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SPORTS NEWS 15 Golf Cricket Volvo PGA Championship Seve finds a second wind electors keep tfaBULh) dot, ft Due ome-dlaif woiracfleirs 3 THE GUARDIAN Monday May 30 1988 Mike Selvey David Oavles at Wentworth always try my hardest. When I shoot a 77 or an 80 it is because it was not possible for me to shoot one shot less that day." It is that intensity which is both blessing and curse for Ballesteros. He tries as hard in the Beanzmeanzheinz Classic as he There was never much doubt about the all-rounder and wicket-keeper either. If Pringle was selected then Downton was part of the package. He kept well in the Texaco games, but he has set himself a high standard: I hope he can maintain it.

Pringle gains preference to Capel on account of his bowling, which stood the strain of the one-dayers admirably, coming back particularly well after Greenidge had taken 10 from his first two balls at Lord's, when he might have crumbled. If England are approaching the game positively which they surely must be, that could be important. Jarvis and Thomas are too contrasting bowlers. In Test terms, the Yorkshireman is a third seamer, a lad of steely nerves, who, bowling steady length and line, is perfectly suited to take on Small's role. He probably only missed the Texaco side in any case because of injury.

Thomas, on the other although not a thought of Test matches was supposed to have crossed the selectors' minds when picking the one-day side, the reverse has patently not applied here. This is not a criticism so much as an observation, but it is possible to be blinded by one-day success. Gower's return, and for that matter Lamb's, was inevitable. For all his casual exterior, there lies in Gower not only a fine batsman but a fighter. He has had his winter off now to rekindle the flame that had burned a little low, and will be bursting to do well.

So will Lamb, who has a point to prove, although strangely the one side he does not need to prove his worth against is West Indies. His three centuries in the 1984 series did that adequately. Consideration was given to the claims of Maynard and Moxon, but experience is another keyword. If I were Maynard, though, I would not book my winter holiday just yet. hand, is a strike bowler pure and simple.

Broad shouldered and powerful, he has played five Tests already, the last one of them two years ago at Trent Bridge against New Zealand, when oddly enough, he was a replacement for Dilley. His record at international level so far is not impressive: 10 wickets at 50 apiece. But just once, in Barbados when England were last there, he put the wind up the opposition with a spell of four for 14. Lack of control and a stubborn nature has always been his problem. Now he has shortened his great gallop to the crease and gained rhythm and direction as a result without losing pace.

He gained preference to the likes of Agnew, Radford and Cowans because there is a suspicion among selectors and management that their wickets this year have come on altogether too spicy pitches. There is some substance to that 28 of Agnew's 33 wickets have come at Grace Road, although he has played four out of six games there so there's not been much chance elsewhere, but it should not be forgotten that De-Freitas plays at Grace Road too, and he has taken fewer wickets. Headingley last year and Christchureh last winter should have shown that to be presented with a helpful pitch is not enough: you have to have the skill to exploit it. ENGLAND THIRTEEN'S TEST RECORDS Compiled by Bill Frlndall Avg 100 44.35 6 13.27 13.58 19.47 22.34 39.27 9 37.11 7 44.66 14 23.00 32.64 7 18.77 13.83 50 Balls 5 6 1786 2 6865 4 7 12823 18 752 23 1431 34 36 1 2332 588' 10 30 1 2411 774 RunsWkls 4 0 827 20 3386 118 ct 61. 4497 126 317 4 550 13 20 1 876 16 Avg Bst 5w 41.35 546 1 28.69 6-38 5 St 5 35.69 7-78 6 79.25 42.30 20.00 1-14 2-12 1-1 54.75 3-53 201 6 33.50 2-43 23 1 23.00 1-6 1128 29 504 10 38.89 5-108 1 50.40 4-70 PHOTOGRAPH: FRANK BARON Back in favour Greg Thomas Worcestershire West Indies finds silver lining A treat for the historians Michael Henderson reflects on the day that Graeme Hick joined the immortals give his bowlers a thorough work-out prior to the Trent Bridge Test when he won the toss.

No wonder that they anticipated a fruitful morning when Ambrose castled Gordon "Lord with his first ball. Wonder of wonders Hick, assisted by Tim Curtis, seized the day for the batsmen. Hick, 26 at lunch after an at-tritional morning, found freedom without relaxing his intense concentration. Long before he offered the shots of the day off Courtney Walsh, bisecting two men on the fence with an imperious hook and driving down the ground, you sensed that Louis Vorster, the 19-year-old South African, would spend the day all padded up with nowhere to go. There was no sophistry about Hick's 27th first-class century.

His sympathy for the bowled ball, and the ability to find an appropriate stroke, recalled Harold Pinter's judgment of Len Hutton, that his bat was "part of his nervous IT is a couple of weeks since the England selectors announced their one-day squad, and the incredulous reaction to it, not least from me, was countered in the best possible way by a 3-0 whacking of the West Indian tourists. This time I'm keeping mum. Today's buzz word is The selectors have announced a squad of 13 players, a reduction of one from the one-day squad, for the first Test match which begins in Nottingham on Thursday. It is remarkably similar to the Texaco side and but for injury and illness would be closer still. So missing from the Texaco 14 is Monte Lynch who thereby almost certainly joins the other eight players to have represented England in one-day internationals without going on to get Test caps as well as Bill Athey, Neal Radford and Gladstone Small.

One of them had to go in any case as the party was pared to 13, and Small has a thigh injury which precluded his selection. The replacements are David Gower, Paul Jarvis, and a 13th man, Greg Thomas of Glamorgan, who can be seen more realistically as cover for Graham Dilley, who has a virus of some description, than as a front-line candidate for the match. Continuitv is the word, and Everything looks so right On another day Curtis would have received a fairer share of praise. "Tim does a marvellous job for me," Hick said later, as a man might commend nis valet. Although their second-wicket stand of 284 fell three runs short of the county record, made by the same pair at Neath two years ago, other targets lie ahead for Hick.

He is on course to topple the 2,654 runs "Doc" Gibbons made in 1934 and the 10 hundreds Turner rattled in 1970, both county records. Nor can 3,000 runs, terra incognita since Bill Alley got there in 1961, De ruled out. Already there is a thriving cottage industry for T-shirt manufacturers in Worcester. Even the hotels have bundles of "405! Graeme Hick 6-5-88" for visitors. Hick, a modest man, is appar ently blossoming as a personal ity as well as the batsman of the day.

1 11 probably get pissed, was his answer to the most predictable question on Saturday night. To judge by yesterday's dismissal, caught behind off his fourth ball sparring at Patterson before rain spoiled the day, he probably did. in the record books 15; Wood (Sco) bt Richards (Eng) 21-17. Final: Bryant bt Wood 21-17. Boxing PROFESSIONAL PROMOTION (Royal Albert Hall).

light heavyweight: Richard BuitJn (Gt Yarmouth) bt Winston Burnett (Cardiff) pts. Light middleweight: Tony Collins (Camberley) bt Chris Richards (Nottingham) rsf 3rd; Chris Pyatt (Leicester) bt Jose Duarte (Mexico) rsf 4th. Cruiser-welghb Sammy Reason (Battersea) bt Eric Williams (US) rsf 8th. Uflhtwatght: Mo Hussein (West Ham) bt Carlos Linares (Mexico) rsf 1st. Welterweight: Martin Smith (Ber-mondsey) bt Oliver Henry (Wisbech) pts.

Middleweight Nigel Bonn (Ilford) bt Tim Williams (US) rsf 2nd. Rowing ESSEN REGATTA. Man: Coxless pairs! 1, Rumania 7mln 24.32sec; 3, GB Coxless fours: 1, GB Coxed lours: 1, Rumania 3, GB aaghtsi 1, WG 603.48; 2, GB Woman: Coxed fours! 1. Romania 6, GB Double scullsi 1, USSR 5. GB YESTERDAY: Mam Coxed pairs: 1, GB Coxless fours! 1.

GB Coxed fours! 1, Romania 2, GB Eights: 1, WG 2, GB 548.60. Womem Coxed fours! 1, Bulgaria 5, GB Doubto scullsi 1, GB Motocross BRITISH 2SOco OP (Frome, Som). First race! 1, van den Berk (Neth) Yamaha; 2, Smilh (US) Suzuki; 3. Whalley (GB) Suzuki. Second race: 1 Whatley; 2, Van den Berk: 3, Vekhonen (Swi) Cajiva.

OtferaUi 1, Van den Berk 37pts; 2, Whatley 35; 3, Smith 28. World championship standings after five rounds: 1, Van den Berk 159; 2, Whatley 140; 3, Smith 124. Equestrianism NATIONS CUP Netherlands 6pts; 2 equal, GB and Spain 3.5; 4 equal, France and Brazil 1.5: 6, Sweden 0. Overall atandlngai 1. GB 13pts; 2, Netherlands 11.5: 3, France 9.5; 4, Switzerland 4.5; 5, Spain 3.5; 6, Germany 3.

Fixtures Soccer BARCLAYS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF. Final Replay, Division Two: Walsall Bristol City (3.00). AFRESH westerly funnelled through the trees at Wentworth yesterday and levelled out the field after three rounds of the Volvo PGA Championship. Severiano Ballesteros leads but by only one shot with his 10-under-par total of 206, while five players are in line abreast behind him, including Ballesteros's constant rival on this course, Bernhard Langer. Ian Woosnam, his revivalist fervour running strong, is also among the front-runners, as is the leader of the Order of Merit, Mark McNulty.

"It is good," Ballesteros said sagely. "Last year two men played for the This year it is six or seven I think." Langer won in 1987 with a total of 270, 18 under par, a performance which had even Ballesteros holding his hand in the air and conceding defeat. But that in itself is as good a reason as you could think of for backing Seve to win today. He will need to play well, however. There are too many good players around the lead for him to triumph by default.

At one stage yesterday it looked as though he might not even mount a challenge. That westerly wind made the front nine extremely difficult, complicating the club selection process, and on two occasions Ballesteros got it spectacularly wrong. At both the sixth and seventh holes his second shot cleared the crowd at the back of the green, and instinctively one began to fear for the health and well-being of his caddie. Ballesteros was out in 38, three over, and confessed later that his new relaxation scheme was under some stress. "But I told myself I could get back to par, and that would be a good round.

You know," he added, "I Roberts reveals SHARON ROBERTS defied wind, rain and dental surgery to win the Welsh Championship yesterday. After a Tenby dentist had got to the root of her tooth ache on Saturday, the 4ft llin Llandudno left-hander knocked out Vicki Thomas at Bowls Bryant blocks Wood's work Patrick Sullivan at Worthing IF there was an element of luck about David Bryant's world championship victory over Willie Wood in New Zealand earlier this year, no such accusation can be levelled at his 21-17 Woolwich Masters success over the Scot. Beginning where he left off in Auckland, Bryant, who has now won this title eight times in its 11-year history, removed two of Wood's bowls with a drive to score a full-house four on the first end and two ends later led 8-0. On the 16th, the world champion played a potentially disastrous end with one bowl in the ditch and three short by yards. Wood drew three close counters to bring him to within two shots of Bryant, but the Cleve-don man survived for his fifth successive Masters win and a world outdoor record 10,000.

In the semi-finals, played in torrential rain, Bryant disposed of Canada's Ronnie Jones 21-15, while Wood beat Wynne Richards 21-17. Results Soccer 3HERPA VAN TROPHY mm (Wembley) umley (0) Wolverhampton (1) 2 80,841 Mutch Dennison INTERNATIONAL (Lausanne) Switzerland (0) England (0) 1 10,000 Lineker BARCLAYS LBAOUE. Playoff finals: Chelsea 1. Middlesboro 0 (agg: 1-2). Walsall 0, Bristol City 2 (agg: 2-2).

Torquay 3, Swansea 3 (agg: 4-5). U-S1 INTERNATIONAL (Lausanne). Switzerland 1, England 1. SCHOOLBOY INTERNATIONAL (Wembley). England 4, Italy 1.

BELGIAN CUP. Finah Anderlecht 2, Standard Liege 0. WEST OERMAN CUP. Final: Eintracht Frankfurt LBochumO. Rugby Union INTERNATIONALS (Brisbane).

Australia 22, England 16. (Christchureh) NZ 52. Wales 3. (Harars) Scotland 34, Zimbabwe 7. FRENCH Ci.UB CHAMPIONSHIP (Paris) Agen 9, Tarbes 3.

Golf VOLVO POA CHAMPIONSHIP (Wentworth). Third round (GB and Ire unless stated): SOS Ballesteros (Sp) 67, 68, 71. 207 Hawkes (SA) 67, 70, 70: Canizares (Sd) 69. 68, 70: I Woosnam 67, 70, 70: McNulty (Zimb) 67, 71. 69: Langer (WG) 67.

66. 74. 208 James 68. 72. 68.

210 O'Connor inr 71, 70, 69. 21 1 Bland (SA) 72, 70, 69: Boxall 73, 69, 69. 212 Mouland 71. 73. 68: Chapman 70, 71.

71; Clark 70, 71 71: Faldo 71. 70, 71; Smyth 70. 70, 72; Persson (Swe) 71. 66. 73: Marchbank 70, 69.

73; Olaiabal (Sp) 68, 66, 78. 213 Pinero (So) 72, 71, 70; Bennett 71, 71, 71; Ratlerty 68, 71, 74. 214 Lyle 70. 76. 68: Darcy 75.

70. 88; Miller 66 74, 74: Jay lor (Aus) 69, 71, 74; A Oldcorn 65, 73. 76: Riley (Aus) 67. 69, 78. 216 1 Baker-Flnch (Aus) 72, 74, 69; Armour (US) 73, 70.

72; Rystrom (Swe) 72, 70, 73; DavisJAus) 8. IS. POA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (Dublin, round (US unless stated): 20B Irwin 70, 68, 68. 807 Frost (SA) 69. 70.

68; Strange 73. 70. 64. 208 Stewart 72. 69, 87: A Magee 70, 70.

68. LPOA CORNING CLASSIC (NY). TMrd I (US unless stated): na turner m. does anvwhere else. Yesterday, though, it fired him to a four-under-par back nine, including some lncreaime clubbing at the long 17th.

The hole measures 571 yards ana Ballesteros birdied it by hitting a three-wood and six-iron, the latter 225 yards, on to the green. The DUtter Langer used yes terday is due a lonely life from, now on. "I thought about throwing it to the crowd," said his caddie, Peter Coleman, afterwards, and it is perhaps as well that he did not. In its malevolent mood it might have brained someone. Langer had 37 putts with it, roughly eight more than he is accostomed to.

"I played as well as the first two days," said Langer, and if you take eight off his score oi 74, mat is Detter and the same as his opening rounds of 67. 66. A large part of the day's crowd followed Ian Woosnam, a confirmed favourite, and he delighted them by getting into, and remaining in contention. He began to falter at the end, though, and he had to hole from 10 feet at the 16th, after going. through the green, tor a par.

A deep, growling roar oi approval greeted the putt, while his wife Glendryth, with only three weeks to go oi her pregnancy, said: "If he goes on like that, I'll be having it." But he accepted afterwards that given the opportunity De fore the start of the tournament to be only one behind the leader after three rounds, he would have snatched at the chance. He needs only one more good round for his comeback to be complete, and we could all rejoice at tnat. no loss of nerve the 19th in the morning's semi-final and Fiona Connor four and two in the after-, noon's final. "This is really a thrill," she said. "I had a relaxed night and really felt fine, despite having a nerve removed yesterday." Swimming Foster restores the balance Brian Crowther MARK FOSTER, of Borough of Southend, and Mike Fib-bens of Beckenham yesterday finished the Monk Multi-Nation Meeting at Leeds level-pegging in their contest for the right to be considered Britain's best home-based freestyle sprinter.

Fibbens beat Foster by 0.82sec for the 100 metres freestyle title on Saturday in a meeting record of 51.92sec. Yesterday, however, Foster turned the tables in the 50 metres, both men returning 23.86sec on hand-held watches after the failure of the electronic system. Fibbens earlier won the 100 metres butterfly in 56.65sec. Adrian Moorhouse's 29.70sec in Saturday's re-swum final of the 50 metres breaststroke won him the Swimmer of the Meeting award, and in yesterday's 100 metres he cruised to victory in The equivalent of a world cup series, with major meetings round the world from December this year until announced at the weekend. 63.

69. 204 Ok-Hee Ku (S Korea) 69. 64, 71. 208 8 King 69, 69, 70. Alao: 210 Johnson (GB) 74, 69, 73.

Tennis FRENCH OPEN (Paris). Man'a slnglM TMrd round: Carlaaon (Swe) bt Jalte (Arg) 6-2. 6-3. 6-1: Backer (WG) bt Muster (Aut) 6-1. 4-6, 7-6, 6-3: Svens-aon (Swe) bt Nystrom (Swe) 6-7.

6-4, 4-6, 6-3. 6-2: WHander (Swe) bt Zivojinovic (Yug) 6-2, 6-7, 3-6. 6-3. 7-5; A Agassi (US) bt A Vysand (USSR) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2: A Chef nokov (USSR) bt Bengoechea (Arg) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. 6-0: Cash (Aus) bt Woodlorde (Aus) 4-6.

6-2. 6-1. 6-2: I Undl (Cz) bt Tulasne (Ft) 6-3, 7-6, 6-2: MoEnroa (US) bt Chang (US) 6-0. 6-3. 6-1; Leoonta (Fr) bt de la Pena (Arg) 6-4, 7-5.

6-1. Fourth roundt Psraz notdan (Arg) bt Edberg (Swe) 7-5. 6-3, 6-3; Agassi bt Gustalsson (Swe) 6-4. 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; inlander bt Agenor (Haiti) 6-1. 7-6, 6-3: Sanchez (Sp) bt Noah (France) 4-6, 6-3, 6- 7, 6-2, 6-2.

Worrwn'a singles, Third round) A Sanchu (Sp) bt Evert (US) 6-3. 7- 6. Fourth round! Sabatlnl (Arg) bt Schultz (Neth) 6-4, 6-1; Kdesl (Can) bt Jagerman (Neth) 6-2. 6-1: Oral (WG) bt Tauziat (Fr) 6-1. 6-3: Fidco (Arg) bt Martinez (Sp) 6-2.

6-4; Sukova (Cz) bt Garrison (US) 6-1. 6-2; Zvereva (USSR) bl Navratilova (US) 6-3. 7-6: Sanohaz bt Tanvler (Fr) 6-2, 6-0: Pravto (Aus) bl Hanika (WG) 7-6. 7-6. STELLA ART0I8 SHOOT-OUT (Queen's Club).

Flral roundi Bailey (Norfolk) bt Walker (N Wales) 6-4, 6-4: Turner (Avon) bt 0 Felgate (Essex) 6-7. 6-3, 6-2; BoHMd (Essex) bt Hand (Berks) 6-1, 6-2: Future. (Deibys) bye. SamMkiata Baftay bt Turner 6-3, 6-4; FulweU bt Botfield 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Bailey and PuhweN receive wild cards for tournament beginning Monday, June 6.

Basketball NBA PLAY-OFFS-Conference Finals! Western! Dallas 106, LA Lakers 94 (Los Angeles lead series 2-1). Eastern! Detroit 98, Boston 94 (Detroit lead series 2-1). Baseball AMERICAN LOt Chicago White Uox 3, Toronto Oakland 7, Boston Red Sox Milwaukee 2, Cleveland 0: Kansas City 8, Texas Minnesota 5, Detroit 2: Seattle 6, NY Yankees 1: California 5. Baltimore 0. NATIONAL L01 Montreal 3, LA Dodgers Chicago Cubs 14.

Houston Philadelphia 4, San Francisco 3: Pittsburgh Cincinnati -NY Mets 5, San Diego 1: 2, St Louis 1. passed with five overs to spare with Richards, an eye on the dark clouds, taking only 91 minutes and 94 balls to make his innings. Essex never recovered from losing Graham Gooch, who followed his century on Saturday with a single as Richards started a perfect day by catching him off the bowling of Ian Greig. Alan Lilley's late flurry earned him 38, including three sixes. Middlesex are neck and neck with Surrey, Roland Butcher hitting a chanceless 77 to help them to a 53-run win over Sussex at Lord's.

Paul Downton and his England captain Mike Gatting laid the foundations for the win with a stand of 54 as Mid ESSEX SURREY Chelmsford: Surrey won by eight wickets. ESSEX A Gooch Richards Gteig 1 Hardie Bullen Greig 5 A Border Bullen Gray 30 Pringle Bicknell Prichard Bicknell Fletcher Gray 21 A Lilley not out 38 A Foster Zahid Sadiq Gray 1 tD East Zahid Sadiq Gray 14 Miller not out 16 Extras (bl. Ib4. w1) 0 Total (for 8. 32 overs).

138 Fall of wickets: 1. 12, 23. 25, 57. 71, 73, 101. Did not ban Lever.

Bowllngi Bicknell 8-1-14-2: Greig 8-0-43-2; Feltham 8-0-20-0; Gray 8-0-56-4. SURREY Richards not out- 105 7 7 8 12 130 Smith Ibw Lever A Stewart Ibw Pringle. A Lynch not out Extra6 (lb 11. wl) Total (for 2, 26.3 overs) Fall or wickets: 25, 57. DM not bat! Ward, 'I A Greig.

Zahid Sadiq, Bullen, A Feltham. A Gray, Bicknell. Bowllngi Lever 6.3-0-18-1; Foster 8-0-26-0; Gooch 4-0-31-0; Miller 3-0-25-0; Pringle 5-0-28-1. Umpires: Holder and Leadbeater. LANCASHIRE LEICESTERSHIRE OM Trafford: Lancashire won on taster scoring rate.

LANCASHIRE Mendis Ferris A Hayhurst Taylor Ferris 84 Jesty Whitticase Ferris 10 Fairbrother Whitticase Taylor. 43 Walkinson Willey Potter 30 'D Hughes run out 8 Wasim Akram not out 21 Allott Whitticase Ferris 3 Austin not out 1 Extras (Ib6, w8, nb2) 16 Total (for 7. 40 overs). 214 Fallot wickets: 0. 30.

108, 178. 184. 196.202. Did not nati Simmons, rw riegg Bowllngi Ferris 7-1-24-4: DeFreitas 8-0-41-0: Lewis 8-0-40-0: Willey 8-0-33-0: Taylor 7-0-53-1; Potter 2-0-17-1. LEICESTERSHIRE Briers not out.

36 51 1 11 as Potter Hegg Akram. 'D I Gower not out Extras (Ib4, w7) Total (for 22.3 overs) Fail or wKmn 34. DM not bab Whitaker, Willey, A DeFreitas. Whitticase, Lewis, Benson, Taylor, Ferris. Bowllngi Wasim Akram 4.3-0-16-1; Allott 8-1-26-0: Austin 4-1-13-0; Walkinson 3-0-19-0: Simmons 3-0-21-0.

Umpires: Dudleslon and Hampshire. Age BC Broad 30 PAJDefreitas 22 GRDilley 29 PRDownton 3t 35 MWGatting 30 GAGooch 34 01 Gower 31 EEHemmings 39 PWJarvis 22 A Lamb 33 OR Pringle 29 JGThomas 27 Not out I NO 21 36 2 9 12 1 35 48 17 27 43 7 53 78 17 65111 14 62111 4 96164 12 8 12 3 2 3 1 51 88 7 14 25 3 5 10 4 HS Runs 162 1508 40 146 56 421 74 701 75 1363 207 3810 196 3971 215 6789 95 207 14 34 137 2644 63 413 31 83 Richards Ian Malin SURREY, who are still looking for a 40-over title, are the new leaders of the Refuge Assurance League thanks to a soggy Sunday and an astonishing innings from Jack Richards at Chelmsford. Richards, England's forgotten wicketkeeper, bludgeoned 11 fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 105 as Surrey breezed home to beat Essex by eight wickets and top the table on the strength of three away wins. Essex had been forced to halt their innings after 32 overs in between the showers but their 138 for eight was Scoreboard Refuge Assurance League YORKSHIRE HAMPSHIRE Middlesbrough: Hampshire won on faster scoring rate. YORKSHIRE Moxon Parks Jetferies 44 A A Metcalfe Smilh Cowley 10 Sharp Parks Jetferies 1T Robinson not nilt 35 Bairstow not out 22 Extras (Ib2, w2) 4 Total (for 3, 31.3 overs).

141 Fall of wickets: 50. 81. 87. Old not ban Hartley. 'P Carrick.

A Side-bottom, Fletcher, Jarvis, Shaw. Bowling: Connor 5.3-1-15-0; Jetferies 6-0-30-2: Ayling 6-1-33-0; Andrew 6-O-26-0; Cowley 8-0-35-1 HAMPSHIRE A Smilh Sidebottom Jarvis-V Terry Robinson Jarvis 15 14 2T lurner not out- Nicholas Bairstow Jarvis 19 Smith not out 8 Extras (b2, Ib4, nbl) 7 Total (for 3, 19 overs). SO Fall of wlcketsi 25. 34, 63. Did not nab Parks, Jelferies.

Cowley, Andrew, Maru, A Connor. Bowling: Jarvis 8-0-36-3; Sidebottom 8-1-32-0: Fletcher 2-0-11-0: Shaw 1-0-5-0. Umpires: Meyer and A White. DERBYSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Derby! Derbyshire won on faster scoring rate. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Broad Roberts Mortensen 20 Robinson Ibw Warner 25 0 Randall Holding 59 Birch Ibw Holding 4 Pollard run out 25 Stephenson and Holding 7 Hammings Holding 4 Evans not out 1 tC Scott not out 1 Extras (Ib9, w3) 12 Total (for 7, 34 overs).

158 Fall of wlcketsi 43, 63. 70. 141. 152, 154, 157. DM not bat: Cooper.

sake bv. Bowllngi Newman 7-0-38-0; Mortensen 8-0-29-1; Bowler 4-0-18-0; Warner 8-0-42-1; Holding 7-0-22-4. DERBYSHIRE Barnelt Birch Stephenson 38 Morris not out SO Roberts not out Extras (b4, Ib1) 9 Total (for 1, 16 overs). S3 ran oi wicaen Bt. Did not ban Bowler, Goldsmith, tB Maher, A Holding, A Warner, Newman, Sharma, 0 Mortensen.

Bowling! Stephenson 5-1-20-1: Coooer 4-0-22-0: Saxelby 3-0-20-0; Evans 2-0-15-0: Hammings 2-0-11-0. Umpires: Constant and Evans. NORTMaiirmuMuinit kmit Northampton! Rain stopped play no result. KENT Taylor Wild Cook 20 Pienaar Cook 38 Tavare not 40 Hinks Davis 1 1 Cowdrey not out 1 4 Extras (Ib4, w7) 11 Tola! (for 3, 16 overs). 143 Fall of wlckatai 67.

77. 111. Did not ban Cowdrey, Ellison, A Marsh, Penn, Wells, Davis. BowKngi Capel 4-0-27-0; Wild 4-0-38-0; Cook 4-0-34-2; Walker 2-0-22-0; Davis 2-0-18-1. NORTHAMPTONSHIRb-'W Larkins, R.J.

Bailey, A Lamb, Capel, Williams, Wild, A Fordham, to Ripley, NGB Cook, Davis, A Walker. Umpires: Harris and Lyons. Sport in brief Motor racing Rick Mears, gaining about one second per lap in the final 50 miles, won his third Indianapolis 500 yesterday in a race slowed by eight crashes. Athletics Eddie Wedderburn of Britain set the fastest time in the world I dlesex built up a formidable 213 for five to give Sussex their biggest Sunday target of the summer. Gatting eventually made 51 off 56 balls.

Lancashire are in third spot, with Andy Hayhurst scoring a career-best 84 in their 214 for seven against Leicestershire at Old Trafford. The visitors looked nicely poised at 99 for one before rain washed up their chances of victory. John Morris completed his first half-century of the season to help Derbyshire to a nine-wicket win over Nottinghamshire in a game wrecked by rain. Derbyshire, with 93 to score from 20 overs, won with four balls to spare. MIDDLESEX SUSSEX Lord's: Middlesex won by 53 runs.

MIDDLESEX Carr Babington 21 Gatting Pigott Babington 51 Downlon Pigolt Wells 27 Butcher Pigott 77 Emburey Gould Imran 18 Brown not out 11 Sykes not out 2 Extras (Ib4, wl. nb1) 6 Total (for 5. 38 overs). 213 Fall of wickets: 42. 96.

111. 175. 211. Did not bat: Williams, Hughes, ARC Fraser, Cowans. Bowling: Imran Khan 8-1-37-1: Pigott 8-0-36-1; Babington 8-0-47-2; Wells 6-0-52-1; Kimber 8-0-37-0.

SUSSEX A Green Fraser. 13 6 25 30 26 8 A Wells Brown Williams. Wells Ibw Emburey Imran Khan run out. Gould Cowans Williams. Moores Downton Hughes- ACS Pigott st Downton Emburey Kimber not out 14 Lenham not out 12 Extras (b3, Ib12, w5, nb1) 21 Total (for 7.

38 overs). 160 Fall of wlcketsi 14. 40, 49. 105. 1 15, 130.

134. DM not ban Standing. A Babington. Bowling: Williams 8-0-33-2: Cowans 6-0-23-0: Fraser 7-0-18-1; Emburey 8-1-30-2; Hughes 7-0-33-1: Sykes 2-0-8-0. Umpires: Balderstone and Julian.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE Bristol: No result rain. Tour match WORCESTERSHIRE WEST INDIES Worcester: Rain slopped play. Today: 11.0 to 6.0. WORCESTERSHIRE First innings (overnight: 284-1) Curtis Patterson 82 A Hick Dujon Patterson 172 Vorster not out 16 O'Shaughnessy not out Extras (bl, Ib13, w2, nb26) 42 Total (lor 3 dec). 321 Fall of wickets cont: 284, 293.

Bowling: Patterson 19.1-6-59-2: Ambrose 19-4-59-1; Walsh 22-4-78-0; Bishop' 13-2-32-0: Hooper 14-1-46-0; Richards 9-1-33-0. Umpires: 0 Oslear and Palmer. denotes captain, wicketkeeper. Minor Counties Championship Oxford: Oxfordshire 106-3 (G Ford 52 no) Wales. Bracknell! Berkshire 164-6 dec (G Loveday 61, Burrow 5-45).

Buckinghamshire 126 for 9. Saturday's scores BRITANNIC ASSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (Today: 11.0 to 6.30) Derby: Derbyshire (first innings) 143 (P Bowler 50: Stephenson 6-44). Nottinghamshire (first innings) 124 for 4. Chelmsford: Essex (first innings) 302 (G A Gooch 139). Surrey (first innings) 22 lor 0.

Swanaea: Glamorgan Gloucestershire. No play rain. OM Trafford! Lancashire (lirst innings) 329 lor 9 (M Walkinson 52, Wasim Akram 116 no) Somerset. Lord's! Middlesex (first innings) 261 (J Carr 76: Imran Khan 5-50). Sussex (lirst Innings) 49 for 2.

Northampton: Northamptonshire (lirst innings) 327 (R Bailey 55. A Lamb 75. Capel 75) Leicestershire. Middlesbrough: Hampshire (first innings) 130 (Sidebottom 5-30). Yorkshire (first In nings) 69 tor z.

super-bantamweight title in a 'a .1 1.1- artMaaaVlo nara-tougni araw wiin ouum Korea's Lee Seung-Hoon. Hockey Haddock's first-half goal-keeping and second-half goals from David Knapp and David Cutter gave Wales a 2-1 win over France in Cardiff yesterday, writes Pat Rowley. The Welsh played with far more conviction than on Saturday, when they lost 2-0 to France. "IHRINITY Sunday at I Worcester Cathedral was celebrated with a return to the 14th-century liturgy: across the Severn, modern tongues toasted Graeme Hick's feast day. A thousand runs before the end of May puts him, at the age of 22 years and five days, four-square among the game's truly great.

So much so soon: how much more can this young man deliver? A bad trot, which brought 32 runs in his preceding four innings, proved a poor form-guide. When he carved Curtley Ambrose to the rails of an exultant pavilion at 5.38pm on Saturday to join one of Wisden's most exclusive clubs, joy was unconfined. (Well, almost. Viv Richards, convinced that Hick was caught behind off Ian Bishop when 17, sulked at slip.) wo-one makes nistory. That is a sloppy phrase.

Yet historians will salivate over Hick's blazing April and May. Only Bradman (nine) and Grace (10) required fewer than his 11 innings to reach four figures. Glenn Turner, the last to put a thumbprint in the relevant section, needed 18 knocks in 1973 and that was going some. By great good lortune mater and pater Hick saw the wondrous post-lunch flourish. They were whisked away from Heathrow at 7.45am by Duncan Fearnley's Roller along with two former Old Hararean chums of Graeme's, reaching New Road at when the battle against West Indies' pace quartet was at its most fierce.

Pace bowlers have enjoyed their work at Worcester this year. Last week, for instance, Hampshire won a Benson Hedges quarter-final on a mine field. A month ago, when Nottinghamshire were in town, Hick made 86 on a lethal pitch which was as much responsible for victory as his unbeaten 405 was at Taunton. No wonder Richards chose to Badminton WORLD TEAM FINALS (Kuala Lumpur). Thomaa Cup, Croup A (men): China 4, Malaysia 1.

droop Sweden 2, Korea 1. Uber Cup, Group A (women): China 5, Denmark 0. Group Bi Korea 2, Indonesia 1. Athletics JUBILEE CUP (Warley) Women, Second roundi Team: 1. Coventry Godiva 117pts: 2, Shrewsbury 93'2.

(both qualified for semifinal). (Bromley) 1, Bromley Ladies 117; 2, Belgrave 95 (both qualified for semi-final). DAIRY CREST MIDLAND COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP (Birmingham). Mam 100m: 1, Rumbolt (Oaventry) 10.86sec. 400m hurdteat 1, Campbell (City ol Stoke) 53.31.

Long iumpt 1, Faulkner (Birchtleld) 7.84m. Diecuu Smith (Solihull) 49.60m. Shot) 1. Brown (Worcester) 13.51m. Ham-men 1, Brlndley (Corby) 65.18m.

Triple lump! 1. Dochery (City ol Stoke) 13.70m. Womem lOOmi McLean (Woverhampton Bilston) 12.53sec. 400m i Mallows (Coventry Godiva) 58.63.400m (intermediate): 1, Raven (Coventry Godiva) 58.03. BRUCE INNER CLASSIC (San Jose) Mem Invitational 100m: 1, Jianming Cai (China) 10.58sec.

100m: 1. Cooper (US) 10.22sec. I.BOOtm 1, Scott (US) 3min 37.55sec. Alan 5, Oltaway (GB) 3:42.88. 8, Flynn (Ire) 3:48.0.

aleapiechaeei 1, Wedderburn (GB) 8min 24.9sec. 400m hurdles: 1. A Phillips (US) 48.81sec: 2. Akabussi (GB) 50.18. Shot put! 1.

Backes (US) 20.80m. 80Orm 1. Robinson (US) 1mln 45.50sec. Hammer! 1, Flax (US) 78.96m. Long Jumpi 1.

Spry (US) 8.07m. High iumpt 1. 0 Norquist (US) 2.26m. Triple lump: 1, Conley (US) 16.91m. Pole vault: 1.

Duplantls (US) 5.60m. 1, Brahm (US) 8:00.04. Womem 100m 1, Rocheleau (Can) 1t.13sec. tOOrm 1, Jackson (Jam) 22.53sec. 400mi 1.

Jackson (Jam) 52.27sec. 1, Williams (Can) 4mln 9.09sec. OaOOOnu 1. Decker Slaney (US) 8:49.43. 100m hurts! 1, Joyner-Kersee (US) 12.61sec.

High Jump! 1. Wohlschlag (US) 1.93m. Shot put: 1, Dukes (US) 17.39m. Dtoeusi 1, Cady (US) 57.30m. Road Running SOKM OP BRUSSELS 1, Brace (GB) 59min 17sec: 2, J-L Boland (Belg) 3, Vanderhorten (Belg) 59:23.

Other erttJshi 9, Newhouse 1:0:3. CITY NOW (Bergen, Norway). Mam 1, Chorlton (GB) 8min 22.7sec; 2. Hansen (Nor) 3, Borge (Nor) RushworM) (GB) 8:33.5. Womanl 1, 1 Kris-Hansen (Not; 2, A Cornellussen (Nor) 10:12.3 Hick on high one more entry LEAGUE TABLE NR Pts Surrey (7) 5 4 0 1 18 Middlesex (10) 5 4 0 1 18 Lancashire (9) 5 4 1 0 16 Gloucestershire (3) 5 3 1)14 Essex (14) 6 3 3 0 12 Glamorgan (14) 5 3 2 0 12 Worcestershire (1) 5 3 2 0 12 Kent (6) 6 2 2 2 12 Derbyshire (5) 5 2 2 1 10 Yorkshire (12) 5 2 2 1 10 Hampshire (7) 5 2 3 0 8 Nottinghamshire (2) 6 2 4 0 8 Leicestershire (12) 5 13 16 Northamptonshire (10) 5 13 16 Warwickshire (17) 5 1 .3 1 6 Sussex (14) 5 14 0 4 Somerset (4) 3 0 3 0 0 American Football BUDWEISER Oiv sum tvrancnesier Aiistars 11, Manchester Spartans 54; Fylde 45, Glasgow 53; Luton 24, Leeds 28; Nottingham 3, Birmingham 26; London Olympians 58, Bournemouth 0: Northanls 13, London Ravens 48.

Cycling TOUR OF ITALY. Seventh stag (178km): 1. A Kappe (WG) 4hr 38min 7sec; 2, van der Velde (Neth); 3, Boffi (II) same time. Lead-rat 1, Podenzana (It) 2, Chioc-cioli (It) at 45sec; 3, Zimmermann (Swi) 1:18. Motor Cycling WEST OERMAN OP (Nuerburgring).

80cei 1, Martinez (Sp) Oerbi; 2, A Crlville (Sp) Derbi; 3. Herreros (Sp) Oerbi. World Championships standings (after 4 races): 1, Martinez 77pls; 2 equal. Herreros, Crlville 60. 12Sc 1.

Glanola (It) Honda; 2, Mir-alles (Sp) Honda: 3, Spaan (Neth) Honda. Alaoi 10, I McConnachie (Eng) Cagiva. Standings (after 3 races): 1, Martinez (Sp) 40pts; 2 equal, Miralles, Glanola 35. 250eoi 1. Cadalora (It) Yamaha; 2, Pons (Sp) Honda 3, Garriga (Sp) Yamaha.

Alao: 4, 0 McLeod (GB) EMC-Rotax. Standings (alter 6 rounds): 1, Pons 88pts; 2, Garriga 83; 3, Cornu (Swi) Honda 58. SOOcci 1, Schwantz (US) Suzuki; 2. Ralney (US) Yamaha; 3, Sarron (Fr) Yamaha; 4, Lawson (US) Yamaha; 5, Magee (Aus) Yamaha. Stand-Inge (after 6 rounds): 1, Lawson 105pls; 2, Gardner 85; 3, Rainey 82; 4, Magee 66; 5, Schwantz 64; 6, Mackenzie 60.

Speedway BRITISH LEAGUE Coventry 56 (K Tatum 14, Tatum 12, Knudsen 11), King's Lynn 34 (R Knight 8, King 8). Swindon 48 (A Silver 10, Karger 10), Reading 42 (J An-dersson 17). CHALLENGE MATCH. Cradley 56 (J Pe-dersen 14, Gundersen 13, Cross 10, G' Sheffield 34 (J Doncaster 12). CUPRound em, ffnrt legt Bradford Dukes 36 (M Cox IS), Belle Vue 54 (C Morton 13.

Thorp 12). Billiards NOLIBH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Wldnes). Final: Qllehriit (Middlesbrough) bt Edwards (Abertillery, holder) Bowls WOOLWICH MASTERS (Worthing) San icnyj oi jones tuaru 1987 positions in brackets this year 8min 24.9sec in winning the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the1 Bruce Jen-ner meeting in San Jose, California, the first grand prix event of the season. Boxing Juan Jose Estrada of Mexico won the WBA junior-featherweight title in Tijuana where he outpointed Bernardo Pinango of Venezuela. Meanwhile in Seoul, another Mexican, Daniel Zaragoza, clung on to his WBC.