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THE GUARDIAN Tuesday May 24 1988 Cricket Texaco Trophy England West Indies, final match West; 0 radioes stLraggjDe 18 SPORTS NEWS Mike Selvoy at Lord's don Greenidge, who has not been in prime form lately. He took six overs to get off the mark, and only burst into life once when he greeted Derek Pringle by taking 10, an all-run four and a mighty six over the longer square-leg boundary, from his first two balls. Thereafter his timing deserted him. Having lost Haynes as the pair tried a short single to Broad at backward square leg, he eventually swung Emburey to deep square leg, where DeFreitas held an awkward low catch. As always the momentum of the innings would now depend on Viv Richards.

But even he was out of sorts, batting 10 overs for nine, with but a single rasping cover drive to show for it, before slicing a catch to Emburey at point. In between, he had seen Richie Richardson edge Pringle to Downton, and Logie beaten by Lamb's throw from short cover. It had, incidentally, been a comeback of character by Pringle he conceded only 17 more runs after his bad start. Hooper showed he has more time to play the ball than most, but he tried to take on DeFrei-tas's throw from the longest boundary and paid the price. Marshall and Dujon now have five overs to lift West Indies to respectability, and a chance of preventing a white course, with seat cushions being angrily thrown in protest on to the outfield, West Indies had struggled against top-class English bowling through only 50 overs of their innings, making 125 for six.

It is a moot point whether the crowd would rather see, in the event of stoppages, a reduced-overs match, which would at least give them more chance of seeing a result, or an even more disjointed game such as this. I suspect from their reaction the former, but provision is made for a reduction only if the start of play is delayed for between 30 and 90 minutes. Even then 50 overs is the minimum. Once that single ball had been bowled there was no option. Once again the English bowling dominated proceedings.

All season the pitches at Lord's have been assisting the Middlesex seamers, and although this was the best of the pitches produced for the series, it still gave significant help to the bowlers and, after Mike Gatting had won the toss and put West Indies in, made batting a wearisome business. All the seamers DeFreitas, Radford (playing in place of Dil-ley, who has a viral complaint), Small and Pringle contributed. Yet only half the wickets fell to bowling; the others all succumbed to wasteful runouts. The only innings of substance, and that a hard graft lasting 96 balls, came from Gor ST'TJHE SUN blazed down II on the first two Texaco 1 1 Trophy matches, and full houses were able to bask in England's glory. But the weather always manages to reveal its more perverse nature during matches at Lord's.

Yesterday, in what should have been the final if not, because of England 2-0 lead, the deciding match of the series, it contributed to that worst of all cricketing occasions, the one-day match played over two days. There were four stoppages in all. The first and longest break, after just one ball of the day, set the tone, so that when they trooped off at the scheduled close, in bright sunshine, of WEST INDIES Graenidge OeFrellas Emburey 30 Haynes run out 10 Richardson Oownlon Pringle 13 I A Richards Emburey DeFreitas 0 A I. Logia run Hooper run 12 Dujon not 16 Marshall not Extras (b2, IbB, v8) 18 Total (lor 6, SO overs)- 128 Fall of Wicket! 40. 75.

79. 79. 95. 111. To tab Benjamin, A Walsh.

I Bishop. Bowling to dale! OeFrellas 10-5-12-1; Radford 11-2-29-0; Small 9-1-17-0; Pringle 11-4-27-1; Emburey 7-1-27-1; Gooch 2-1-3-0. ENGLAND. A Gooch, Broad, Galling, A Lynch, A Lamb, Pringle, Downton, Emburey, A DeFreitas, Small, Radlord. Umatrast Bird and Plews.

Today: 10.45 7.15. liniipl MOMMAS Running into trouble Pringle rejoices and Haynes departs the first of three West Indies run-out victims PHOTOGRAPH; FRANK BARON Bird spoils the day Leicestershire Worcestershire A leaf from Whitaker's '86 Glamorgan Derbyshire Morris overstays David Foot at Swansea WIND billowed in viciously off Swansea Bay all morning and John Morris clung to his cap before heading for harbour. He still had every reason to be satisfied with his voyage of rediscovery. Morris was on 175, seemingly intent on a career best as Glamorgan waited for a declaration that did not come. Then he was out to the second of Hopkins's two sharp catches at slip off Barwick, who found himself unexpectedly on a hat-trick.

For almost 6'2 hours Morris had built the Derbyshire innings. There were two sixes and 20 fours. Yesterday, though, a more assertive approach from him might have been expected. The total soared but he added only 16 himself. Derbyshire's 453 was reckoned to be the highest ever compiled by them against Glamorgan.

It topped by 14 runs the previous best, at Chesterfield, just over 60 years ago. The last five wickets went down for 97, aided by some late-order ag- Kent Yorkshire Pienaar plods to a crescendo wash. For England at home, that would be unique. for Dickie visitors declared at 298 for five on a rain-interrupted day, Clinton made a fluent half-century and wicket-keeper Richards continued the good work with 10 fours off 145 balls. David Ward was unbeaten on 51, with Surrey 83 runs behind.

The champions, Nottinghamshire, seeking to avoid a fifth consecutive championship defeat, suffered a Sussex backlash at Trent Bridge. Paul Parker's side were at 19 for five in answer to a total of 270, but Allan Green, with 54, and Alan Wells, who scored 74, saw them to 182. However Nottinghamshire finished the day 236 ahead in spite of losing six wickets for just 42 runs. Other matches CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MIDDLESEX Fanner's: Match drawn. MIDDLESEX.

First innings 262 (R 0 Butcher 52, Hughes 53; A Scott 4-6). CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. First innings 237-7 dec (M A Atherton 151 no; Hughes 4-39). MIDDLESEX Second Innings (overnight: 31-2) Brown Ibw Perry 30 A Roseberry Atkinson Fenton 18 McLaurin Ibw Fenton 35 Butcher Perry 20 A Needham Pyman Fenton IB Hughes Turner Scott-- 12 tM Olley not out 27 A Fraser not out 5 Extras (b17, Ib3, w4) 24 Total (for 8 dec). 1S5 Fall of wicket conb 59, 78.

117. 121, 151, 162. Bowling: Fenton 22-5-64-4; Scott 22-3-75-2; Perry 12-2-25-2; Golding 7-4-6-0; Atherton 4-2-5-0. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Second inning tR Turner Ibw Tutnell Atkinson run out Noyes not out 18 28 24 12 12 00 bate not out- Extras (b8, Ib4). Total (tor 2)- Fall of wickets: 45.

60. Bcwllng: Hughes 7-0-15-0; Fraser 6-1-25-0; Sykes 7-1-12-0; Tufnell 7-1-22-1; Maclaurin 1-0-1-0. Umpire: Oslear and Holder. OXFORD UNIVERSITY LANCASHIRE The Park: Lancashire lead Oxford University by 199 runs and have three first Innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.00-5.30 or 6.00.

OXFORD UNIVERSrrWFirst innings 230. LANCASHIRE Flrat Innlno (overnight: 19-0) Abrahams Reynolds Edwards 30 rvtenais uraw ev weaie ia Jesty Hagan Sygrove 83 tw neat) towards weaie 43 Simmons "f' 27 Hughes not out 87 Watkinson Svorove 30 A Hayhurst Ibw Sygrove 8 1 i-ouev not out 12 Extras (b1, Ib4, w2, nb5) i 12 Total (for 7) 420 Fan or wickets: 97. 23a. in. 299.

333. 390. 404. 'denotes captain, twicketkeepor. TOUR MATCH Hove: Aboriginal XI 240-4.

Sussex XI 242-5 (N Falkner 113. Pringle 71 no). Sussex won by 5 wkls WARWICK U-38 TOURNAMENT HeanoR Derbyshire 190-5 (C Adams 63, Tebay 50 no). Lancashire 191-4 (N Speak 89 no). Lancashire won by 6 wkts.

Northampton: Northamptonshire 189-6 (A Penberthy 61, Williams 60). Leicestershire 191-3 (P Heoworth 124 no). Leicestershire won by 7 wkts BAIN CLARKSON TROPHY Taunton: Somerset 222-7 (R Bartlett Gloucestershire 223-2 (A Wright 119, A Goldsmith 52 no). Gloucestershire won by eight wickets. South Hampitead: Kent 286-3 (M Fleming 129, Ward 90), Middlesex 256 (I Hutchinson 107.

Sabine 4-50, Wren 4-48). Kent won by 30 runs. OuUdford: Surrev 203 (A Brown 74 A Smith 50 no). Hampshire 195 (R Scott 79 Bullen 5-28). Surrey won 8 runs.

Today's fixtures BAIN CLARKSON TROPHY llksstom Derbyshire Lancashire. Lelgh-on-Seai Essex Middlesex. Aberaavermyt Glamorgan Warwickshire. CoNnghanu Nottinghamshire Northamptonshire. Horsham: Sussex Surrev.

TOUR MATCH. QuHdfordi Guildford Pres ident xi Australian Aborigines. Lancashire made lull use ol an easy pitch uBiiiw uvwiiiiu uj score iur sevon against Oxlord University at The Parka, Ge- msiiuio bwiiipiauna ma urei century ui the season. A tan rful.f.U.a au olesex captain Roland Butcher affectively p'Wge University who, sella score 221 to win In an hour plus 20 overs, coasted to 90 for two. DICKIE BIRD admitted last night that the jeers of a frustrated Lord's crowd had ruined his enjoyment of his hundredth international.

After he and his fellow umpire Nigel Plews had had to endure the wrath of a disappointed full house first when bad light held up play for a fourth time, and then when the day ended in sunshine Bird said: "The weather ruined the day for me. But there was nothing we could do about it. And the laws of the game state clearly that we had to come off at 7.15." While Bird was struggling in adversity, Allan Border was playing the wounded Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship KENT YORKSHIRE Canterbury: Yorkshire (3pls) are 19 runs behind Kent (6) and have nine second innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.00-5.30 or 6.00. YORKSHIRE.

First innings 244 (A A Metcalfe 67. Sharp 57). KENT First inning (overnight: 18-1) Pienaar Jarvis 144 Oavis Bairstow Jarvis 2 Hinks Robinson Shaw 88 Tavare Robinson Shaw 18 Cowdrey Moxon Jarvis 1 tS A Marsh Swallow Shaw 13 Ellison not out 4 Penn Bairstow Shaw Harman Bairstow Jarvis 1 Benson absent hurt Extras (b4. Ib6. nb2) 12 Total.

274 Fall of wickets conb 21 1B9, 249, 256, 261 273, 273, 274. Bowling: Jarvis 25.2-3-75-4: Sidebottom 19-7-38-1; Shaw 21-6-56-4; Moxon 4-2-7-0; Carrick 24-7-56-0: Swallow 13-4-32-0. Score alter 100 overt: 256-4. YORKSHIRE Second Inning Moxon not out. A A Metcalfe Tavare Penn- A Sideboltom not out Extras (1nb) Total (for 1).

Fall of wicket: 7. Umpire: Balderstone and Harris. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SUSSEX Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire (7pts) are 236 runs ahead ol Sussex (5) and have one second innings wicket in hand. Today: 11.00-5.30 or 6.00. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE First innings 270 (O Randall 64.

0 Stephenson 63; A Pigott 5-46, Wells 4-59). SUSSEX First Inning (overnight: 19-4) A Green Stephenson Afford 94 Standing Newell Stephenson- A Wells Saxelby Stephenson 74 Wells Birch Saxelby 21 tl Gould Robinson Cooper 8 ACS Pigott Afford Cooper A Bablnglon not out Extras (Ib10, nb6. w4) 20 Total (66.1 overs). 182 Fall of wicket conn 19, 87. 136, 145.

151. Bowling: Slephenson 19.1-8-45-3; Cooper 23-7-41-5; Birch 1-1-0-0; Saxelby 13-2-57-1; Afford 10-3-29-1. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Second Innings Newell Baoington. 28 10 8 24 18 24 1 Pollard Pigott Wells Robinson Ibw Wells. Johnson Parker Bunting Randall Gould Bunting-J Birch Ibw Pigolt Stephenson Pigott- tC Scott CAP Wells Bunting 7 Saxelby Wells Pigott Cooper not out 10 A Afford not out 1 Extras (b4, Ib4, w5) 13 Total (for 9).

148 Fall of wtcketti 37, 53, 73. 97. 101, 104, 123, 124, 144. Umpires: Bond and Palmer. SURREY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Ttio Ovali Surrey (4pts) are 83 runs behind Northamptonshire (5) and have four lirst innings wickets in hand.

Today: 11.00-5.30 or 6.00. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE First Inning (overnight. 298-5) A Fordham not out 128 A Stanley not out 18 Extras (b5, Ib11 nM) 1 7 Total (lor dec) 298 Bowling: Clarke 24-5-48-3: Bicknell 23 4-10-44-0; Greig 20-3-48-0; Feltham 30l9-90-2; Medlycott 13-3-52-0. SURREY Im bulllMM Clinton Walker Davis. Bicknell Ibw Capel tC Richards Cook Smith Ibw Walker Ward not out 80 2 88 81 12 4 2 'I A Greig 0 gook- Medleycoll and Cook.

A Feltham not out Extras (Ibl. nb1) Total (lor 6, 70 overs). 218 Fan of wleketei 5, 71, 72. 165. 181.

205. Umpires! nampsnire ana junan. hero for Essex. The Australian captain, sporting 15 stitches just behind his ear after being struck on the head in the first innings, made light of an awkward pitch at Edgbaston to guide his side out of a precarious situation with a century. After disposing of Warwickshire's tail and taking a first-innings lead of six, the visitors were reduced to 12 for three, and then 77 for five, before the experience of Border and Keith Fletcher rescued the situation with a stand of 140.

Border finished with 112. Jack Richards struck a bold 85 as Surrey tried to hang on to Northamptonshire at The Oval. After the WARWICKSHIRE ESSEX Edgbattom Warwickshire (5pts) are 253 runs behind Essex (5) and have 10 second innings wickets in hand. Today: 1 1.00-5.30 or 6.00. ESSEX.

First innings 166 (A Merrick 4-39). WARWICKSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 118-7) A Reeve Topley 38 A Merrick Fletcher Pont 24 A Munton Fletcher Pont Gilford not out 8 Extras (b6, w1, nb5) 12 Total (51.1 overs). 180 Fall of wickets conb 147. 147. Bowline: Lever 16-5-32-3; Pont 17-1-65-3; Topley 18.1-1-57-4.

ESSEX Second Innings Slephenson Ibw Merrick 3 tD East Asif Din Merick Prlchard Kallicharran Parsons. A Border Reeve Merrick 112 Hardie Humpage Munton 4 A Lilley Ibw Parsons 22 Fletcher Humpage Munton. 57 I Pont run out 18 Topley Moles Munton 1 Lever Smith 5 Childs not out Extras (Ib12, w1, nb5) 18 Total 247 Fall of wickets: 11, 12, 12, 42, 77, 217, 227, 228, 247. Bowling: Merrick 26-7-72-3; Parsons 11-4-25-2; Munton 19-3-62-3; Smith 7.1-0-45-1; Reeve 12-2-31-0. Umpires: Birkenshaw and Dudlestone.

LEICESTERSHIRE WORCESTERSHIRE Lelceeteri Worcestershire (5pts) lead Leicestershire (5) by 43 runs and have six second innings wickets In hand. Today: 11.00-5.30 or 6.00. WORCESTERSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 286-7) Newport Briers Ferris---- 8 lllingworth Briers Ferris 0 Elcock Ferris A Pridgeon not out 1 Extras (b5. Ib13, W8, nb-22) 48 Total Fall of wickets conb 286, 286. 201 Bowling: Ferris 21.2-6-47-5; Agnew 30-10-73-0; Lewis 23-3-65-1; Taylor 23-6-53-3; Willey 15-S-35-1.

LEICESTERSHIRE First Innings A Cobb Pridgeon O'Shaughnessy 22 Briers Ibw Newport 23 I Gower O'Shaughnessy Newport 48 Willey Curtis O'Shaughnessy 23 Whitaker not out 100 Potter Rhodes Elcock 15 Lewis not out 35 Extras (b4, Ib7. nb5) 18 Total (for 5 dec. 79 overs). 280 Fall of wickets: 56. 101.

103. 164. 223. Bowling: Elcock 17-2-72-1; Pridgeon 23-6-60-0; Newport 15-4-49-2; O'Shaughnessy 12-1-55-2: lllingworth 12-1-33-0. WORCESTERSHIRE Second Innings Curtis not out- 7 1 8 2 11 3 3 32 Lord Garnham Agnew.

O'Shaughnessy Agnew A Neale Willey Ferris Leatherdale Potter lllingworth not out Extras (Ibl, nb2) Total (for4). Fall of wickets: 4, 10, 14. 29. Umpire: A A Jones and A White. OLAMORQAI I 0BRBV8HIRB Swansea: Glamorgan (2pts) are 451 runs behind Derbyshire (4) and have 10 first Innings wickets in hand.

Today: 11.00-5.30 or 6.00. DERBYSHIRB First Innings (overnight: 356-6) Morris Hopkins Berwick 178 Finney Hopkins Barwick 45 Newman Butcher Barwick- 24 A Warner not 22 Malcolm Derrick 10 Extras (b12, Ib13, w8, nb9) 40 Total .483 FaN of wickets eontt 382. 389. 428. Bowling: Thomas 7-2-16-2; Berwick 41-12-130-4; Derrick 38.2-7-116-3; Ontong, 20-7-71-0; Butcher -9-2-27-0; Shastrl 9-2-41-0; Holmes 9-1-27-0.

OLA MO ROAN First innings A Hopkins not out-A Coltey not out- Total (lor 0, 1.3 overs). i Kitchen and Wright. wished that he had been quietly overlooked as Gower took two fours and a six off his opening over. Newport fared little better. There was compensation for the two Worcestershire bowlers when they combined to dismiss Gower for 46, O'Shaughnessy taking a sharp, low slip catch.

It was like a light going out, but Whitaker kept the flame alight with his second hundred of the summer. Whitaker reached his century with one of his few false shots, when he tried to punch lllingworth wide of mid-on and sliced him for two through the gully area. Otherwise he struck the ball with the certainty and power that made him such an exciting player in 1986 and won him a place on England's tour of Australia. Chris Lewis, Guyana-born but a product of the same Willesden secondary school as DeFreitas, helped him put on 57 in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand. The 20-year-old unfurled a number of regal extra-cover drives, while Whitaker square cut and on-drove punishingly at the other end.

Bowls WOOLWICH MASTERS PAIRS (Worthing). UK Rest of The World! Third session (UK names first): A Allcock (Eng)IS Rees (Wales) lost to Ft Parretta (Aus)R Brassey (NZ) 21-14; Bryant (Eng)A Blair (Scot) bt i Oickison (NZ)IR Jones (Can) 30-14; Holt (Eng)W Wood (Scot) lost to Belllss (NZ)M Rsbkln (Israel) 22-14; Richard (Eng)J Baker (Ire) bt I Schuback (Aus)G Souza (HK) 24-17. Cycling PEACE RACEJ Final stag (Dessau-E Berlin, 158km): 1, Fldanza (It) 4hr 21min 23sec; 2, Abduzaparov (USSR) at 4sec; 3, Lehnert (WG) 7. Overall: 1, Ampler (EG) 50hr 45min 02sec; 2, Pulnikov (USSR) at Msec: 3, Ugryumov (USSR) 45. GIRO D'lTALMLFlrst stage, Skm: 1, J-F Bernard (Fr) 13min 7sec; 2, Rominger (Swi) 13:10: 3, Piasecki (Pol) 13:13.

Equestrianism THREE DAY EVENT (Breda, Nelh). 1. Thompson (GB) King Max 36.8 pp: 2, Hunt (GB) Night Watch 48.0; 3, Donou (Fr) Joyeux Dry 52.4; 5. 1 Slark (GB) Bally Hack 54.4. Team! 1, GB 169.4; 2, Belgium 205.0; 3, France 215.2.

Fixtures Soccer ROUS CUP. England Colombia (Wembley, 8.0). Michael McCarthy, the Celtic centre-half, yesterday declared himself fit to join Jack Charlton and the Republic of Ireland party in Dublin tomorrow to prepare for the European championships, less than a week after an arthrosconic od- erationonhisknee. Cycling A fall cost Swiss rider Toni Rominger first place in yesterday's prologue to the Tour of Italy. He came off his bike during the nine-kilometre' time trial round Urbino, allowing Jean-Francois Bernard of France to win in 13min 7sec.

Rominger finished second, three seconds behind. Uwe Ampler (East Germany) won his second consecutive Peace Race after preserving his 20sec-plus lead on the final stage. Bowls Wynne Richards (England) and Jim Baker (Ireland) are the only pair left unbeaten in the Woolwich Masters World Pairs, between the United Kingdom and the Rest of the World, after Tony Allcock (England) and Stephen Rees (Wales) were beaten 21-14 by Rob Parrella (Australia) and Rowan Brassey (New Zealand). he will do well on this pitch to score the 160 runs he requires to join that exclusive little club of players who have scored 1.000 runs belore June. After Ferris had tidied up the Worcestershire tail with almost indecent haste, it seemed that the day might belong to Gower.

He has been reaching his best form by degree, but yesterday we were treated to 49 minutes of the authentic stuff. O'Shaughnessy bowled for the first time since his move from Lancashire but must have Whitaker another century GOLF FOUNDATION SCHOOLS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (Sunningdale). Final standings: 438 Klippans Gymnasieskola (Swe) (P Elvstrom 148. Olsson 144. Lang 144).

445 Hamilton Boys HS (NZ) IS Alker 139, Campbell 154, Small 152): Lycee Bellevue (Fr) (C Muniesa 151. Cupillard 153, Edmond 151). 457 Kooringal HS (Aus). 484 Modern School (Ind). 4S7 Bury GS (Eng) (R Booth 150.

Hinlon 163. Win-Stanley 154). 482 Peterhead Academy (Scot) (S Docherty 155, Love 155. Livingston 172). 485 Verslunarskoli Islands (Ice).

490 Summerhlll College (Ire) (I McLoughlin 166, Sproule 165, Sproule 159). 491 Glan-y-Mor Comp Sch (Wal) (R Evans 154, Hire 157, Westcott 180). 505 Scadt Gymnasium Dortmund (WG). NORTHERN WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (Hudderstield). First day: Lanes (hldrs) 82, Cumbria i2; Cheshire 5, Northumberland Yorks 4i2, Durham 4'2.

Hockey EUROPEAN CLUB CHAMPIONS CUP (Bloemendaal, Nelh). Men, final: Bloemen-daal 3. Uhlenhorst 3 (7-8 pens). 3-4: Allelico Terrassa (Sp) 4. Dinamo (USSR) 1.

5-8: Southgate 3, Edinburgh CS 1. 78: Cooks-lown (Ire) 3, Uccle (Belg) 2. Women, final: Amsterdam 4, Kolos (USSR) 0. 3-4: HGC (The Hague, hldrs) 4, Glasgow Western 5. S-8: Ealing 8, BW Cologne 2.

7-8: Swansea 2, StadeFrancaisl. Basketball NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Play-offs, Eastern Conference semi-final: Boston 118, Atlanta 116 (Boston win series 4-3). Ice Hockey STANLEY CUP. Edmonton 6.

Boston 3 (Edmonton lead series 3-0). Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston 12, California Detroit 3, Chicago 1: NY Yankees 2, Oakland Baltimore 7, Seattle 2, Cleveland 8, Kansas City Milwaukee 7. Toronto Minnesota 15, Texas 5: Minnesota 4, Texas 2. NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco 7.

Montreal 2: Chicago 5, Cincinnati 1: Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 4: NY Mets 5. LA Dodgers San Diego 9, Philadelphia 2: Houston 2. St Louis 1. Sport in brief Basketball Larry Bird scored 20 of his 34 points in the last quarter to lead Boston Celtics to a 118-116 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the deciding game of their NBA play-off. Boston now face the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference championship series beginning tomorrow.

The Los Angeles Lakers play the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference final. Golf Lanny Wadkins came back from five strokes down with a final round of five-under-par 65 to win the Colonial National Invitation tournament in Fort Worth after Clarence Rose, three strokes ahead overnight, wilted. Rose has yet to win in seven years on the tour and finished fifth after shooting a 74. MiMmaiias gression and the springy quality of Malcolm's new bat. Then, after a nominal over by Derbyshire, came the rain, leaving them to regret that they did not gamble on a declaration; there is now too much left to do.

The four-day matches, in case they have forgotten, are in abeyance. Barwick, loping in as ever with a persevering resolve, took three of the late wickets and finished with four for 130 over a prolonged, if spaced, stint of 41 overs. Derrick, from force of circumstance, found himself seaming away for nearly as long. He had reason to be pleased with his three for 116. In recent seasons he has remained an unsung back-up bowler.

His claim for sustained recognition is renewed. Glamorgan's main concern is the fitness of the team for tomorrow's Benson Hedges quarter-final against Notting hamshire. Maynard is eager to come back in spite of a hairline fracture of an index finger; and Thomas, who carries the principal new-ball responsibilities, is hoping his side-muscle strain will mend in time. Ronnie Corbett's rocking-chair monologues. Pienaar knew where he was heading: a century, his second for Kent.

He was just nine runs adrift of the 153 he made at Derby last year when he was bowled by Paul Jarvis with the new ball. Nevertheless in the early stages it was Mogadon material, especially against a bowling attack which lacks teeth. It took Pienaar 96 balls to find the ropes, and the first fifty occupied 169 balls. Hinks, at the other end, was hardly Trumper, taking 144 balls over a half-century of his own. There followed a sea-change as Pienaar took 84 balls over his second fifty which he posted with a drive down the ground off Ian Swallow for his ninth boundary.

In the off-spinner's next over Pienaar lifted him handsomely for six behind the lime tree. Hinks had gone by then, impressively held left-handed by the diving Robinson at gully to give Shaw the first of his four wickets. Jarvis removed Pienaar with the score at 261 and rounded things off 13 runs and three wickets later with a fourth wicket of his own. Evening racing Richard Baerlein landed an 18 'A-1 double with his nap and next best, Pradel (11-2) and Valiant End (2-1). FOLKESTONE 0.1 (1 4Qi 1, MACHO BOY, Rouse (6-1); 2, Late Cut (14-1); 3, Bay Willow (15-2).

Fast Chick, 41b, Evens Fav. 13 ran. i2. 2'3. (N Callagban) Tote: 8.50; 160, 2.70.

2.10. Dual 46.10. CSF: 75.64. NR: Okaz, Star Reef. 0.4S (1m 2i 1, ULCUS LOVER, Hills (10-1); Sorority (13-2); 9, Fort James (12-1).

Ring Mystery 2-1 Fav. 15 ran. Nk, 7. (P Makln) Tote: 4.60; 1.70, 2.70, 4.00. Dual 36.50.

CSF: 73.44. 7.1 (Of)) 1, SUPERPOWER, Ives (2-9 1. (WO'Qor-man) Tote: 1.10. 7M (1m It 100 yds): PRADEL, Bard-well (11-2): 2, San Carlos (15-2); 3, exhaust Man (5-1 Fav). 13 ran.

(M Ryan) 3. 5. Tote: 7.30; 1.60, 2.90. 1.40. Dual 18.60.

CSF: 43.24. Trlcast: 200.62. 8.1B 1, LAND AHOY, Ives (9-1); 2, Mlhmax (5-1); Remooa (134 Fav). 1 ran. 2.

sh hd. (Mrs Piggott) Tote: 5.90: 1.40, 1.70, 1.60. Dual 13.00. 50.43. NR: Jannubi.

MB (1m ant VALIANT BHD, Roberts (2-1 Fav); Raslaan (12-1); 3, Moon Sun-ahtne (7-1). 14 ran. a. (A Stewart) Tote: 3.70: 1.50, 3.30. 2.30.

Dual 18.50. CSF: 26.32. Tricaat: 134.41. NR: Dear Mitt. Paul Fitzpatrick at Grace Road WKVER rates remained fu- IlJJnereal yesterday at Grace Road, but the plot developed quickly enough to suggest that there will be a result today.

Last night Leices tershire were looking overwhelming favourites to record their third championship win. David Gower declared 11 runs behind Worcestershire's first-innings total of 291 and his sacrifice of a fourth batting point was promptly vindicated. Lord and O'Shaughnessy fell to Agnew in a searching opening spell, while Neale, on a greenish and not completely trustworthy pitch, could not cope with an awkward delivery from Ferris, the ball lobbing gently to gully off the shoulder of the bat. Shortly before the close Leatherdale fell to the slow left-arm of Potter, leaving Worcestershire groggily placed at 32 for four at stumps. Graeme Hick, who spent much of his 22nd birthday receiving treatment to a pulled thigh muscle, has yet to bat and Results Tennis FRENCH OPEN (Paris).

Men's singles, first round! Annscono (US) bt Benha-biles (Fr) 6-3, 6-3. 6-4: ConceUottl (II) bt Schapers (Nelh) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; Gunners-son (Swe) bt Cassidy (US) 6-4, 6-2, 7-5; Kuhnen (WG) bt Fleurian (Fr) 6-2, 6-2, 7-6; A Agassi (US) bt Cane (It) 6-4, 6-1. 6-2; A Boetsch (Fr) bt Purcell (US) 6-4, 6-1. 2-6, 7-5; Lozano (Mex) bt Dyke (Aus) 6-4, 6-3. 7-5: Maso (Arg) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

1-0 ret inj; A Tou (Sp) bt Krishnan (Ind) 6-4, 6-2, 1-6. 5-7, 6-4; Quitafuon (Swe) bt Srejber (Cz) 7-5, 6-0, 6-3; Fillppinl (Urug) bt Ross (US) 6-4, 7-5, 6-3; Wllander (Swe) bt Cihak (Cz) 7-5, 7-5, 6-1; McEnroe (US) bt A Volkov (USSR) 7-6, 6-1, 7-6; Noah (Fr) bt Osterthun (WG) 7-6, Bates (GB) bt Woodbridge (Aus) 6-4, 2-6. 6-2. 7-6; WHsken (US) bt Stankovic (Cz) 6-4, 6-0, 6-3; Yunls (Arg) bt Osta (Sp) 6-2, 6-4, 2-6. 6-3: A Vyssnd (USSR) bt Oosling (Nelh) 6-4.

6-1. 6-1; Pugh (US) bt Smid (Cz) 6-3. 6-1, 6-3: Melnecke (WG) bt Bauer (WG) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Sanchez (Sp) bt Bahrami (Iran) 6-1. 7-5, 6-3; Aganor (Haiti) bt Arias (US) 7-6. 6-2, 6-4; Hlasek (Swl) bt Raoux (Fr) 6-1.

7-6, 6-1; AQomez (Ecu) bt Stenlund (Swe) 7-6, 6-0. 4-6. 4-6. 6-4; Perex-Roldan (Arg) bt A Mancini (Arg) 6-3, 7-5, 2-6. 6-4: Saeeanu (WG) bt Navralll (Cz) 7-5.

6-0, 6-2; Matter (Bra) bt Pernfors (Swe) 6-4, 6-2, 6-1: Wood-forde (Aus) bt Pimek (Cz) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Women' singles, first round) Sdraf (WG) bt Guerree (Fr) 6-0, 6-4; Kohde-KHach (WG) bt A Kanellopoulou (Gr) 6-2. 6-4; Farrando (It) bt Horvath (US) 6-2. 2-6, 6-3; Field (Aus) bt Christian (US) 6-1, 4-6. 6-1; Garrison (US) bt Rehe (US) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Mandlikova (Aus) bt Minler (Aus) 6-2, 6-1; Yanagi (Jap) bt (Aus) 6-3, 6-3; Rels (US) bt Sodupe (US) 6-3, 6-3; Bonslgnorl (II) bt Na (US) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3: Sukova (Cz) bt I Cueto (WG) 6-2, 6-0: Jaoarman (Neth) bt Mesker (Nelh) 6-3, 6-1: Sloans (US) bt Benjamin (US) 6-2.

0-6. 6-1: Pfaff (WG) bt A Frazler (US) 6-3, 6-2; Mlro (Bra) bt Halard (Fr) 6-3, 6-2; Tarabinl (Arg) bt Novotna (Cz) 6-3, 6-2; Reggi (II) bt Goles (Yugo) 6-4, 6-2; Faber (US) bt Molhes (Fr) 6-0, 6-4; SabaUnl (Arg) bt Laval (Fr) 6-1, 7-5: Harper (US) bt Bander (US) 1-6. 6-3, 6-4; Oarrone (II) bt Adams (US) 7-5. 1-6. 6-3: Zrubakova (Cz) bt Javer (US) 6-0.

6-0; Strandland (Swe) bt Singer (WG) 1-6, 6- 2, 6-2; Oumey (US) bt Auer (WG) 7-5. 7- Probst (WG) bt Hack (WG) 6-4, 6-1 Tanvler (Fr) bt Maleeva (Bulg) 6-4, 7-5: Kelesl (Can) bt Calleja (Fr) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Maleeva (Bulg) bt Huber (Aul) 6-3, 6-1; Torre (US) bt Bykova (USSR) 6-1. 6-2. Badminton WORLD TEAM FINALS (Kuala Lumpur). Thomas Cup, Qroup At China 5, England 0 (V Vang bl Yates 15-11, 15-9; Quobao bt Baddeley 15-10.

15-6; Jianhua bt Butler 15-2, 15-3; BlngylL Yongbo bt OutlersldeM Brown 15-5, 15-5; KangC Hongyong bt A GoodeD Wright 15-0, 15-8). Oroup Bi Indonesia 5, Sweden 0. Uber Cup, Group Ai Denmark 3, Netherlands 2. Group Br Indonesia 5, Malaysia 0. Golf COLONIAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT (Ft Worth).

Final eeoraa (US unless stated): 270 Wadkina 67. 68, 70, 65. 271 Crenshaw 69, 67. 68, 67; Sindelar 71, 65, 67, 68: Calcavecchia 68, 69, 68, 66. 274 Rose 67, 68, 65.

74. 278 Graham (Aus) 71, 66, 70, 68; Hoch 67, 68, 71, 69; Wlebe 72. 67. 69, 67. 277 Frost (SA) 74, 66, 69, 68; Beck 71, 70, 69, 67.

27B Mahatfey 69. 71. 66, 72; Inman 67, 72, 67, 72; Lye 72, 71, 63, 72; Green 72, 67, 68, 71; Cochran 71, 69,72.66. LPOA CHAMPIONSHIP (Ohio). Final scores (US unless stated): 281 Turner 70, 71, 73, 67.

282 A Alcott 68, 71. 69. 74. 284 Figueras-Dotti (Sp) 74, 70, 71. 69: Postlewalt 74.

69. 69. 72: Little (SA) 72, 71, 69, 72; A Okamoto (Jap) 71, 71,69, 73; A Benz 70. 71. 69.

74. 28B Berteotti 74. 70. 68. 73.

.208 Oulnlan 69, 68, 79, 70: Geddes 73, 70, 70, 73; Dickinson 74, 69, 69, 74. Michael Henderson at Canterbury KENT have spent 40,000 on a hot air balloon with the aim of producing harder, faster wickets. What they did not have in mind was a torpid day like yesterday, a slow wicket being responsible for some tortur-ously slow going. Four-day cricket was never like this. Kent established a first-innings lead of 30 to claim the better of a day which lacked colour and contours.

They had been 249 for three with Roy Pienaar cutting loose, however, so a total of 274 represented a shift to Yorkshire after tea. Pienaar, the South African, was the day's major protagonist. It used to be said that you could boil an egg in the time it took to play the overture to The Marriage of Figaro. Pienaar's built-to-last structure, all five hours and 40 minutes of it, could comfortably absorb the whole of Tristan with the better chunks of Tannhauser thrown in for good measure. It was nonetheless a fine, selfless performance, resembling grand opera less than one of Showjumping Pyrah given Seoul balm MALCOLM PYRAH, who will miss next week's unofficial Olympic trial at Hick-stead's spvpn-cnuntrv Nations Cup meeting, was reassured yesterday that ne is smi on course for a place in Britain's team at the Seoul Games.

Trip dfi.voar.nlrl rider from Newark has never liked com peting at Hickstead witn ms best mount, Towerlands Angle-zarke. Wause of the horse's dislike of the water jump. The British Showjumping Association said yesterday: "The selection committee felt lipr Tntimvionris Anelfizarke's AXinifllUllWW -u past record meant he did not have to prove himsen ior tne Olympics.".