Saqlain continues good form

Published August 29, 2002

LONDON, Aug 28: Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq carried on from he left last week by picking up four for 88 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on the opening day of the latest round of matches in the English County Cricket Championship Tuesday.

The Surrey master spinner captured 11 for 180 in his side’s victory over Hampshire.

Tuesday’s scores:

(Day one of four):

Division one:

At Southampton: Hampshire 269 (R.A. Smith 58; A. McGrath 4-49); Yorkshire 53-2.

At Blackpool: Lancashire 251 (S.G. Law 77; R.L. Johnson 6-47); Somerset 91-5.

At Leicester: Sussex 215 (R.S.C. Martin-Jenkins 62, C.J. Adams 60; D.E. Malcolm 5-38); Leicestershire 50-2.

At Edgbaston: Warwickshire 300-9 (N.V. Knight 74, J. Troughton 61; Saqlain Mushtaq 4-88) v Surrey.

Division two:

At Chester-le-Street: Durham 240 (M. Inness 4-60); Northamptonshire 60-1.

At Colwyn Bay: Nottinghamshire 325-3 (J.E.R. Gallian 162 not out, G. Welton 92) v Glamorgan.

At Worcester: Middlesex 374-7 (E. Joyce 125, S. Koenig 81, D.C. Nash 67 not out; Kabir Ali 5-70) v Worcestershire.—Reuters