English county scores

Published July 27, 2002

LONDON, July 26: Close of play scores in four-day English County Championship cricket matches played on Thursday:

DIVISION ONE

DAY ONE

At Southampton: Lancashire 183 (A.Swann 66; S.Udal 4-25); Hampshire 45-2

DAY TWO

At Grace Road: Leicestershire 131 (M.Saggers 5-44, D.Masters 4-36) and 151-0 (I.Sutcliffe 74 not out, T.Ward 66 not out); Kent 339 (R.Key 127; M.Whiley 3-60).

At Guildford: Yorkshire 172 and 254-3 (M.Lumb 68 not out, V.Craven 56, D.Lehmann 55); Surrey 382 (J.Batty 99, R.Clarke 56, A.Brown 50).

At Edgbaston: Warwickshire 493 (N.Knight 245 not out, M.Powell 57); Sussex 237-4 (P.Cottey 105 not out, R.Montgomerie 51).

DIVISION TWO

DAY ONE

At Northampton: Derbyshire 376-8 (A.Gait 175, C.Bassano 57; G.Swann 4-119) v Northampton.

DAY TWO

At Chester-le-Street: Nottinghamshire 362 (U.Afzaal 103, J.Gallian 75, P.Franks 60); Durham 116 (G.Smith 4-24) and 184-2 (J.Lewis 70).

At Chelmsford: Essex 231; Glamorgan 505-6 (S.James 235 not out, M.Maynard 76).

At Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 494 (T.Hancock 112, A.Gidman 94, C.Taylor 67, M.Alleyne 62, M.Windows 55; Abdur Razzaq 5-125); Middlesex 218-6 (O.Shah 65).—Reuters

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