: Division One

Kent 594 (E T Smith 213, M J Walker 121, A Symonds 88, R W T Key 54, D P Fulton 51, I J L Trott 7-39); Warwickshire 267 (M J Powell 61, I R Bell 54, I J L Trott 53, M A Ealham 6-35) / 257 (M J Powell 110)

Kent (22pts) beat Warwickshire (3pts) by an innings and 70 runs

Surrey 318 (J N Batty 87, N Shahid 67, B J M Scott 58 no) / 194 (Mohammad Akram 8-49) v Essex 464 (A Flower 201 no, A N Cook 84, M L Pettini 70) / 49-2

Essex (22pts) beat Surrey (6pts) by 8 wkts

Leicestershire 179 (D L Maddy 55, Mushtaq Ahmed 4-71) / 380 (J L Sadler 145, D D Masters 119, J D Lewry 8-106) v Sussex 614-4 dec (M W Goodwin 335 no, C J Adams 102)

Sussex (22pts) beat Leicestershire (1pts) by an innings and 55 runs

Nottinghamshire 376-9 dec (J E R Gallian 83, R J Warren 75, D J Bicknell 75) / 319-8 dec (P J Franks 100 no, S R Patel 55, D J Bicknell 53, G Chapple 6-98) v Lancashire 219 (S G Law 51, G J Smith 5-61) / 6-0

Division Two:

Glamorgan 270 (M A Wallace 121, J P Maher 63) / 464-8 dec (M J Powell 198, M P Maynard 102, S D Thomas 69 no, Shoaib Akhtar 4-84) v Durham 247 (G J Pratt 59, V J Wells 58 no, P D Collingwood 50) / 118 (M S Kasprowicz 9-45)

Glamorgan (19pts) beat Durham (4pts) by 369 runs

Northamptonshire 196 (J W Cook 57) / 379 (M E K Hussey 79, G P Swann 69, G L Brophy 60) v Worcestershire 172-8 dec (S D Peters 69, G P Swann 6-66) / 311 (D A Leatherdale 61, B F Smith 53, S D Peters 50, J F Brown 5-89)

Northamptonshire (16pts) beat Worcestershire (3pts) by 92 runs

Derbyshire 317 (Hasan Adnan 84, A I Gait 63, J R C Hamblin 6-93) / 160-4 (R M Khan 58, M J Di Venuto 52) v Hampshire 580 (S M Katich 122, J R C Hamblin 96)

Yorkshire 476 (D R Martyn 238, M J Wood 116) / 29-2 v Gloucestershire 344 (W P C Weston 84, I D Fisher 71, I J Harvey 70, C E W Silverwood 5-75).—AFP

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