County Championship
Day 4
Sussex v Surrey - Sussex win by 10 wickets
Sur - 124 & 248
Sus - 351 & 22-0
Sussex needed nine wickets to beat Surrey, while the visitors needed another 188 to avoid an innings defeat. Wickets did fall steadily thoughout the day as several players made starts but failed to push on, and shortly before tea Surrey did find themselves in trouble on 181-7, still 46 runs behind. The visitors passed Sussex's total, but almost immediately lost their ninth wicket. Still they fought on with Hamilton-Brown (47) providing the impetus, but with the lead on 21 he was bowled to leave Sussex on the brink of victory. Indeed it took just 1.5 overs for Sussex to reach their target with Joyce hitting 19 off 11 balls.
Sussex take 22 points, but Surrey get just 3.
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire - Match drawn
Lan - 350-9d & Forfeit
Not - Forfeit & 293-7
Chapple and Read got together before the start of play in Nottingham to set up a game. The deal quickly became clear with four overs bowled by Taylor and Lumb as Hogg (61) and Kerrigan took Lancashire to 350, with a last wicket partnership of 99*. Both teams then forfeited an innings meaning the hosts would have a minimum of 90 overs to score 351.
Nottinghamshire began badly however losing Hales for 0 from the fourth ball. His partner, Wessels departed soon after to put Lancashire on top. Lumb and Patel then scored well up to lunch but the latter was caught just before the break to level the game again.
In the first over after lunch Lumb went lbw as the visitors took the upper hand again and the run rate soon dipped. Taylor and Voges played steadily throughout the afternoon session and built a good partnership until Voges danced down the wicket and was easily stumped for 55. Taylor and Read then put on 61 for the sixth wicket before Taylor went lbw for 67.
Adams was promoted up the order, but came out with a runner, due to his injured ankle. Seven men were put on the boundary and Adams found one of them (Chapple) first ball to almost effectively end the run chase. Read and Franks then sucessfully saw out the draw.
Nottinghamshire get 6 points and Lancashire 7
Kent v Hampshire - Match drawn
Ham - 303-8d & Forfeit
Ken - Forfeit & 220-6
In a similar match to that in Nottingham, Hampshire made some quick runs this morning to set Kent a target of 304, after two innings forfeits. Kent began steadily, going to 75 before losing their first wicket. However, after Ben Harmison departed with the score on 99-2 the run rate dropped and by tea the draw was the favoured result.
Kent however, were not finished, Stevens and Northeast (79) started to bat harder, which worked for a while, but then both were dismissed for just 13 runs to leave the hosts on 160-4, and once again the draw seemed most likely. Two more wickets fell to all but end Kent's hopes but reignite Hampshire's. Kent batted sensibly however and prevented the result.
Kent pick up 5 points to Hampshire's 6
Northamptonshire v Essex - Match drawn
Ess - 400-6
Nor - 200-3
Essex and Nothamptonshire opted for a battle for bonus points, one which Essex dominated as they launched themselves to 400 despite having been 57-4 earlier in the week. In-form Bopara (174) and Foster (135) put on 294 for the fifth wicket, and in just 74 overs. The fifth batting point still looked out of reach but 26 from ten Doeschate lifted them to 400. They then declared to try and steal a few bowling points as well.
Although the draw was clear at five o'clock the battle went on with Essex taking a second wicket and shortly after Middlebrook (100) reached his century. Not long later though he became the third batsman to be bowled to give Essex the bowling point they had been striving for. Northamptonshire had the last laugh though by reach 400 right at the end of play.
Northamptonshire collect 6 points against Essex's 9
Glamorgan v Yorkshire - Match drawn
Gla - 117-3
No play
Glamorgan get 3 points, while Yorkshire pick up 4.
Tables
Division 1
| Team | Played | Points | |
| 1 | Nottinghamshire | 8 | 107 |
| 2 | Warwickshire | 7 | 106 |
| 3 | Somerset | 9 | 96 |
| 4 | Middlesex | 8 | 95 |
| 5 | Sussex | 8 | 78 |
| 6 | Lancashire | 9 | 64 |
| 7 | Surrey | 8 | 56 |
| 8 | Worcestershire | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Durham | 8 | 36 |
Division 2
| Team | Played | Points | |
| 1 | Derbyshire | 9 | 121 |
| 2 | Yorkshire | 8 | 89 |
| 3 | Kent | 8 | 89 |
| 4 | Northamptonshire | 9 | 82 |
| 5 | Hampshire | 8 | 80 |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | 8 | 72 |
| 7 | Essex | 8 | 68 |
| 8 | Leicestershire | 9 | 55 |
| 9 | Glamorgan | 9 | 40 |
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