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THE GUARDIAN Friday June 3 1988 22 SPORTS NEWS Cricket laai533a First Test match: England West Indies, first day IrogDainxd ttaUt a Dessoira dou tiDne acstalD SLrtts SBT SS.VNIK-iiSSjrMtt'.H into life: for instance, there is the bizarre business of the NHS, an organisation designed to make you hope you really have done something serious to avoid the terrible shame of feeling you have wasted their time. You also learn about the inordinate complications involved in getting to events if you have difficulty walking. Anyone in a wheelchair soon learns a few rules: avoid West Ham, the West End theatre and all those cinemas where they smugly quote the fire regulations to keep the disabled out. The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, is fine. You do like Goethe, don't you? And even with just a limp and a stick, one starts to see cricket grounds in a new light.

All the Test venues have some arrangements, ranging from the thoughtful to the perfunctory: surprisingly, Lord's and the new Mound Stand in particular get quite a good rating from the pressure group RADAR. I have always loved Trent Bridge; it is a ground of charm and character and history. But it is 150 years old, and wheelchair access was not one of the burning issues of 1838. Parking is hopeless, and the railway closed down eons ago the only public transport is the exact-money-or-else bus. If you can get to a seat, you find most of them are still bum-numbing benches.

Well, English cricket is run by men who have trouble drawing eight names out of a hat, never mind have the bottle to build a modern stadium. Surrey might have had the chance. Instead, they are in the ridiculous business of raising five million to "save The Oval." What's the point of saving The Oval? It's a relic. The money could be better spent. Even after I'm out of plaster I shall still believe that cricket needs stadia planned with intelligence and foresight for the benefit of everyone.

In the meantime, I shall have to heed the advice of John Dobinson, a wheelchair-bound cricket-lover, and concentrate on the more rustic grounds. Uxbridge and Ilford, where parking is close to the pitch, are fine for the disabled -unless they expect to do anything eccentric like go to the toilet. Mr Dobinson thinks this problem is a suitable subject Mike Selvey at Trent Bridge -ORRECT me if I am 'wrong, but aren't England-West Indies rTest matches sup posed to be blood-and-thunder affairs, with white-hot Caribbean pace splintering English wood and bone regardless, all to the relentless rhythm of the Alcanband? Some things, it seems, have changed. The Cornhill season got under way yesterday not to the crash of cans and trumpet blasts of old, but in almost total eerie silence, like watching through double glazing. And at the end of a day prolonged by 30 minutes because of the West Indian over-rate (not everything changes, although they were kind enough to give us nine overs of spin), England, having won a good toss, had eased their way rather gingerly to 220 for 5 and had the foundations, if they keep their nerve against the new ball today, of a reasonably healthy position.

As always, though, there is rather more to it than that. For a kick-off, Ron Alsopp had opted for a pitch so lacking in pace that the West Indies pacemen, far from showing fangs, have little more than a decent set of gums left. We waited for more than half an hour for the first bouncer of the day, and when it came it crept so sluggishly off the pitch that it rebounded from Chris Broad's helmeted head as he ducked low. It enabled Broad (54) and Graham Gooch (73) to put together a century opening partnership, and should have set the tone for the day. However, the genius factor crept in during the afternoon, in the form of Malcolm Marshall, and in a superb unbroken spell of 19 overs he took four prime English wickets for 36.

A score of 125 for no wicket had become 161 for 4, and the Vs5 avoid a hard-driven four off Ambrose by Gooch photograph: frank baron tury, was just beginning to flow. Two things happened: Gooch broke his bat, which to a top player is like a death in the family, and the clouds came over. Suddenly the ball ducked and darted, and Gooch became bogged down. Driving rather vigorously at a Marshall in-swinger, he dragged it on to his leg stump. Six balls later it was Gatting's turn, this time nicking the ball via his thigh pad to Logie.

Marshall increased the pressure, experimenting with field changes and use of the crease. It was brilliant to watch, and after Broad had reached a 50 that had taken three-and-a-half hours, he too succumbed to a combination of a concentration Worcestershire Lancashire lapse due perhaps to the impending tea interval, and low bounce, chopping on to his stumps. Two balls after the interval, Lamb shuffled in front and missed. Pringle though, bless him, has played sensibly and straighter than he has in the past, which is doubly important on such a pitch where the bounce is already becoming variable. He reached 39, and his cover-driven four off Hooper in the last over was as good as we had seen all day.

England should be on their guard, though. The very last time the sides met, in the West Indies, Gooch and Wilf Slack put on 127 for the first wicket. On that occasion, they went on credit to the grit of Nicholas, the bold off-driving of Jefferies and some notable late resistance by Connor. Jones, dogged by shingles this season, is now fit again. At times yesterday he was rather more than hostile, occasionally almost unplayable.

He had an early spell after lunch which contained two successive maidens, both of which brought him two wickets. His final figures were a career-best seven for 30. Waugh, who had in the morning completed a birthday hundred and finished on 115 not out in 253 minutes, now took three catches at slip. Hardy held on to two more; the low one which accounted for Chris Smith can be justifiably cherished for a Hampshire Somerset Jaunty Jones collects a magnificent seven Only Jesty at 40 refuses to let the pitch get to him Matthew Engel WHENEVER West Indies start a Test series in England there is a surge of electricity in tne air. ine ei-fect for England is usually the same as touching a high-tension cable.

In 1984 there was 'Andy Lloyd lying on the ground with the series half an hour old; in 1980 at Trent Bridge there was Bob Woolmer fending off Andy Roberts in the murk; in 1976 there was the young Viv ramming Tony Greig's remark about making the West Indies grovel straight back where it came from. And all on the first day out of 25. If there was any electricity yesterday it was hardly more than a faint hum of static. This series may well turn into a teasing, twisting set of contests. This game already has possibilities.

But no more than that. It is unlikely to be a summer of giant deeds; neither team looks good enough. It was good to be back at the cricket, nonetheless. This is intended to be a regular summertime column, and was supposed to start last week. But I got delayed.

You know how troubles come in threes. First the cat got sick. Then there was the whitefly on the lupins. After that came the broken bone in the foot. Rather a distinguished in jury, actually, the bust meta- tarsei.

Larwooa naa tne same problem on the 1932-33 tour, though he got his heroically. i stumoiea downstairs. It would hardly be worth bringing this to your attention, though for some reason there is a longer sick list among the cricket press at present than among the play ers. The Daily Mail man tried to ring his office yesterday, and got through to BUPA. But even a minor injury can give you a new insight Sport in brief Badminton Denmark's players lost 5-0 to Indonesia in yesterday's world team championship third-place match in Kuala Lumpur, and then called for the fixture to be scrapped, writes Richard Jago.

Darren Hall, the English champion, will be among those Results Soccer SOUTH AMERICAN SUPERCUP (Buenos Aires). SamMlnal, Second hoi Racing Club 1, River Plate 1 (Agg: 3-2). Golf DUNHILL BRITISH MASTERS (Woburn). Flrat round (GB and Ire unless stated): 60 Lyle. 07 Charnley.

08 Moore (Aus); Senior (Aus): Mackenzie: James. 60 McNulty (Zlm); Hawkes (SA): Taylor iausj; revino aenoerg Olazabal (Sp). 70 Shearer (Aus); Smyth; Pinero (Sp); A Oldcorn; Davis (Aus); Westner (SA); A Murray; Fernandez (Arg); Rivero (Sp). 71 Oarcy; 0 Ray; Rystrom (Swe); Webber (Zim); Lanner (Swe); Martin (Sp); McFarlane; 0 Cooper; Coles; I Woosnam. 72 Adcock (US); Bishop: Bland (SA); Faldo; Kent; Ratferty; Riley (Aus); Stelten (US); Whelan; Stephen (Aus); Anderson (Can); Brand jnr; I Mosey; Russell; Lane; Baiocchi (SA); Rutledge (Can): Somers (Aus).

73 Calero (Sp); Feherty; Johnstone (Zim); Lee; Parkin: O'Connor jnr: Walton; Slaughter (US); Heggarty; Sunesson (Swe); A Forsbrand (Swe); Mason; Clark; Hartmann (US); Pers-son (Swe). AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Roval Porth eawl). Third roundi Dodd (Brynhill) bt Peterson (Aus) 3 end How (US) bt A Rogers (Ealing) and Curry (Prud- noe) bt A nooenson taeaton iarewj 4 ana FouchM (SA) bt Wlanett (Boscombe) 1 8 and 7: Knapp (US) bt Weeks (Broken-Ihurst Mnr) 2 and Olraud (Fr) bt Bannerman (Cruden Bay) 2 and Oravaa (Brokennurst Mnr) oi rvtacieoa (Aiioa) 2 I and EN (SA) bt Laymex (Sp) 4 and Sunaaon (Ladbrook Pk) bt A Mitchell I (Bromborough) and Lawat (Fr) bt i Holman (Worleburv) 2 and Prlea (Pon typridd) bt A Vandersluls (Aus) and A Hagkind (Swe) bl Payne (Sandilands) 4 ana vronrwniMMiM ilgicsj di nayius (Trim) 1 up: Proiiar (Dudley) bt Car-! rick moualas Pk) 1 ud: Hardin (Swe) bt Falrbairn (Berwlck-on-Tweed) 3 and Mac- Namara (wooaorook) bt HoaericK (pontar-dawe) tup. Fourth round! Howo bt Dodd 5 'and Foucbaa bt Curry 1 up; Olraud bt Knapp 3 ana oravaa Dt til ana 5. WIRRAL WOMEN'S CLASSIC (Caldy).

Flrat round (GB and Ire unless stated): 68 de Kraay (US). 70 Panton; Burton; A Sheard (SA). 71 McQuillan; Arnold (NZ). Tennis FRENCH OPEN akiojaa, Ouartar-flnanu Svanaaon (Swe) bt I Lendl (Cz) 7-6. 7-5.

6-2; Laconta (Fr) bt A Cries-nokov (USSR) 6-3. 6-2, 7-6. Doubtaa, SaM-flnab A QonwzB Sanehea (EcuadorSp) bt LavalleA Moreno (Max) 6-3, 6-4. 6-3. Woman'a afctflhts, SamMkiaou Oral (WG) bt Sabatini (Arg) 6-3.

7-6; Zwratm (USSR) bl Provis (Aus) 6-3, 6-7, 7-5. DIRECT UHB TOURNAMENT (Becken-ham). Mon'a afciglaa. Third roundi Ja-Ian (WG) bt Cassldy (US) 6-4, 6-3: Frana (Arg) bt A Maurer (WG) 7-6, 1-6. 6-3; Aeuna (Chile) bt Berger (US) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4: SNraa (US) bt Hooper (US) 6-3.

7-5: David Foot at Southampton ADRIAN JONES looks more like a sturdy-thighed, old-fashioned dairy farmer than a cricketer. But there was a marvellous spring to the rustic step and a glint in the eye yesterday, as if he had spied a bargain at the cattle market. It was, in fact, a wicket very much to his liking, at least at one end. And he was helped in his conquests by a five-man line of predatory slips and gullies. The ball kept lifting and this, coupled with Jones's jaunty pace, presented Hampshire with a daunting challenge.

That they failed by only three runs to save the follow-on was a Robinson to the WOTTINGHAMSHIRE made some' amends yesterday for their disastrous first day against Kent at Dartford when they were all out for 65 but they still need 93 runs to avoid an innings defeat. The county champions' Golf rescue for the champions 1 -WiMniW ir mini Is it a plane? Is it a Superman? old doubts crept in. With the ball now old, though, and no one to match Marshall once he had finished, the later batsmen, in particular Derek Pringle, who has played rather well, eked the score out. There was little joy for the returnees however, with David Gower making a scratchy 18 before edging a widish ball from Ambrose to the keeper and Allan Lamb lasting just two balls. It must be said, though, that West Indies did not help their cause.

Twice Greenidge at second slip put catches down Gooch on 69, and Gower when 16 although neither miss was to prove too costly. But twice, too, Patterson overstepped the bowling crease, hitting Broad's their second successive championship match here. Nor can they call on Hick, who was the second of Allott's victims in a splendid early-evening session. For an hour in mid-afternoon, as Jesty, on his 40th birthday, added 32 lovely runs to his first-innings 48, a batsman looked comfortable. But on a pitch where the ball could, from the same length, fly or shoot, the moment inevitably passed.

A Newport delivery held up fractionally, took the edge and flew to gully. By comparison, a ball of similar length in his next over struck Watkin-soninthebox. Even after the opening 45 minutes were lost to overnight rain, 19 wickets tumbled for 233 WORCESTERSKIRB LANCASHIRE Worcester! Worcestershire (4pts) need 162 runs to beat Lancashire (5) and have eight wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 60. LAHCASHIRE-First innings 189 (Wasim Akram 55; Newport 6-51).

WORCESTERSHIRE First Inning (overnight: 69-3) A Neale lbw Watkinson A Lealherdale Simmons Watkinson 3 Weston Hegg Allott 18 Rhodes Hegg Allott 13 Newport Hegg Watkinson lllingworth Simmons Allott 10 Radford lbw Allott 1 McEwan not out Extras (bl. Ib2. nb1) 4 Total (63.3 overs)- 110 Fall of wicket conn 71. 76, 106. 107, 111, 118.

Bowllngi Wasim Akram 9-2-25-0; Allott 20.3-10-29-4; Watkinson 20-6-37-4; Hay-hurst 14-4-25-2. LANCASHIRE Second Inning 0 Mendis lbw Radford- IS 1 A Hayhurst Radlord- Jesty Radford Newport 32 ri rairorotner nnooes Mccwan a Abrahams 1 Watkinson Rhodes McEwan 21 Hughes lbw Radford 1B Wasim Akram McEwan 4 Hegg Lord Newport Allott Hick Newport 18 Simmons not out 1 Extras (Ib4. nb1) 8 Tolal. 147 Fall of wlekatat 17. 18.

73. 75. 105, 118. 123, 146. Bowllngi Radford 12-1-39-3; Newport 15.5-1-61-3; McEwan 11-0-43-4.

WORCESTERSHIRE Scond inning Lord Hughes Allott- 1 10 8 10 1 30 i uums not our A Hick Hegg Allot). 'P A Neale not out Extras (Ibl) Total (for 2). FH of vricfcrtS! 2. 12. Umpiraat Oalear and Painter.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YORKSHIRE Northampton! Yorkshire (5pts) lead Northamptonshire (4) by 144 runs and have six second-innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0. YORKSHIRE First innings 155 (Davis 5-641 NORTHAMPTON SHIRS Ffrat Inning (overnight: 96-50) 0 Wild Fletcher SirJeboHom 32 Gouldstone Shaw to Ripley hit wkt Fletcher Cook Blakey Fletcher 2 Davis not out 12 Robinson lbw Shaw Extras (b2, lt3, nb5) 10 Total (61.5 overs). 130 FaE of wrlekats conta 105. lit.

118. 129. Bowllngi Sldebottom 19-4-48-3: Shaw 23.5-8-50-4; Carrick 3-1-3-0, Fletcher 16-5-24-3. YORKSHIRE Moxon Larkins Williams 44 Blakey Cook 27 I Swallow 27 Sharp not out 10 Love Capel 0 Extras (Ib2, nb9) 11 Total (lor 4) i 110 PaH of wfokatn 62. 103.

111. 119. UmphMt Harris and Lyons. Minor CouttUm CrHamptonshlp Burton-on-Trant Hertfordshire 157-7 dec and 21-0. Staffordshire 147 (S Dean 60; Mcllott 4-34.

Merry 4-29). Tour Match Aboriolnal X1 149 (J McGuIra 80: Roberts 4-19). Sutton Combined XI 119 (S Appoo 6-16). Aboriginal XI won by 30 runs. 4 I A A (R A 0 No, it's a Bird leaping to stumps on one occasion and in all probability having Gooch lbw on the other.

When wickets are so hard to come by, a fielding side can well do without that. Gooch and Broad looked as comfortable as a pair of England openers have for some while against West Indies, and it was the period between lunch and tea that provided the day's best cricket, and brought West Indies back into the contest. Marshall changed to the Pavilion End and treated us to a wonderful display of swing, seam and cut at a reduced pace. The first to go was Gooch, who, having completed 4,000 Test runs, and then, with his sixth boundary, his half-cen runs. The 71 which Wasim and Allott belted for Lancashire's first-innings ninth wicket on Wednesday appeared important at the tune and have turned out to be crucial, matching the 70-run lead they established after dismissing Worcestershire for 119.

And that after curbs and Lord had opened with 66. Resuming on 69 for three, Worcester's last seven added just 50, Watkinson and Allott finishing with four wickets apiece. McEwan, at medium pace, returned career-best figures of four tor 43 as Lancashire were bowled out within 39 overs for 147. A magnificent one-handed legside catch by Knoaes dis missed Fairbrother. KENT NOTTINOHAMSHIRE Oartford: Nottinghamshire (Opts) need 93 runs to avoid an Innings defeat by Kent (7) and have eight wickets in hand.

Today: 11.0 to s.au or e.u. NOTTINOHAMSHIRE First innings 65. KENT Flrat Innkw (overnight: 175-6) Pienaar Scott Cairns S3 tS A Marsh Cooper Birch 48 Ellison not out SO Penn lbw Cooper 40 Extras (b5, Ib9, nb3) 17 Total (for 9 dec) 312 FN of wtckats conb 175. 253. 312.

Bowllngi Cooper 30-10-51-2; Cairns 19- 3-70-4; Afford 25-6-73-1; Saxelby 20- 1-52-0; Birch 17-2-52-2. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Second inning Robinson Taylor Harman- SO es is 3 ii 1S4 ronara not oui- Martindale Ellison- Johnson not out Extras (b8, Ib11) Total (for 2). Fan of wlckatsi 122. 149. Umpir! Julian and A Whitehead.

Other Match OXFORD UNIV GLOUCESTERSHIRE Th Park! Gloucestershire lead Oxford university by 263 runs and have nine second-innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.30 to 5.30 6.0. GLOUCESTERSHIRE First innings 360-4 dec (I Butcher 75, Balnbridge 119. Lloyds 102 no). OXFORD UNIVERSITY Flrat liming (overnight: 6-0) A Almaer Alleyne Balnbridge 39 Jack 23 Kiiborn Russell Graveney 1 A Crawley Lloyds 8 0 A Hagan Alleyne Balnbridge 10 Brown Alleyne Bainbridge 2 Reynolds lbw Bainbridge 10 A Searle Thomas Graveney 2 Heppel not out 14 Sygrove st Russell Bainbridge- 2 Nuttall absent hurt Extras (Ib2, nbS) 10 Total 117 Fal of wlckatsi 40, 46, 63, 84, 86, 89, 97, 101, 117.

BowHngi Bainbridge 12.2-2-33-5; Pooley ft. i Tk.n 4 rt. v-w-v, oaivjs inuiiiaa I -v, Lloyds 14-3-33-1; Graveney 25-9-35-3. GLOUCESTERSHIRE Second Innlnaa Wright not out- 0 12 20 Romalnes lbw Kllborn-R Russell not out Total (lor 1). Fal of wickab 3 Umpir! Eele and Evans.

denotes captain, wlckelkeeper. Second Etevon Championship YaovSi Somerset 235-8 dec (N Pringle 97, Keltch 71) and 43-0. Hampshire 284-5 dec Scott 92, Kay 76 no, O'Connor 53). Uxbridgn Warwickshire 247 (A Storle 51. Green 53, Tufnell 4-58).

Middlesex 163-4 (M A Roseberry 54). Scarborough! Northamptonshire 322-9 (C Mellors 100 no, Pollock 50, A Stanley 65; Anderson 5-98) and 11-1. Yorkshire 252-7 dec (N Nicholson 115). Cantarburyi Kent 342-6 dec (P Farbrace 134, Cowdrey 81) and 37-1. Surrey 341-7 dec (D Bicknell 01, Bullen 83, A Brown 58, Sadiq 54).

aatboufiMi Sussex 204 (K Greenfield 82, Kimber 51; 1 1 Pont 4-49). Essex 232-8 (K Butler 81 Pilchard 58 no). Lateartwri Leicestershire 411 (M A Garnham 203 no, Hepworth 159) and 49-5. Worcestershire 303-0 dec (S O'Shaughnessy 71, D'Olivelra 54). OM TrafTbrdi Lancashire 384-8 dec (N Speak 88.

a 0 Lloyd 71. I 0 Austin 64, Yates 50 no). Nottinghamshire 187 (0 Calla- 8han 117; Matthews 4-4) and 176 (0 allaghan 107 no; A Murphy 5-43). Lancashire won by an innings and one run. to a first-innings total of 310, somewhere around what would satisfy Gatting now.

They lost by 240 runs. ENGLAND First Innings A Gooch Marshall. 73 54 18 30 9 Broad Marshall. Gatting Logie Marshall- I Gower Dujon Ambrose A Lamb lbw Marshall Pringle not out tP Downton not out Extras (Ib8, nbll, w3) 22 Total (lor 5) 220 Fall of wickets: 125, in. ibl, ihb.

To bat: Emburey. A DeFreitas. Jarvis, Oilley. Bowling: Marshall 24-4-54-4; Patterson 16-2-49-0; Ambrose 19-6-48-1: Walsh 20-4-39-0; Hooper 8-1-20-0; Richards 1-0-2-0. WEST INDIES Greenidge.

Haynes, Richardson. A Richards, A Logie, Hooper, tP Dujon, Marshall, Ambrose, A Walsh, Patterson. Umpires! Blrkenshaw and Bird. long time. At 35 for six, there seemed not a vestige of hope for.

Hampshire. Nicholas anchored himself for 192 minutes of pluck and intense concentration before he impetuously drove hard at Jones and was bowled for 47. Connor could be pleased with the way he withstood Somerset's unrelenting efforts to destroy Hampshire by seam alone. Rose and Foster both had fiery stints, but one should not forget the earlier accurate persistence of Connor himself (four for 89) and Ayiing, three for 46 in only his second championship match. Hampshire were left to face 10 overs and scored 23 without loss by the close.

Gould they were forced to follow on after being dismissed for 188 by Surrey, and were 94-3 at the close. Dennis Lillee could be out for two months with bis ankle injury. A specialist diagnosed torn ligaments yesterday. vision shall be firing on all four cylin-' Lyle's outward 30 laid the foundation for his demolition of Woburn's wooded course. He was at his efficient best with his trusty one-iron and, when the putts began to there was an inevitability about his surge to the top of the leader board.

He took only 28 putts and made seven birdies, one more than Charnley, who has only twice finished in the money this year. Trevino's round was a tidy reminder that Lyle should count no chickens. And Ian Woosnam, Mark James and the defending champion, Mark McNulty, are also well in touch. in the cold under for the first nine, and six up. At the fifth, 476 yards long, he got up with a seven-iron for his second.

Fouchee, 20, was one down with two to play against Curry when the latter felt the club slip in his hand as he was hitting his tee shot at the 17th. The ball went no further than 50 yards and that was all square. Then Curry's drive leaked to the right at the last, from where it was impossible to get up, and Fouchee, with two enormous hits, found the green and Won the match. In the second match Nigel Graves, an unconsidered Hampshire player, cheerfully asserts he is "three matches from Augusta" an invitation going to the champion, of course. But if he beats Eric Gi-raud this morning he will have to face either Howe or Fouchee.

Lyle enjoys double for Test Match Special, and would like the chance to discuss it with the commentators. Unfortunately, there's no wav he could ever set un to the box; it's always up mountains of stairs. named today to play in the exhibition tournament at the Olympic Games in Seoul. Show Jumping Annette Lewis, who took the women's national championship for the first time at Royal Windsor on Tutein recently, rode the same horse to win the Everest Double Glazing Stakes in the Hickstead Nations' Cup yesterday, writes John Kerr. Sacaanu (Rom) bt Dickson (US) 7-5, 6-3; A Manadort (Isr) bt Rasheed (Aus) 7-5, 6-3; Vlasar (SA) bt Zivojinovic (Yugo) 6-3, 6-4.

Woman'a abiglea, Third roundi Javer (GB) bt Fernandez (P Rico) 6-3, 6-3; White (US) bt Salmon (Sussex) 6-3, 7-6: Undqviat (Sweden) bt Lake (Devon) 6-4, 6- Potter (US) bt Yanagl (Jap) 7-5, 7- A Henricfcaaon (US) bt Inoue (Jap) 7-5. 6-4; Raha (US) bt Phelps (US) 6-4, 6-1. NORTHERN ORASS COURT TOURNAMENT (Manchester). Man'a ainglaa, Quart ar-fkiate Batea (GB) bt Mac-Pherson (Aus) 6-4, 6-4; Curren (US) bt Grabb (US) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2; Edberg (Swe) bt Broad (SA) 7-6, 6-3: Evemdan (NZ) bt Kriek (US) 7-6, 6-4. Woman'a ainglaa, Ouartar-finalai A Mlntar (Aus) bt A Scott (Aus) 6-1, 6-2; Field (Aus) bt Koizumi (Jap) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; WHvoet (Hoi) bt Gregory (US) 6-3, 4-6.

6-4; Rala (US) bt Baseball AMERICAN lEAOUt Cleveland 5. Kansas City Detroit 9, Chicago White Sox Toronto 7, Milwaukee 2: Minnesota 7, Texas 1: Seattle 4, Baltimore Oakland 4, NY Yan- NATIONAL LEAQUE. Chicago Cubs 6. Cincinnati San Francisco 2, Montreal NY Mets 3, LA Dodgers Philadelphia 9, San Diego 7: Atlanta 14. Pittsburgh 2: St Louis 3, Houston 2.

Badminton WORLD TEAM FINALS (Kuala Lumpur). Third plaea play-off, Thomae Cup, Man: Indonesia 5, Denmark 0. Ubar Cup, Womani Indonesia 5, Japan 0. Cycling MILK RACBV Fourth ataga (Plymouth to Weston-Super-Mare, 121 miles): 1, Baker (Britannia) 4hr49mln 31sec; 2, Bailey (US); 3, Kulaa (Pol) all same time: 4, A Teteruk (USSR) 4:51:52: 5. McCormack (Ire) same time; 6, Crawczk (Pol) 4:52:0.

Alaot 22, Piatt (Ire); 31, Longbottom (GB); 41, McCann (Ire); 44, Cassldy (Ire); 47, I Chivers (Ire); 55, Young (GB); 61. Harrington (GB): 62, Hoban (GB); 64, Dunn (GB); 65, Curran (GB) all same time; 77. Walsh (Ire) 4:52:44. Overall standings! 1. Kulas (Pol) 17hr 39min OSsec; 2, Baker (Britannia) 3, Bailey (US) 17:39:20.

Taamai 1. Poland 2, US 3, Czechoslovakia 53:04:23. TOUR OF ASTURIAS (Pola de Slero, Sp). Third ataga (164km): 1, Nljdam (Neth) 3hr S5min 43sec; 2, J-P Heyndireckx (Belg): 3, R. Golz (WG) both same time.

Alaoi 6. Kelly (Ire) same time. Lsaolng standings! 1, Golz 12:2:52: 2, Kunn (Belg) at 13sec; 3, Domin-guez (Sp) 14. Alaot 7, Kelly 24. Equastrianlsm EVEREST MEETING (Hickstead).

Spaad Stakeei 1, Brook Street Cadnlca (H Smith. GB) cl 60.21sec; 2, Maloney's Error (T Coyle, Ire) cl 60.78; 3, Marconne (E Navet, Fr) cl 61.82. DouMa OJaztog Stake! 1, Tutein (A Lewis, GB) cl 39.24sec; 2, Brook Street Shining Example (Smith) cl 40.76; 3, Whisper Grey (Jet! McVean, Aus) cl 41.06. 49)1 ii mil nil alWJ Michael Henderson at New Road NO matter what you think about Worcester pitches and -their fitness or otherwise has almost become an election issue life at New Road these days is never dull, at least for bowlers and spectators. Batsmen may disagree: on these wickets, bat and pads offer as much assistance as a blindfold and pin.

Whether Worcestershire will always reap what they have sown is another matter still. At 36 for two, they need another 182 to win. As the highest total in three innings so far is 189, they are in danger of losing Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship HAMPSHIRE SOMERSET Southampton! Hampshire (4pts) need 129 runs to avoid an innings defeat by Somerset (6) and have all their wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 lo 5.30 or 6.0. SOMERSET Flrat Inning (overnight: 262-8) Waugh not out 115 A Jones Terry Connor 3 Foster A Smith Ayiing 20 Extras b4.

Ib9, w2. nbS) 20 Total 308 Fall of wicket confc 278. Bowllngi Jelteries 33-8-93-2; Andrew 18-5-44-1; Connor 34-3-89-4; Ayllng 24.4-8-46-3; Maru 11-1-23-0. HAMPSHIRE FIrtt Inning Terry Waugh Jones-C Smith Hardy Jones 5 11 47 MuJ Nicholas 0 Jones- A Smith Waugh Jones A Turner Waugh Jones- 7 Ayiing naray jones- tR Parks Bartlett Jones Jeffries Burns Rose SB Maru Burns Foster 13 A Connor not out 22 Andrew Wyatt Rose 0 Extras (Ib5. w1) 6 Total (59.3 overs) 1SB Fall of wlcketst 6, 17.

31, 31, 35, 35, 91, 106, i3a. Bowling: Jones 18-9-30-7; Foster 16-2-41-1; Rose 16.3-5-53-2; Cleal 9-3-27-0. HAMPSHIRE Second Inning Terry not out-C Smith not out-Extras (nb1) 10 12 1 Total (for 0) 23 Umpires: Balderstone and Palmer. SURREY SUSSEX The Ovab Sussex (2pts) need 185 runs to avoid an Innings defeat by Surrey (8) and have seven wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0.

SURREY. First innings: 467-5 dec (0 Smith 131. Richards 102 no, A Lynch 93. Ward 66). Bowllngi Pigott 20-2-107-1: Pringle 19-4-82-1; Bablngton 25-2-84-2; Wells 19-5-77-0; Heselllne 27-5-102-1 SUSSEX FIrtt Inning A Green Richards Clarke- 2 34 2 82 20 Alikhan Greig.

Lenham Smith Clarke A Wells Richards Clarke-C Wells Greig Bicknell Moores Clinton Bicknell ft Gould not out- ACS Pigott lbw Greig Pringle Richards Greig. A neseinne ureig- A Bablngton Richards Bicknell. Extras (b5, Ibl. w4, nb9) Total (58.5 overB). 188 Fa of wtokatw 20.

22, 24, 44, 49, 103, 149, Jin, 1M. Bowllngi Clarke 13-5-36-3; Bicknell 20.5-1-66-3; Greig 17-4-44-4; Feltham 8-0-36-0. SUSSEX 8cond Inning A Green Gretg Bicknell. I Alikhan lbw Feltham a 34 11 22 10 4 Lenham not out- A Wells Richards Greig. Wells not out Extras (Ib3, wl, nb6) Total (lor 3) Fa of wrMKtM 9, 27.

45. Holder and Plows. David Henderson at Woburn SANDY LYLE started his campaign to become the first Masters champion on both sides of the Atlantic with a six-under-par 66 at Woburn yesterday. It gave him a one-stroke lead in the Dunhill British Masters over Tony Charnley, a local golfer from the opposite end of golf's spectrum. Lee Trevino, the veteran American who partnered Lyle and had a 69 himself, immediately tipped him as a likely winner not only this week but also of the US Open in a fortnight.

task looked formidable when Kent declared at 312 for nine, but the beleaguered captain, Tim Robinson, put on an opening stand of 125 off 51 overs with Paul Pollard. Sussex are also deep in trouble at the Oval. Despite an unbeaten 82 from Ian "Sandy has strength, finesse, and is putting well," said Trevino. "He is going to be a very strong contender. In my opinion he is up there as one of the best in the world and he will certainly win more major titles, and probably very soon.

After all, he has won the hardest two first. He will probably find it easier to win the US Open and PGA titles." Lyle, who won the US Masters in April and is 16 under par for his last three competitive rounds, is also thinking ahead to his return to America, where he still leads the money list. "First I have to win this week and, if I do it by playing well, I What is more, the two men got there by beating opposition that grew up, live and have their being in these very British conditions. Fouchee beat David Curry, the 1986 champion from Prudhoe, near Newcastle, while Howe beat the man who has played Portheawl every week for six months, the Welsh international Stephen Dodd. The winners were impressive, not just for their scoring but for some solid striking.

Howe, a left-hander, has just finished college, where he competed every week with the only other standee on the sinister side for the honour of being the low lefty? He turns professional at the end of the year, and there is a not-so-small fortune awaiting a player of his type who can win consistently. He disposed of Dodd with some emphasis, being three Sunshine pair leave British out David DavlM at Portheawl A DANK and disappointing grey blanket wrapped itself wetly around Royal Portheawl yesterday as -the Amateur Championship reduced itself to the quarter-finals. It was a day for four layers, for waterproofs and mittens and a surreptitious swig from the hip flask. A day, in fact, for the dogged dirt-tracker to emerge, nose to the' ground, battling the elements. So what do we set at the ton of the draw? From the Sishen Golf Club, co the Kalahari Desert, Ben Fouchee, a man whose summer golf is played in an average of 104 degrees, a temperature that plummets to 77 in the winter.

His opponent? Ralph Howe, an American at university in the sunshine state of Florida. Join the Radio 3 commentary team for ball by ball live coverage of the England vs West Indies Test Series. rw 000Audiocall in in ll. U1.