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THE GUARDIAN Tuesday June 7 1988 Cricket Thank you for calling have a nice day First Test match: England West Indies, fourth day 0 (CaoaDh) Deacfls ttlhi iresiirgjaaairdl acGBein) 14 SPORTS NEWS If they apply themselves today, Mika Selvay at Trent Bridge Matthew Engel clearly play as well, in a willowy uncomplicated front-foot way, like a giant bendy-toy. Eventually Gatting, realising which way the wind was blowing, was reduced to blatant time-wasting there may be 90 overs to be bowled in a Test day, but you cannot do that if the moon is up: prior warning in future could get decent sponsors for Dilley's trudge between overs to and from the long-off boundary at the other end. It did not stop a remarkable-assault from Marshall, though, which in the space of four balls twice saw him smash consecutive sixes off Emburey to take him past 50, and once off Pringle. Emburey conceded 95 runs from 16 overs in all; it was all rather bizarre, for at ho stage he bowl particularly badly. It was Emburey, in fact, who broke the stand, bowling Marshall when they were within eight runs of the West Indies, eighth-wicket record against-England.

A final flourish from Am age gap 42 seconds. But if you want extra details who's out, who's in it's hard to hang up for less than a quid's worth. And sometimes the commentators forget. "I listened to one of our rivals the other day," complained Colin Turner of Broadsystem, "and had to wait four minutes 12 seconds for a score. I think that's a rip-off." "Isn't the whole thing a rip-off?" I asked.

"If we weren't meeting a public demand we wouldn't all be in business," he said. And business, one suspects, is rather good. One firm reckoned that the four Test match services were getting 60,000 calls a day between them; they keep 20 pence of the 38, so the profit is potentially enormous. The industry is already bringing extra money into cricket and providing jobs for deserving chaps. It may even unearth a few talented commentators, though it is hard to imagine anyone from the hard-up BBC holding on long enough to find out.

Cricket, of course, is only a fraction of the trade. There are now 60 firms involved and maybe 800 different lines: soccer club calls, racing (at least six competing firms) and share prices; not to mention Bangkok Bonking, Wendy Wants and Why Am I Smiling? The official answer to the last question, I discovered when Brian Close had got too boring, is that it was the night of the Lesbo Lovers Club Reunion. The real answer was that she was delighted to find someone daft enough to ring up and find out. The one 0898 line that provided genuinely dirty dialogue was closed down some time ago. It is just possible that some 11 Return with thanks Dilley PHOTOGRAPH: FRANK BARON catches Dujon off his own bowling Somerset Northamptonshire Jones the demon bowler David Foot at Taunton ITH SEVEN wickets standing, Northamptonshire need a mere 75 runs to win today, but it would be rash to predict anything with certainty in this absorbing match.

Twenty wickets fell yesterday, and for the second time in a matter of days the burly Adrian Jones bowled like a player possessed. Matching the exasperating, 'undulating character of the day, ne conceded runs with his first evening over but his second was a maiden and he took three wickets. He had as they are perfectly capable of doing and the first innings aberrations may have served at least to concentrate the mind then they could survive to fight another day. Lose this particular battle though, and the war may have gone-with it. it that important, and like Sandy Lyle on Sunday, "no frills, no spills" would be a good motto for England today.

England actually made a decent start to the day. After Hooper had elegantly driven lJiuey tor tour to reach ms 50, Pringle deservingly got reward for early unrewarded efforts by inducing an edge from Logie, which Gooch at second slip jug gled and clung to. It was the start ot a nagging spell from Pringle which saw him bowl 11 overs for a miserly IS. In fact, Pringle and Dilley bowled unchanged for an hour and three quarters before Gat ting opted to take the new ball, and Dilley eventually 20.3 out of the urst 47 ot tne day. This demonstration of faith on Gatting's part would have been less remarKame were it not tnat uu- ley had contributed only half an over on Saturday.

Perhaps the computer registers only four bowlers at one time yesterday it was Jarvis who was sidelined with 3.1 overs. By lunchtime it looked as if Hooper would have no trouble reaching his second Test century, but the break and the pitch doused that particular flame, for straight after, DeFreitas produced a ball that bounced and left the batsman a shade, with Downton poaching the catch from first slip. The stand between Marshall and Ambrose, after Dujon had mistimed a tame return catch to Dilley, put any possible Eng lish optimism out of reach. We should not be surprised at Marshall, who four first-class hundreds to his name, but his gangly young partner can mops up reduce Hampshire to 10 for three at stumps, after David Hughes looked to set up a result today by declaring at 251 for five, 69 runs behind. Hampshire's earlier declaration had stopped Jon Ayling just 12 short of his maiden first-class century, while the home side's Andy Hayhurst scored a championship best of 80.

At Harrogate Surrey raced to 342 for four in reply to Yorkshire's first innings total of 142, thanks to 101 from Graham Clinton and half-centuries from Jack Richards and Keith Medly-cott. Monte Lynch added a 36 in 27 balls that included two huge sixes off the spinner Ian Swallow. LANCASHIRE HAMPSHIRE Liverpool: Hampshire (4pts) lead Lancashire (5) by 79 runs with seven second innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5 30 or 6.0. HAMPSHIRE- First Innings (overnight: 285-6) Ayling not ow es SB 13 Jetteries not out-Extras (b2.

Ib11) Total (lor 6 dee). Bowling: Wasim 18-5-41-0; Allot! 21-8-31-0; Watklnson 13-4-32-1: Simmons 25-4-82-2; Folley 39-7-103-1; Hayhurst 8-1-18-1. LANCASHIRE First Innings Mendis Parks Andrew A Hayhurst Ayling Maru Falrbrother Terry Maru Jesty A Smith Jelferles- Watkinson Connor tW Hegg not out Wasim Akram not out Extras (b2. Ib7. w2, nbB) 22 80 as 8 6 1 48 10 Total (lor 5 dec, 87.1 overs) 2S1 Fall of wicketai 28.

139. 155. 203. 203. Bowllngi Andrew 14-1-52-1; Connor n-i-ay-i; Jewries ia-0-aa-i; Maru 34.1-13-73-2: Smith 1-0-1-0; Ayling o-z-zr-u.

HAMPSHIRE Second Innings Terry Ibw Allolt- 10 Smith not out- Nicholas Folley. Maru Ibw Folley fl A Smith not out 0 Total 3 wkts- Fan of wlcketsi 0, 10, 10. Umpires! Harris and Palmer. MIDDLESEX WORCESTERSHIRE Lord's! Worcestershire (3pts) lead Middle sex (3) by 333 runs with two lirsl innings wtCKeis in nana, looay: n.u to o.au or o.u. WORCESTERSHIRE First innings Curtis run out-G Lard Fraser- 108 17 78 37 12 1 22 1 12 7 38 A Hick Hughes- O'Oliveira Cowans.

'P A Neale Brown Fraser- Weston Fraser ts Rhodes not out- Newport Sykes Hughes lllingworth and Williams- Radford not out Extras (b5. Ib23. nblO) Total ((or 8) 333 Fall of wlekstsi 46, 156, 235, 260, 262. 287, 299. 318.

To bsti MeEwan. 100 overs! 297. MIDDLESEX 0 Carr, tK Brown. 'R Butcher, A Roseberry, A Needham, F. Sykes, Williams, Hughes, Olley.

ARC Fraser, Cowans. Umpirssi Leadbeater and Plows. SOMERSET NORTHAMPTON SHIRK Tsuntom Northamptonshire (7pts) are 74 runs behind Somerset (6) with seven second Innings wickets In hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 SOMERSET. First Innings 215 (W Oavla 5-92) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 129-3) Bailey Bartlert Jones SB Capel Burns Rose 33 Williams Felton Foster SB Wild Rose Jones 7 Ripley Burns Cook run out 24 Davis Felton Dredge 0 walker not oui ai Extras b2, IbS, wi, nb20) 20 Total (93 overs) 2SO fn of wtcsets comi 13s, ias, ids, ibo, zoo, 212.

Bowllngi Jones 20-1-81-3; Foster 13-d-zd-i; nose zb-b-oi-b; ureage 15-7-34-1: Waugh 9-3-17-1: Marks 8-5-14-0. A a Wi EST INDIES, with a nice sense ot his tory, chose the an niversary ot u-uay to establish a solid bridgehead in the First Cornhill Test. With the pitch on the first three days having been unreliable, it was vital to their effort that they were able to consolidate on the fine job that had thus far been done by Haynes, Richards and Hooper. In this they were certainly successful: Hooper went on to make a quality 84, and then an eigntn-wicket stand ot 91 oe tween Malcolm Marshall (72) and Curtley Ambrose (43) hammered home the advantage against a wilting attack. Richards declared shortly after tea, at 448 for 9, a lead for West Indies of .203.

It therefore left England a shade under four hours in which to save the match, by now their only option, and in the 31 overs bowled before stumps, Graham Gooch's 38 not out had helped them to 67 for 1, a deficit of 136. ENOLANDV-Flrst innings 245 (G A Gooch 73, 8 Broad 54: Marshall 6-69, CEL Ambrose 4-53). West Indies 264. (I A Richards BO, Haynes 60). WEST INDIES FIrt innings (overnight: 264-4) Hooper Downton OeFreitas 84 A Logie Gooch Pringle 20 Oujon and Dilley 18 Marshall Emburey 72 CEL Ambrose run out 43 A Walsh not out 3 Extras (b6, Ib8, nb14) 28 Total (lor 9 dec) 448 FaU of wickets conta 271.

309. 334. 425. 448. Bowling: Dilley 34-5-101-1; DeFreitas 27-S-93-2; Jarvis 18.1-1-63-2; Pringle 34-11-82-1; Emburey 16-4-95-2.

ENGLAND Second innings A Gooch not out Broad Oujon Amoroso- Gatting not out Extras (Ib4, nb1) 38 18 8 5 87 Total (lor 1) FeU of wicketst 39. Bowling! Marshall 8-2-14-0: Patterson 7- 2-17-0. Ambrose 8-3-13-1; Walsh 8- 1-19-0. Umpires: Birkenshaw and Bird. Malcolm yi WEARING pitch at EA Horsham meant that 16 1 wickets fell during the day for 308 runs scored, as Sussex go into the final day 55 ahead with eight second-innings wickets intact.

In the morning, Devon Malcolm had seen to it that the last four Sussex wickets added only 25 in 38 balls, but Derbyshire's first innings included four ducks in a total of 250, a deficit of 22. Captain Kim Barnett (67) and Peter Bowler (62) took the batting honours, while Tony Pigott twice took two wickets in two deliveries. At Liverpool, two wickets in the gathering gloom for Lancashire's left-arm spinner, IanFolley, helped to Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship OLAMORGAN KENT Cardiff! Glamorgan Opt) lead Kent (5) by 133 runs and have nine second Innings wick-els in hand. Today: 11.0 to S.3D or 6.0. GLAMORGAN First Innings (overnight: 274-7) Ontong not 120 Derrick not out 50 Extras (b11, IbS, nbl) IT Total (lor 7 dec) 360 Bowling: Ellison 27-9-69-0; Pienaar 20-3-53-1: Cowdrey 24-6-66-2; Cowdrey 15-8-20-1: Davis 36-11-94-2: Har-man 20-5-51-1 KENT First Innings Benson Shastri Taylor not out Hinds Ibw Shastri-Extras (M, Ib6, nb4) 54 112 72 f4, 252; Total (for 2 dec, 82.4 overs) ran or wicksisi oo.

Bowllngi Barwick 15-5-31-0; Thomas 13-1-37-0; Butcher 7-2-25-0; Ontong 20-1-SO-O; Shastri 23.4-2-59-2: Derrick 4-2-10-0 GLAMORGAN Second Innings A Hopkins Taylor Ellison, Morris not out tC Metson not out Extras (w1) Total (lor 1) Fell of wlcketsi 8. Umpires! Constant and Bond. SUSSEX DERBYSHIRE Horshami Sussex (7pts) lead Derbyshire (6) by 55 runs with eight second innings wickets in nana, loaay: n.u io o.au or o.u. SUSSEX First Innlnaa favernlaht: 247-6) tl Gould Malcolm 32 Klmber Manor Malcolm 8 ACS Pigott Goldsmith Malcolm 12 A Clarke not out A Babblnaton Goldsmith Warner Extras (bl, Ib10, w2, nb12) 2S Total 272 Fall of wickets corrK 255, 271, Z7Z. Bowllngi Mortensen 22-8-32-1: Malcolm 19-5-52-5; Warner 20.2-6-42-2; Roberts 5-2-14-0: Barnett 17-2-69-2: Sharma 14-3-32-0; Bowler 6-0-20-0.

DSRBVSHIRB First Innings Bowler Gould Pigott- 62 wrigm run out. 9 Roberts Gould Klmber- 2B Morris Gould Klmber- Goldsmith Pigott Klmber Maher Gould Bablnaton 3B Sharma Ibw Pigott Barnett A Wells Pigott ST A Warner not 26 0 Malcolm Ibw Pigott 0 Mortnsen Wells 2 Extras b4, IbS, w2. nb4) IB Total (80 overs)- a so Fal of wlekstsi 28, 70, 74, 80. 132, 132, 204, 247, 247. Bowllngi Pigotl 16-3-80-4; Bablngton 12-1-55-1; Wells 20-9-48-1; Klmber 20-7-44-3; Clarke 10-3-30-0; Lenham 2-0-3-0.

SUSSEX Second innings I Allkhan Malcolm. 1 1 26 2 3 33 A Green run out- Parker not out- A Weils not out Extras M. wi, nbl) Total (lor 2) Umpire! A A Jones and Shepherd. to A I USED to report cricket the old-fashioned way: fly round the world, go to the games. That's for cheapskates.

Now you can just sit in the ottice ana do it all off the phone. I did that yesterday; doubt it Tne uuara-ian can afford a repetition. There are four competing telephone commentary systems operating on Test matches this summer. Calls cost 38p a min ute full-rate, as the adverts say. That works out at 22.80 an hour or 137 per cricketing day, as they don't say plus extra time tor West Indian bowlers.

These services are known in the splendid British Telecom newspeak that surrounds this genre as "value-added" and result from the "liberalisation" of the industry. Isn't 1988 wonderful? Choice, that's the word. You can get the Radio Three service down the phone and save the cost of a radio, which could pro vide the textbook definition of being pennywise. You can dial BT's own Cricketcall service and get Colin Milburn's cheery voice, which is always worth hearing though one might wish to negotiate the price. There is Commentary Box, featuring Brian Close doing Dalek impressions.

And the starless Broadsystem. By next week there may be more; it is that sort of business at the moment. The Test grounds are acquiring whole congregations of commentators. And there are vast numbers of subsidiary ser vices such as Broadsystem's computer (which gives a slightly out-of-date score read by what I took to be a genuine Dalek) and BT's County Crick etcall. This actually does give something unavailable elsewhere: commentary on each county game and prospects of play 24 hours a day.

You could hang on the entire season for a mere 67,890. Or, from a phone box, 135,780. Of course, that's not the idea: the commentators, excluding the Radio Three chocky-cakers, are supposed to give the score after every ball. And they do, more or less. I made the aver- Results Soccer TOULON UNDER-21 TOURNAMENT.

England 2, Mexico 1. Golf POTOMAC OPEN. Flnil scorosi (US unless slated): 87 Halalsky 68, 66, 68, 72 (Won play-oH with par on 2nd extra hole). 274 Kite 67, 67. 71, 69.

STB Reid 69, 68, 67. 72: Sladler 70. 70. 64, 72. 211 Gilder 72, 65.

71, 69: Hallet 6a. 65. 72, 72. 378 I Mize 69. 70, 69, 70: Peete 6B, 70, 70, 70: 0 Mast 72, 68, 68, 70; Mahattey 68, 68, 68, 74.

27B Ft Maltbie 71, 72, 70, 66; 0 Watson (SA) 71. 70, 70, 68; Haas 69. 69, 68, 73: Armour 72, 65, 69, 73; Brooks 68, 67, 70, 74. Tennis STELLA ARTOIS GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT (Queens Club). Men's singles, First round Folgato (GB) bt Polier (Fr) 6-2.

6-3: Smith (Bah) bt Shaw (GB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Pridhsm (Can) bt Ooohan (Aus) 6-2, 6-3; Masur (Aus) bt Flur (US) 6-2. 7-5; Frsna (Arg) bl Reneberg (US) 7-6, 6-3: Ftach (US) bt Woodlorde (Aus) 2-6, 7-5. 6-0; MuUsr (SA) bt Shlras (US) 7-6, 6-3: Krlek (US) bl Davles (US) 5-7, 6-2. 6-3; Dyfca (Aus) bt Fulwood (GB) 6-4, 6-1; Sacsanii (WG) bl Wlnogradsky (Fr) 6-4, 6-4; Cash (Aus) bt Aldrlch (SA) 6-0, 6-1; Van Rsnsburg (SA) bt Nelson (US) 7-6. 7-5; Ssguio (US) bt Anger (US) 6-4 7-5; Forget (Fr) bt Anderson (Aus) 6-3, 6-4; Krishnan (Ind) bt A Maurer (WG) 6-7, 6-3.

6-0: Tiimsr (GB) bt Zivo-ilnovic (Vug) 6-2, 6-3; A Mansdorl (Is) bt Homeia (us) 7-0, 4-6, e-a; jenn (wgj at Chang (US) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1; Pats (US) bt Holmes (US) 6-4, 7-6. DOW CLASSIC WOMEN'S GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT (Edgbaston). First roundi Jasoard (Aus) bt Berken (US) 6-2, 6-3; Mlnter (Aus) bt Bykova (USSR) 7-5, 6-4; FairnanK (SA) ot Goaman (surrey) 6- Kraal (Swi) bl Walsh-Pete (US) 7- 5, 2-6, 6-4; Hurts (Avon) bt Burgin (US) 7-5. 7-6; Phelps (US) bt I Oemongeot (Fra) 6-4. 6-4; Pfaff (WG) bt Schimper (SA) 6-2.

6-2; Adams (US) bt Jollssaint (swi) 7-e, Bsnjimm usi MaKimi (US) 6-2, 6-7. 6-2: Rsla (US) bt Steln-melz (US) 6-1. 6-0: Inoua Mao) bt Heth- erington (Can) 7-6, 6-2; Salmon (Sussex) level with Smille (Aus) 6-7. 6-2. play suspended until tomorrow; Van Rsiubuvg -(SA) bt Lake (Devon) 6-3, 4-e, e-i; Whrta (US) bt Porwik (WG) 6-3, 6-7.

6-3; Parkhomenko (USSR) bt Yanagl (Jap) 6-0, 4-6. 6-1; LwHoff (US) bt Field (Aus) 6-2, 6-7. 6-3. Baseball AMERICAN LEAOUB Toronto 12. Boston 4: NY Yankees 9, Baltimore Detroit 6, Cleveland Minnesota 4, Oakland 3: Chicago White Sox 5, Texas 4: Kansas City 7, Seattle California 6, Milwaukee 5.

NATIONAL LEAdUC NY Mets 11. Chicago Cubs Philadelphia 6, St Louis 3: Montreal 3, Pittsburgh LA Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Atlanta 3, San Diego San Francisco 9, Houston 3. I Evening racing GOODWOOD S.SO (71)1 1, LORDSHIP, Hillis (12-1); 2, Superheat (7-2 Fav): 0, Run By (16-1). 15 ran. Sh hd.

i3. (R Akehurst) Tote: 16.30:' E44.00. 4.00. 1.50, 3.00. Dual 48.40.

CSF: 46.84. 7.00 (1m 4ini 1, TAPAQEUR, Hills (54 Fav); 2, Viceroy Melody (8-1); 3, Tang (8-1). 13 ran. 3, 1'2. (R Hills) Tote: 2.20: 1.20, 2.10.

5.90. Dual 5.70. CSF: 12.03. 7.2B 601 1, YOUNG INCA, I Johnson (5-1): 2, Niantamatiat (3-1 Fav); 3. Dement Vat-lay (11.2).

Stormy Praise 3-1 Fav. a ran. 2. (L Cornell) Tote: 6.80; 1.80, 1.40. tf.60.

Dual 11.90. CSF: 18.53. Tricaat: 72.63. NR: One Liner. 7.SS (2m am 1, HARLESTONB LAKE, Carson (6-1); 2, Roubayd (11-2); Tugboat (50-1).

Evaraldo 9-4 Fav. 7 ran 13. nk. (J Dunlop) Tote: 4.80; 2.00, 3.60. Dual 14.50.

CSF: 34.73. Trlcast: 1,342.51. NR: High Knowl. 8.2S (1m)i 1, PARK STREET, Pat Eddery (7-2 Fav); 2, AHpwa (8-1): 3, Nebula Way (9-2). 12 ran.

s4, Sh hd. (P Walwyn) Tote: 3.50: 1.50, 5.60, 1.80. Dual 55.80. CSF: 34.37. Trlcast: 127.44.

NR: Geoffrey's-Choice (Rule 4 15p). B.SS (6I 1, ZALAZL, Cauthen (8-15 Fav): 2, Trioao (5-2); 3, Ojaiidlflora (14-1). 6 ran. nk, 4. (H Cecil) Tote: 1.60; 1.20, 1.50.

Dual 1.80. CSF: 2.24. NR: Pellgroso. Middlesex Worcestershire Hick's skill disturbs a day of snoredom Fordham leg-before, bowled Bailey first ball and had Gould-stone caught low down at third slip. Northamptonshire were suddenly 15 for three.

There was also a catch put down at the wicket in that same extraordinary over, and later Larkins edged high between second and third slip. After that, Williams and Larkins brought some sanity to the cricket, offsetting the intermittent vagaries of the green wicket and seeing their county to 59 for three at the close. They had ended with an unlikely lead of 45 on first innings, an advantage due mainly to Williams and the last pair. Wil have vibrated to the sound of a thousand snores. Oddly, Hick has no recent form to speak of the championship: he came into this match with a highest score in his last six innings of 11 punctuated, of course, by that commanding 172 against the West Indians.

You would never have guessed he was in a mini-trough. It was draught Brakspears compared to the keg Websters served at the other pumps. One of the most remarkable aspects of this exceptional player is how completely his game is rooted in the orthodox. Most great batsmen and it must now be safe to grant Hick that accolade have quirks Rowing brose, and then Richards, de priving tne ungiana openers the luxury of a tea interval in which to prepare for the task ahead, declared with a 200 lead. The heavy roller did its job for England, allowing Broad and Gooch, painstakingly but solidly, to play themselves in against Marshall and Patterson.

Broad, however, just does not seem able to go on to the big scores at home that he makes away, and having made 18 he hung his bat out tamely at Ambrose with Dujon gleefully ac cepting the catch. Gooch, thougn, in spite 01 surviving a close low snout from Marshall (a round-the-wicket delivery has to be very special for that to be out) has looked solid and serious. He never so much as twitches his moustache when he's in, but if he's still there at 5 o'clock, he'll be forgiven if he breaks into hysterics Sussex At Cardiff, Neil Taylor continued his good season by scoring his first century of the summer as Kent declared at 252 for two. The opener's 112 came off 226 balls after Glamorgan had declared their first innings at 369 for seven, with Rodney Ontong on 120 not out. Nottinghamshire's Tim Robinson must have been a discouraged captain last night.

First he saw Warwickshire declare at the highest score made at Edgbaston this season, 300 for eight. Then he retired hurt after being hit by Paul Smith, as the prospective ex-champions struggled to 146 for five. Robinson later went to hospital for x-rays on his left knuckle. SOMERSET Second Innings A Fellon Ripley Davis 2 eo 40 13 IB 3 2 22 wyan capei Hardy Ripley Dayls- 5 rt waugn mprey uavis Bartlelt Ibw Wild IN Burns hit wkt Davis 'V Marks Ripley Wild ii Hose low wiiu Dredge Cook Capel- A im jones Bauey iapei- Foster not out Extras (Ib11. wll) Total 178 Fall of wteketai 10.

10. 84. 85. 102, 132, 166, 173, 175. Bowllngi Davis 15-0-54-4; Capel 10.5-0-63-3; wild 17-6-su-a.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Second'lnnlnge A Fordham Ibw Jones 3 Larkins not out- 41 Bailey Jones Gouldstone Hardy Jones. Williams not out Extras (nb4) 11 4 Total (lor 3) Fan of wlekstsi 15, 15, 15. Umpires! Meyer and Wight. WARWICKSHIRE NOTTiNaHAMSHIRE Edgbasteni Nottinghamshire (3pls) are 154 runs oenino warwicxsmre idj wun live nrsi Innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0.

WARWICKSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 185-4) A Storle Newell Cooper SB A Smith Ibw Cairns 38 A Reeve Ibw 24 Small not out 45 A Merrick Ibw Hammings 10 A Muhton not out 4 Extras 22 Total (lor 8 dec, 98.2 overs) 300 FaH of wickets conta 190, 228, 229. 288. Bowllngi Cooper 32-10-59-3; Cairns 25-2-89-4; Saxelby 22-5-92-0; Birch 10-3-34-0; Hammings 9.2-4-12-1. HOTTtHOHAMSHIRB First Innings Pollard Ibw Reeve Newell Smith Small- 28 18 23 18 34 3 7 IS Robinson retd hurt- Johnson Humpage Small- Kendall noi oui Birch Humpage Munlon-C Cairns Asll Din Merrick- Scott not out Extras (bl. IbS.

w3, nb2) Total (for 5. 69 overs) 146 Umpires! Kilchen and A Whitehead. YORKSHIRE SURREY Harrogatei Surrey (8pls) lead Yorkshire (1) by 200 runs with six first innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0. YORKSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 103-7) Robinson Ward Medlycott 88 Sidebottom sub Medlycott 36 Shaw Medlycott Feltham 2 Fletcher not Extras (b4, Ib4, nb4) 12 Total (58.1 overs) Fan of wickets contlnuedi 139, 142.

142 Bowllngi Bicknell 16-8-28-1: Feltham 21-5-52-2; Qrelg 9-1-28-3; Medlycott 10.1-4-19-4; Mays 2-0-7-0. SURREY First Hinlnos Clinton Swallow 101 34 31 36 17 60 64 9 .341 Smith Sharp Fletcher- siewart reta nun A Lynch Ibw Fletcher Ward Blakey Shaw- tC Richards net out Medlycott not out Extras (b2, IbS, nb2) Total (lor 4) Pan of Wlcketsi 59, 168, 195. 263. 100 overs! 334 Oslear and Lyons. people are using these numbers from their own phones; if so I have a useful tip.

All the normally-priced phone services from the dial-a-disc and recipe era have been abolished except three: the sponsored Speaking Clock, the weather forecast and, amazingly enough, the old Cricketline. It will almost certainly van ish after this season because, under the strange rules of this game. BT cannot either subsi dise or publicise it. But if you dial 1S4 (in London) you still get the score straight away for one-seventh the price of its rivals. No Daleks or chocky cake, promise.

And it's a secret. Cycling MILK RACrL Ssvmth stags (Chester to Shetlleld, 109 miles): 1, Millar (NZ) 4hr 30min 57sec; 2, A Teterek (USSR): 3, Sutton (PMS-Dawes): 4, Kozorek (Cz); 5, 0 Rayner (Raleigh-Banana) all same time; 6, Reiss (US) 4:31:17. Alsoi 19, Spratt (Ire) 20, Hoban (GB); 27, McCann (Ire); 38, Longboltom (GB); 39, Dunn (GB); 41, McCormack (Ire) all same time; 62, Walsh (Ire) 65, Harrington (GB) 4:41:10: 71, Young (GB) 72, Curran (GB) both same time. Overall atandbiBSi 1, I Ivanov (USSR) 30:46:21: 2, 0 Rayner (Raleigh Banana) 3, Bailey (US) 30:51:06: 4. Sutton (PMS-Dawes) 5, Kozorek (Cz) 6, A Timmis (Z-Peugeot) Alsoi 15, Longbottom (GB) 32, McCormack (Ire) 33, 1 Chivers (Ire) 41, Hoban (GB) 31:24:58: 42, Spratt (Ire) 45, Dunn (GB) same time; 48.

Young (GB) 49, Curran (GB) same time; 51, McCann (Ire) 57, Harrington (GB) 68, Walsh (Ire) 32:13:37. Teams! 1. NZ 13:37:38: 2, USSR 3, PMS-Dawes 4, Raleigh-Banana 5. Cz 6, US 13:38:03. Also: 11, Ireland 13, GB same time.

Standloflsi 1. USSR 2, US 92:36:16: 3, Cz 92:38:27: 4, England 5, GB 92:40:46: 6. PMS-Dawes 92:43:47. Alsoi 12, Ire 93:27:59. GIRO D'lTALML Fifteenth stags (Italian unless staled): 1, J-F Bernard (Fr) 2hr Omln 7sec; 2, Zimmermann (Swi) at 32sec: 3, Giupponi at 36sec.

Standings! 1, A Hamp-sten (US) 70:33:59: 2, Breukink (Nelh) at 42sec; 3, Zimmermann at 3:50. Motor Cycling INTERNATIONAL FORMULA 1 TT (226 miles). 750ee: 1, Dunlop (Honda) Ihr 56min 50.2sec (record lap 19min 5.8sec); 2, Jeneries (Honda) 3, Burnett (Honoa) 4. t-ogarty (Honoaj 2:00:19: 5, Iddon (Yamaha) 2:00:28.2: 6, Farmer (Suzuki) 2:00:12.4. Sidecar TT (113 miles): 1, BoddiceC Birks (Yamaha) 2, BurtonP Cushnahan (Yamaha) 1:04:6.4: 3, HowlesS Pointer (Yamaha) 1:04:35.8: 4, HallamS Parker (Windle) 5, BurcombeO Hardman (Yamaha) 6, 0 PlummerB Harris (Yamaha) 1:05:18.8.

Sailing NATWCST OLYMPIC WEEK (Weymouth). Third day (GB unless stated): 470's, Mem 1, Taylor: 2, Robinson; 3, Payne. Womsm 1, Lebrun (Fr); 2, Fewtrell; 3, Reed-Jones. Flyina Dutchman Mem 1. Doreste (Sp); 2.

A Etten (WG); 3, Yeoman. TomadM 1, White: 2, I Gray; 3, White. Stan 1, Mclntyre; 2, Hicks; 3, McNa-mara. Fmm 1, Crispin; 2, Tavinor; 3, Cole. SaHbearosi 1.

Edglngton; 2, Goody; 3. Blake. J24 NATIONAL C'SHIP (Torbay). Flrel Racei 1, Parkview (S Mount): 2, Oestructlor (R Eastaugh); 3, Joint Venture (C Slmmonds) Second Race! 1. Parsnip (E Warwick); 2 Joint Venture: 3, Showdown (A Hurst).

EDINBURGH S.4JS (51)1 1, BRUTUS, A Popley (7-2); 2, Balkan Leader (3-1 Fav); 3, Tradesman 11 ran. 3, hd. (Miss Slddall) Tote: 3.70: 1.30, 2.10, 5.30. Dual 10.00. CSF: 13.76.

Trlcast: 162.93. 7.16 (Sflt 1, IDENTITY PARADE, Outfield (13-8); 2, Becky Peep sight (5-1); 3, Premier Prince (Evens Fav) 4 ran. 3, 2'a. (M Prescolt) Tote: 2.60. Dual 3.40.

CSF: 8.25. 7.45 (1m)i 1, OREY RUM, Hodgson (11-2): 2, Wonderful WRBam (11-8 Fav): 3, Big AKeh (7-2). 7 ran. 1, nk. (W Pearce) Tote: 6.40; 2.50, 1.60.

Dual 6.00. CSF: 12.94. 8.1B (7IH 1, JANE'S BRAVE BOY, Wood (12-1): 2, TH WHow (33-1): 3, ShacSa'a Wimpy (7-1). Acapulco 9-4 Fav. 13 ran.

3., 1'3. (D Chapman) Tote: 19.70; 6.80. 7.00. 3.20. Oual 125.10.

CSF: 289.91. Trlcast: 2 66699 eVIS (ImX 1, BAHRAIN BRUME, Dut- flald (7-4): 2, Sandhurst Park (13-8 Fav); 3, My Ratbag (7-1). 8 ran. 3, 1. (M Prescott) Tote: 3.20; 1.30, 1.10.

2.10. Dual 2.30. CSF: 4.66. (im 41b 1, MAUPIERO Dutlleld (11-2); 2, Baiydurrow (IM Fav); 3, Ivor-eekl (8-1). 9 ran.

4, 3. (J Wilson). Tole: 9.10; 2.50, 1.60. 1.30. Dual 9.10.

CSF: 20.46. Trlcast: 111.31. Xalatl, rumoured to ha the beat two-ysar-old Henry Cecil has produced so far thla season, mads relatively heavy weather of It on his debut In aoodwood's B.B.C. Radio Kent Maiden Stakes, gatting home by only neck from Trioao. The Mark Preaeottasorgs Outfield combination landed a doubts at Edinburgh with Identity Parade, and Becky liams, in particularly perky, mooa, was out to a nara snoui-der-high catch at cover after nine boundaries in his.

55. The, eventual resistance of Cook and Walker added 48 runs and it took a run-out to shift them. Somerset, in again and uninhibited by two early reverses, still went off at a gallop with 76 runs in their first 10 overs. Waugh stretched effortlessly for his off-drives, and most of his eight fours were worthy components in a cameo of technique. Wyatt, a Somerset farmer's son deservedly back in the side, nearly carried his bat.

He was tenth out for 69, his best score since 1985. which set them apart stylistically from the merely good, which define their identity as clearly as a thumbprint. Hick, although an independent man, bats the way the frustrated cricket-lover always does in dreams. At least three of his 12 boundaries yesterday were unimprovable: a cover drive and a straight one off Cowans and a square cut which punished Hughes. It was a beautiful innings, ended when a Hughes nipper-backer did him through the gate.

Curtis once again claimed squatter's rights, occupying the crease for 100 overs in making 108, his first century of the summer. sitions are wrong: Fenny Chuter, the director of international rowing, and her coaches are doing what they think is best. The tragedy is that a national sports centre, Holme Pierrepont, which is one of the world's best courses, which has attracted two world championships and an unrivalled reputation for just how to run regattas much of the expertise coming from Nottingham is being wasted, and is getting a bad name among A further problem is that the' Sports Council has given two years' notice that it is pulling out of the joint management of. the centre with the Notting- hamshire County Council. Furthermore, the county council, who are committed to running the centre, threaten today to put a time limit on financial backing for a coach for the Notts County RA.

The NCRA has an outstanding record of British titles and world medals in its short history. Nottingham rowing must, nave good coaching, and the ARA must: address itself tc some lateral thinking about their only 2000-metre international regatta. Regatta in tatters Michael Hmderson at Lord's THE first day having been lost to rain, second-placed Worcestershire were beholden to get a move on yesterday against the leaders. Middlesex will not be unhappy with the way things went for, barring improbable events today, they cannot lose this game. On days like this and it really was a five-star crasher with Worcestershire spreading 333 runs for eight wickets thinly over 110 overs the beacon that is Graeme Hick burns ever brighter.

Had he not offered two hours of high-class batsmanship, Lord's would Sport in brief i French arrive in Africa Thirteen little-known French Rugby Union players have arrived in South Africa as part of a European XV who will he touring from June 7-25. The South African Rugby Board president, Danie Craven, said the board were negotiating to bring out more unnamed West European players. Athletics Jon Ridgeon, disappointed with his showing at the the UK Championships at Derby, has pulled out of today's meeting in Madrid. Steve Ovett will also be absent, due to illness. Steve Cram continues his Olympic preparation with a 1500 metres race in Casablanca on June 11, where David Sharpe competes ki the 800 metres.

Basketball The Great Britain women's basketball team stumbled on the road to Seoul when they were beaten 69-53 by France yesterday in a Group match in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia) in the 18-nation Olympic qualifying tournament. In Group the Republic of Ireland were beaten 68-41 by Canada. Christopher Dodd NOTTINGHAMSHIRE International Regatta is suffering from mental breakdown, partly brought about its inability to attract good crews from overseas, and compounded by the inability of the men's Olympic crews for whom this was supposed to be part of their programme to find their way up the Ml. Some had good reasons, like suffering from a virus or the knowledge that there was no decent competition. The regatta is living off the remnants of its last major sponsorship from Diners Club in 1984, and very likely will collapse next year if another sponsor is not found.

The sponsor is needed to draw people across the Channel or even the Atlantic; the potential competitors need to know that the top British crews will race them; and the Amateur Rowing Association, who are committed to the regatta, must ensure that its crews, as well as the many top officials present, attend. This is not to say that the Olympic squad's various dispo.