LONDON, July 10: South African skipper Graeme Smith smashed the first triple century of his career as his English county side Somerest dominated their match against Leicestershire on Saturday.

Smith took 255 balls to make his 311, hitting 27 fours and 11 sixes.

Only Sir Viv Richards (322) and Jimmy Cook (313 not out) have produced bigger innings for Somerset.

Scores on Saturday:
County Championship:
Division One:
At Bristol: Surrey 603 (Azhar Mahmood 89, Harbhajan Singh 84, S.A. Newman 82, M.P. Bicknell 76, G.P. Thorpe 73, R.S. Clinton 66, J.N. Batty 55); Gloucestershire 221-6 (A. Gidman 66 not out).

At Southgate: Hampshire 355 (S.K. Warne 101, J.P. Crawley 62) and 31-1; Middlesex 272 (J. Dalrymple 62, E.C. Joyce 54).

At Trent Bridge: Glamorgan 267 (G. Smith 4-64) and 108-4; Nottinghamshire 425 (C.M.W. Read 103 not out, D.J. Hussey 81, S.P. Fleming 78, D.J. Bicknell 61; H. Waters 4-75).

Division Two:

At Chester-le-Street: Durham 167 (N.J. Astle 58); Lancashire 519-9 (M.B. Loye 200, D.G. Cork 96 not out, M.J. Chilton 52).

At Taunton: Leicestershire 330 (P.A. Nixon 62 not out, J. Sadler 52); Somerset 533-8 (G.C. Smith 311, M. Wood 74, I.D. Blackwell 59; D.L. Maddy 4-65).

At New Road: Worcestershire 345 (S.C. Moore 74, S. Davies 59, Kabir Ali 57, G.J. Batty 57) and 58-2; Yorkshire 300 (R. Pyrah 78, C. White 56).—AFP