Middlesex leads county cricket
Middlesex still leads the •Schweppes county cricket championship in England, by 15 points from Sussex, after rain forced several draws in the latest round of matches.
However; Middlesex could well have lost its long unbeaten run. Needing 282 against Yorkshire, it had lost both Wilf Slack and Clive Radley, and scored only 39. There were’ 13 lbw dismissals in the match, a record for a game involving Yorkshire. Sussex made up lost ground with its win in two days against Worcestershire, and only two other teams had wins. Surreyscored quickly in its second innings to bea't Gloucestershire, while Nottinghamshire, even without Richard Hadlee, who has a pulled hamstring muscle, beat Kent easilv.
Two batsmen commanded attention. David Hughes, of Lancashire. was well on target for the fastest century of the season, against Essex. He had 85 in 45 minutes when rain finished the match.
Somerset's John Lloyds completed his second century of the match against Northamptionshirc. Results:— ’
Worcestershire 85 (Imran Khan 3 23. G. Le Roux 3 23. I. Greig 3 29) and 153 (P. Neale 40; Imran Khan 3 33. Le Roux 3/46) lost to Sussex 275/8 dec (I. Gould 66, P. Parker 74). Sussex 23. Worcestershire 3. Kent 157 (A. Knot 52; K. Cooper 3/21. M. Hendrick 3’27)
and 57 (Hendrick 4 4. Cooper 317) lost to Nottinghamshire 183 (B. Hassan 66. R. Robinson 41; G. Johnson 5 36. D. Underwood 5/ 7(1) and 35 'O. Nottinghamshire 21. Kent 5.
Yorkshire 203 (W. Athey 47. K. Sharp 47: W. Daniel 6 60) and 236 5 decl (J. Love 81 n. 0.. S. Hartley 60 n. 0.) drew with Middlesex 158 (G. Stevenson 4/46. C. Old 4 48) and 39'2. Yorkshire 6. Middlesex 5.
Gloucestershire 239 8 dec. (P. Bainbridge 57. B. Broad 40) and 163 4 deci. (Zaheer Abbas 58. Bainbridge 44 n. 0.) lost to Surrey 150/5 dec. (G. Roope 53 n o.) and 253 5 (A. Butcher 79. R. Knight 54: J. Shepherd 4/81). Surrey 20. Gloucestershire 4.
Northamptonshire 302,5 dec. (W. Larkins 137, P. Willey 65) and 257-3 deci. (R. Williams 87 n. 0.. Willey 70. D. Capel 60 n. 0.) drew with ’ Somerset 203 1 dec. (J. Lloyds 132 n. 0.. P. Roebuck 51) and 152/0 (Lloyds 102 n. 0.). Northants 4. Somerset 4.
Warwickshire 391/7 (T. A Lloyd 122. G. Humpage 90 n. 0.) and 169 (Lloyd 42. Asif Din 55: S. Barwick' 4 10. R. Ontong 4 61) drew with Glamorgan 250 (A. L. Jones 72. Javed Miandad 68: C. Lethbridge 5 68) and 166 6 (Ontong 56. C. Rowe 43 n. 0.). Warwickshire 8. Glamorgan 5.
Lancashire 237 (J. Abrahams 53. F. Hayes 43) and 367'5 (G. Fowler 122. Abrahams 90. D. Hughes 85 n. 0.) drew with Essex 300/3 dec. (K. McEwan 92 n. 0.. K. Gletcher 73 n. 0.. G. Goch 66). Essex 8. Lancashire 3.
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