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LONDON, June 7: Glamorgan consolidated their position at the top of Division One in the English National League with a 33-run win over Gloucestershire on Sunday. Matt Windows (55) and Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik (52) did their best but Gloucestershire were all out for 217 while chasing 251.
Australian Andrew Symonds, meanwhile, blasted 146 that helped Kent beat Lancashire by 56 runs. In Division Two, Shoaib Akhtar, the controversial Pakistani fast bowler, bowled his full quota of nine overs (taking two for 32) for Durham despite announcing beforehand that he would only bat to rest his rib injury.
Results of National League matches:
DIVISION ONE:
At Swansea: Glamorgan beat Gloucestershire by 33 runs.
GLAMORGAN DRAGONS 250 (R.D.B. Croft 68, M.P. Maynard 67);
GLOUCESTERSHIRE GLADIATORS 217 (M.G.N. Windows 55, Shoaib Malik 52).
At The Rose Bowl: Hampshire beat Warwickshire by 28 runs.
HAMPSHIRE HAWKS 241-7 (J.P. Crawley 68, A.D. Mascarenhas 55, M.J. Clarke 54);
WARWICKSHIRE BEARS 213 (C.M. Tremlett 4-37)
At Tunbridge Wells: Kent beat Lancashire by 56 runs.
KENT SPITFIRES 301 (A. Symonds 146, M.J. Walker 61; S.I. Mahmood 4-42);
LANCASHIRE LIGHTNING 245 (S.G. Law 51).
At Northampton: Northamptonshire beat Essex by eight wickets.
ESSEX EAGLES 151;
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STEELBACKS 155-2 (M. van Jaarsveld 96 not out).
DIVISION TWO:
At Derby: Middlesex beat Derbyshire by eight wickets.
DERBYSHIRE SCORPIONS 161;
MIDDLSEX CRUSADERS 162-2 (E. Joyce 74 not out, P.N. Weekes 60 not out).
At Chester-le-Street: Durham beat Scotland by 25 runs.
DURHAM DYNAMOS 203-9 (G. Pratt 54);
SCOTTISH SALTIRES 178 (N. Killeen 4-24).
At Oakham School: Worcestershire beat Leicestershire by 124 runs.
WORCESTERSHIRE ROYALS 261-8 (V.S. Solanki 101);
LEICESTERSHIRE FOXES 137 (A.J. Hall 4-26).
At Hove: Sussex beat Somerset by six runs.
SUSSEX SHARKS 230-7 (M.W. Goodwin 81);
SOMERSET SABRES 224-7 (J. Cox 71, M. Burns 62). -Agencies
