County Championship Day 4 & Tables - 5th August

Apologies for the delay in these results, blame the Olympics. A few interesting scores and as you will see in the tables, the competition is hotting up. Here is the action from the past couple of days.

County Championship

Day 4
Lancashire v Somerset - Match drawn
Lan - 185 & 242
Som - 149 & 93-3

Rain ruined most of the last day in Liverpool as Somerset tried to chase down 279 to win. Trescothick was lbw to Chapple for 27 and Hildreth made 9 before Compton (27*) and Kieswetter (21*) lifted the visitors to 93. The rain though prevented any more play as the two teams had to settle for draws.

Points: Lancashire 6, Somerset 6

Middlesex v Warwickshire - Match drawn
Mid - 402 & 181-6d
War - 324 & 78-1

Dexter finished unbeaten on 84 as Middlesex set Warwickshire 260 to win. Rain cut the number of overs possible and the visitors trundled to 78 off 27 overs, with only Porterfield departing. Chopra made 38*.

Points: Middlesex 8, Warwickshire 8


Glamorgan v Gloucestershire - Glamorgan win by 26 runs
Gla - 208 & 204-7d
Glo - 165 & 221

Glamorgan went past 200 but then declared setting Gloucestershire 248 to win. Three quick wickets set the visitors back as they slipped to 27-3, but 47 from Housego, including two 6s lifted them past 100. At 132-6 Glamorgan were charging towards victory but Cockbain (57) and Taylor (63) took Gloucestershire to 200 and the game hung in the ballance.
     Croft came to Glamorgan's rescue though by removing both before wrapping up the tail to finish with 4 for 53 and hand the home side the win.

Points: Glamorgan 20, Gloucestershire 3


Essex v Leicestershire - Match drawn
Ess - 434-3d
Lei - 359

Leicestershire added 56 for the final wicket with Thakor 62 not out, and 28 from Hoggard. Masters took the last wicket to finish with 7 for 60, as the match ended in a draw.

Points: Essex 10, Leicestershire 7

Nothamptonshire v Yorkshire - Match drawn
Yor - 249 & 74-3
Nor - 352

Again only limited play was possible as Yorkshire went from 5-0 to 74-3 and the draw was confirmed.

Points: Northamptonshire 10, Yorkshire 7

Days 3 & 4

Derbyshire v Kent - Derbyshire win by
Ken - 265 & 161
Der - 132 & 298-8

Kent collapsed on day three from 93-3 overnight to 118-7, with Palladino continuing to pick up wickets. 81 from Key lifted the visitors past 150 but Palladino picked up the last 3 wickets as he finished with 7 for 53 and gave Derbyshire a chance to pull off a surprising win, by chasing down 295.
     Madsen (30) and Lineker (45) put on 83 for the first wicket to give the hosts the perfect start but they both went in quick succession leaving Khawaja and Durston to pick up the chase, which is just what they did. Both of them went to fifties but Shreck followed up his good first innings bowling by removing both of them.
     A collapse then began as Derbyshire slipped to 236-7 and 257-8 but Redfern completed an excellent set of scores from the top five by finishing 50* and put on 41 with Groenewald (20*) to take the hosts to a superb victory that lifts them further ahead of the other teams in Divsion 2.

Points: Derbyshire 19, Kent 5


So all that means the tables now look like this:

Division 1

	Team	Played	Points
1	Warwickshire	11	143
2	Nottinghamshire	11	135
3	Sussex	12	130
4	Somerset	11	123
5	Middlesex	11	112
6	Surrey	11	81
7	Lancashire	12	81
8	Worcestershire	10	72
9	Durham	11	66

Division 2

	Team	Played	Points
1	Derbyshire	11	146
2	Yorkshire	12	120
3	Kent	11	115
4	Hampshire	11	112
5	Northamptonshire	11	96
6	Gloucestershire	11	86
7	Glamorgan	12	86
8	Essex	11	85
9	Leicestershire	12	76