LONDON, May 2: Pakistan all-rounder Rana Navedul Hasan starred with the ball by picking up four for 34 to help Sussex beat Middlesex by six wickets in the C&G Trophy on Sunday. But his countryman Shahid Afridi ended on the losing side despite blasting 54 off 41 balls as Ireland lost to Glamorgan by 15 runs.

Results:

North Conference:

At Chester-le-Street: Durham beat Northamptonshire by four wickets.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 195-7 in 36 overs (R.A. White 54; D.M. Benkenstein 3-42);

DURHAM 197-6 in 35 overs (D.M. Benkenstein 63 not out).

At Leicester: Leicestershire beat Warwickshire by seven wickets (D/L Method).

WARWICKSHIRE 128-9 in 33 overs (J. Allenby 4-19);

LEICESTERSHIRE 116-3 in 22.4 overs (D.L. Maddy 53).

At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire beat Scotland by nine wickets.

SCOTLAND 192 I 50 overs (R.R. Watson 84; C.L. Cairns 4-30);

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 196-1 in 40.2 overs (W.R. Smith 95 not out, S.R. Patel 93 not out).

At Worcester: Lancashire beat Worcestershire by 119 runs.

LANCASHIRE 248-5 in 50 overs (S.G. Law 70 not out, M.B. Loye 64; D.K.H. Mitchell 4-42);

WORCESTERSHIRE 129 in 42.1 overs (T.C. Smith 3-17).

South Conference:

At Cardiff: Glamorgan beat Ireland by 15 runs.

GLAMORGAN 250-9 in 50 overs (M.J. Cosgrove 75; D.T. Johnston 3-37);

IRELAND 235 in 48.3 overs (P.G. Gillespie 54, Shahid Afridi 54; A.G. Wharf 3-67).

At The Rose Bowl: Hampshire beat Essex by eight runs.

HAMPSHIRE 257-9 in 49 overs (K.P. Pietersen 98);

ESSEX 249 in 48.3 overs (R.S. Bopara 54, A. Flower 49; D.J. Thornely 3-17).

At Canterbury: Surrey beat Kent by one run.

SURREY 223-5 in 30 overs (A.D. Brown 64, J.N. Batty 52, M.A. Butcher 49);

KENT 222-6 in 30 overs (N.J. Dexter 94, D.I. Stevens 67; I.D.K. Salisbury 3-28).

At Taunton: Gloucestershire beat Somerset by 129 runs.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 328-8 in 50 overs (I.J. Harvey 112, C.G. Taylor 58, A.P.R. Gidman 53);

SOMERSET 199 in 38.2 overs (K.A. Parsons 65; M.C.J. Ball 5-48).

At Hove: Sussex beat Middlesex by six wickets.

MIDDLESEX 200-6 in 40 overs (O.A. Shah 82, P.N. Weekes 50; Rana Navedul Hasan 4-34);

SUSSEX 201-4 in 39.4 overs (M.W. Goodwin 88 not out, R.R. Montgomerie 72).—AFP

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