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CC1: Draws Abound

Wednesday, May 12 2004

Lord's: Middlesex v Lancashire
Safety-first Lancs settle for Draw

A steady century from Mark Chilton and 91 from Stuart Law - who currently has 403 First Class runs at 134.33 this season - batted Lancashire well past safety at HQ. Mal Loye (60) and Chilton added 105 for the second wicket before Law helped add 113 for the third.

By the time Lance Klusener (4-89) had reduced 331-4 to 377-7, the game was long past the state of competition, and having been set 300 to win, play was stopped with the hosts 41 without loss from 14 overs.

Lancashire 236
MB Loye 101, CB Keegan 5-36
Middlesex 338
AJ Strauss 95, DG Cork 7-120
Lancashire 401
MJ Chilton 103, SG Law 91, L Klusener 4-89
Middlesex 41-0
AJ Strauss 19*, SG Koenig 14*

Points: Middlesex 10-8 Lancashire

Northampton: Northamptonshire v Sussex
Late declaration saves Sussex bacon

Northamptonshire had only themselves to blame
for their failure to convert superiority into victory after a spinelessly over-cautious declaration from David Sales and turgid top-order batting from Martin van Jaarsveld and Usman Afzaal, before Sales himself and Swann injected some urgency.

A round 100 was added for the fifth wicket before declaration - but 299 in 39 overs was always out of reach, and despite 3-20 from Jason Brown and four catches from van Jaarsveld, Sussex's score 69-7 makes their predicament look worse than it was - their survival fairly comfortable in the end.

Northamptonshire 400-9
U Afzaal 167*, BJ Phillips 73, MJG Davis 3-34
Sussex 294
IJ Ward 115, JF Brown 4-93, GP Swann 4-94
Northamptonshire 192-5
DJG Sales 72*, Mushtaq Ahmed 2-49
Sussex 69-7
MW Goodwin 21, JF Brown 3-20, BJ Phillips 2-9

Points: Northamptonshire 12-9 Sussex

Canterbury: Kent v Gloucestershire
No play possible due to rain

A third day running was washed out at Canterbury, and both teams were forced to settle for the draw

Kent 129
A Symonds 33, J Lewis 5-46
Gloucestershire 127-5
CM Spearman 42, MJ Saggers 3-30

Points: Kent 5-7 Gloucestershire

Posted by Neil