LONDON, July 13: Pakistan’s Saqlain Mushtaq took four wickets for 97 runs for Surrey Friday who were eyeing another victory in the English Country Championship.

Warwickshire, chasing Surrey’s first innings score of 475, were 165 for three after being forced to follow-on. The former champions were dismissed for 293 and besides Saqlain, James Ormond grabbed five for 116.

First Division

At Grace Road: Hampshire 311 (N Pothas 63, J P Crawley 60) 102-4 v Leicestershire 300-9 dec (N D Burns 101, M G Bevan 62)

At The Oval: Surrey 475 (M R Ramprakash 210 no, R Clarke 79, A J Hollioake 56, D R Brown 7-110) v Warwickshire 293 (N M K Smith 74, S M Pollock 50, J Ormond 5-116, Saqlain Mushtaq 4-97) / 165-3 (M J Powell 66 no)

At Hove: Sussex 145 (A Khan 6-56) / 256-3 (M W Goodwin 108 no, T R Ambrose 101 no) v Kent 349 (E T Smith 141 no, A Khan 58)

At Scarborough: Somerset 498-9 dec (P D Bowler 84, K P Dutch 74, P C L Holloway 65, R J Turner 63, K A Parsons 59, R K J Dawson 4-154) v Yorkshire 258-6 (D S Lehmann 64, M J Lumb 57, V J Craven 51, M P L Bulbeck 4-81)

Second Divison

At Darlington: Durham 191 (K J Dean 4-65) / 203 (N Peng 57, K J Dean 4-67) v Derbyshire 96 (M J Di Venuto 57) / 209

Durham (15pts) beat Derbyshire (3pts) by 89 runs

At Trent Bridge: Glamorgan 213 (I J Thomas 76, P J Franks 4-46, A J Harris 4-70) / 211 (M P Maynard 55, P J Franks 5-51) v Nottinghamshire 328 (G E Welton 115, U Afzaal 88, M S Kasprowicz 5-104, S P Jones 4-72) / 100-3 (J E R Gallian 55 no)

Nottinghamshire (18pts) beat Glamorgan (4pts) by 7 wkts

At Southend: Essex 197 (G J Batty 6-71) / 115-5 (M L Pettini 58) v Worcestershire 373 (A Singh 124, S J Rhodes 56, V S Solanki 56)

At Southgate: Gloucestershire 388 (K J Barnett 182 no) v Middlesex 297-9 (A J Strauss 82, S G Koenig 59, I D Fisher 5-87).—AFP

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