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THE GUARDIAN Saturday June 18 1988 SPORTS MEWS 13 Cricket Sports Politics Second Cornhill Test: Enqland West Indies, second day CCPR fears the Moynihan cuts ElairsIhiaOD pOsum is liragjflaiondPs mm Ml I Ml II IWII PIBMII II John Rodda Broad's six Test hundreds all havine been made abroad, and Mike Selvey at Lord's to contribute to the flourishing of the third-wicket stand by pointedly ignoring Marshall after a little burst of four overs first thing. Instead, the admirable, not to say unlucky, Walsh galloped in relentlessly from the Pavilion end and Ambrose from the Nursery. It was, unless Marshall was indisposed, a mystery. There was no mystery, though, about what happened when he finally did come back at twenty to three, after a 25-over break. By then, Gooch and Gower had added 54, with Gower scooting past Gooch to 46 before pulling a short ball from Walsh to deep square leg, and Lamb had got off the mark with a thumping cover drive that brought forth cheers from the packed house.

But then, like a matador appearing after the picadors have done their work, Marshall peeled off his sweater, and slaughtered England. Two balls, an outswinger past the outside edge, and one the other way, through the gate, did for Gooch after a stay of close on three-and-half hours. The trickle became a flood. in the way Moynihan is hinting at raises "an issue of He reminds the Minister, that the CCPR, among others, was worried when he described the Sports Council as "the Government's executive Eames points out that under the Royal Charter, the Council is independent of Government. "I believe that if you decide to reduce the number of Sports Council members to 18 or less it would be both right and consistent with the Royal Charter for at least one third of their number to be CCPR nominees," Eames said.

"Overall you appear to be determined on a policy of minimising or attempting to belittle or reduce the role and responsibility of the CCPR." Eames has told the Minister he is also concerned about the way he embarks on piecemeal changes. The Minister will have the opportunity to allay fears, or elaborate on his role of surgeon, when he speaks at the CCPR annual meeting in London next week, where the Duke of Edinburgh, as president, will take the chair. It was the Duke, in the early Seventies, who urged the CCPR to remain in being as the voice of sport when the Sports Council, Government-funded with around 40 million this year, took over its hardware, the national sports centres. ETa3HERE was one unareu I able lesson to be learned from the second day of the second Test yesterday. It is that, ultimately, at the highest levels, class will win through.

Luck had been with England on the first day losing the toss, for example and coupled with Graham Dilley's skill, they carried a distinct advantage into the second. At this point, the luck ran out. With the sky still heavily overcast, the West Indian seam-ers, led inevitably by Malcolm Marshall, tormented the England batsmen. They did so to the extent that, from the relatively solid base of 112 for two, eight wickets fell for 53 in the afternoon and England were bowled out for 165. The soft underbelly of their batting had been cruelly exposed.

A deficit of 44 is the equivalent of giving Greenidge and Haynes a handicap start in a single-innings match: when bad light finally stopped play for the day, the pair had increased the lead to 60. Spectators vented their feelings by throwing hundreds of seat cushions on to the outfield. After Emburey's first euphoric day in the field as captain, it came as a disappointment, but one which was never within his powers to control. It is a fact of life that the top part of the England batting order in this match is vulnerable, to say the least. It has to be viewed in the context of the opposition and the venue and, that being the case, the top six at present contains two players, Gooch and Gower, who can seriously be regarded as Test class; two, Broad and Lamb, who are dwelling on reputation (there is nothing wrong with backing players who have done a job in the past, out witn Gallows I Four out of six Marshall II 1 1 1 WOM iwac celebrates Downton's demise Somerset earn a half-share COLIN MOYNIHAN, the Minister for Sport, urgently wants to prune the Sports Council, but has run into conflict with the Central Council of Physical Recreation about who is to go.

Moynihan intends to make the Sports Council, which has 30 members, "substantially smaller," and clearly has the six CCPR nominees in his sights. Under the Royal Charter the CCPR, which comprises the governing bodies of sports and leisure pursuits, has a right to suggest names of members, and successive Ministers for Sport have regarded its input as being the voice of British sport. Moynihan now wants to end this arrangement and has written to the CCPR chairman, Ron Eames, to tell him so. He does not spell out the extent of his pruning, but his letter is being interpreted by the CCPR as an indication that it might lose its role altogether and merely be called in on an occasional consultative basis. There is, too, the worry that Moynihan will follow the pattern implemented in Scotland, where members of the Sports Council staff fill the gaps in a heavily-reduced Council.

Eames, in his response to the Minister, says that cutting back Motor Racing Senna Alan Henry In Detroit YRTON SENNA under-ijTL lined his intention to sfrlscore a second successive Detroit Grand Prix victory on Sunday by dominating Friday's first qualifying session on the bumpy, challenging street circuit in the tacky, run-down surroundings of America's motor city. Detroit is regarded by many as the wild card in the Fl pack, but Senna thrives on the bumps, ripples and unpredict able, changes in the track surface -which enable him to display- all his versatility and improvisation as wen as absolute precision. It is a difficult circuit on which to settle to a rhythm, a combination of narrow streets and symmetrical, guardrail-lined corners without even the luxury of kerbine to stand between a perfect lap and broken suspension. It is significant that Senna's team-mate, Alain Prost, hates the place, openly confessing that he has never come to grips with it. Yet despite those reser Athletics speeds for Gatting four years since the last of Lamb seven, it is a point worth making); one, Moxon, an average opening bat, brought in to replace Gatting, an above-average middle-order batsman; and Pringle, who as No.

6 is as miscast as Bernard Manning's Hamlet. To expect this sextet, on current form, to take on West Indies bowlers in their current form, is asking a bit much. Only Gooch and Gower were able to cope, and these in markedly contrasting styles. Gooch has been in stupendous form this year, with a first-class average in excess of 100. Yet such was the control that the West Indian bowlers were able to exert that of the 68 runs added before lunch he was able to contribute only 16.

In that time, Moxon had been taken at first slip by Richards off Ambrose. The only batting of substance came when Gooch and Gower were together, with Gooch, shackled, content to hang in there while Gower played one of his cameos. Curiously, Richards appeared WEST INDIES- First innings 209 (A Logle 81. Dujon S3; Dillay 5-55, Small 4-64). ENQLAND First Innlnas (overnight: zo-ii A Gooch Marshall 44 Moxon Richards Ambrose 28 I Gower Sub Walsh 48 A Lamb Ibw Marshall 10 Pringle Oufon Walsh 1 tp Downton Ibw Marshall 11 'J Emburey Patterson 7 Small not out Jarvis Haynes Marshall 7 Dilley Marshall Extras (Ib6.

nb2) 8 Total 185 Fatt of wlckata conb 58. 112. 129, 134, 140. 153. 157.

165. Bowling: Marshall 18-5-32-6: Patterson 13-3-az-i: Ambrose iz-i-33-i; vvaisn 16-6-36T-2. WEST INDIES Second Inning Greenidge not out-D Haynes not out 12 4 18 Total nor 0). Bowling la date: Dilley 3 2-0-13-0; Small 3-0-3-0. Umpires: Palmer and Shepherd.

humour suggest he does know when he is in danger of looking ridiculous. And he could claim a small tactical success by partially distracting attention from England's pitiful batting. The controversy about Gatting's book completely outstrips the content. The Faisa-labad chapter is bland to the point of tedium. And people who have waded through the entire volume say it is even more turgid than most books of this sort.

Cricket has an age-old tendency towards useless censorship. Cecil Parkin of Lancashire was accused of Bolshevism when he attempted a few mildly critical paragraphs in an otherwise forgotten volume shortly after the First World War. Jim Laker was actually barred from The Oval 30 years ago because of one. small passage in a book called Over To Me. He returned to be chairman of their cricket committee and one of the most revered figures in the game.

One- of cricket's most enchanting features is that shame is much more transient than glory. Just over three years ago England's current captain and vice-captain, Emburey and Gooch, were banned from Test cricket for their visit to South Africa. And Gatting will almost certainly be back in the team at Old Trafford in 12 days' time. England need his bat ting, a point conclusively proved yesterday. The "investigating panel" now being set up to deal with Gatting will find it hard to be severe if the supposed villain spends the rest of the summer out there heroically playing Marshall off his nose again.

Total forgiveness might take at least a few weeks, however. I asked a TCCB official if he knew where the launch party for the book was being held. "Tyburn," he replied, bowl at all. But Byas, the opening batsman, did. Curious.

A woeful lack of effectiveness on a wicket which offered the seamer considerable help throughout the first five sessions, allied to inaccuracy, provided damning evidence. Wednesday afternoon, when Warwickshire were bowled out for 81, seemed a different world. Munton, sent in as nightwatchman, survived for two hours and 90 balls without alarm. His bowling provides the best point of reference for Side-bottom, Shaw and Dennis the second time round. Whereas his 25 overs in, the Yorkshire second innings cost 35 runs, they strayed in line and length.

Moreover Munton took four wickets. Unwelcome guest Pringle, goodness knows why, tried to hook a short ball from Walsh and gloved it down the leg side to Dujon, and Lamb, for the second time in three knocks, shuffled in front to Marshall. Emburey then received a roasting from Patter son, before essaying a horrible and infinitely forgettable stroke and losing his off-stump, The rest was Marshall Downton Ibw to an inswmger, Jarvis caught at mid-on from a slower ball (an irony in getting out to Marshall's slower one, as it is usually the faster one that produces nightmares) and Dilley bowled first ball. in 10 overs, Marshall naa taken five for 13 six for 32 in all and transformed the match. Class, pure, unadulterated class.

Hants Middlesex Captain Mike lords it with a century David Foot at Basingstoke MIKE GATTING is a cussed man. He scored a hundred for Middlesex on the day England's batting crumbled, as if assuring the distant Test selectors that any peccadilloes were relegated for ever to the bottom of his cricket bag and inviting, them to embrace him once more. Throughout the match it has been hard to divorce Gatting completely from Lord's. At the moment the Festival crowd were being told England were all out, the self-deposed skipper was on his knees. It was not exactly an act of supplication he had just been hit above the heart by Connor.

From his demeanour, he clearly willed himself to reach that century. It took him three hours and for the most part was solid and unspectacular: with 18 boundanes and some strok ing of the jutting, bearded chin. Three ot those tours ot his came in the form of a late bonus ofT Robin Smith's sole over. Hampshire were then doing their unavailing best to sustain Middlesex's interest in going for a result. Gatting would ap parently have liked Nicholas to declare a few overs earlier than he had.

The declaration came at 312 for nine, when Turner had got The little. Wiltshireman had 'seldom looked in serious trouble during his stay of 316 minutes. The 21 boundaries were struck with spirit and wise discernment rather than, judging at times from the angle of the bat, the epitome of style. But. he has been a bonny servant to the county.

Angus Fraser was by far the best of the Middlesex bowlers with a match haul of 11 wickets. His six for 68, off that slightly ungainly run and deceptive hostility, was a career best. Middlesex, left to score 300, were still 146 off a winning target when the final 20 overs arrived, and the match ended with them on 186 tor tour. bat and ball None of the Yorkshire bowlers looked likely to part Asif and Munton yesterday morning. When Shaw did dismiss Asif, Swallow holding a good catch at mid-wicket, Warwickshire were only five runs short of the 206 they needed.

Asif had played correctly for 77. Munton had defended ably by-planting his left foot firmly down the pitch. This was Warwickshire's fourth win, achieved without two main bowlers, Small and Merrick, and a key batsman, Kallicharran. That team spirit is high can be gauged by the determined way they fought back after being dismissed for a song on the first day. Esprit de corps may soon be high on the Headingley agenda again.

PHOTOGRAPH: FRANK BARON shire, they lost half their side for 114 after a three-for-one burst by Mike Watkinson, before the Cowdrey brothers saw them safely home. Lancashire were bowled out for 203. It would have been worse but for Wasim Akram briefly leaving his sick-bed to help Jack Simmons put on 53 for the ninth wicket. Pace bowlers enjoyed another profitable day elsewhere. David Lawrence had a spell of four for nought in his seven for 85 to lead Gloucestershire to an eight-wicket win over Essex; John Derrick took a career-best six for 54 for Glamorgan; and Martin Bicknell, a 19-year-old Surrey seamer who failed to take a Cambridge University wicket in the.

first innings, got nine in the second. YORKSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE Headlngley: Warwickshire (20pls) beat Yorkshire (Spts) by seven wickets. YORKSHIRE First innings 163 (D Byas 57; A A Donald 5-57). WARWICKSHIRE. First innings 81 (C Shaw 4-17).

YORKSHIRE Second innings 123 (T A Munton 4-35, A A Donald 4-36). WARWICKSHIRE Second Inning (overnight: 112-2) Asil Din Swallow Shaw 77 A Munton not out 13 A Storie not out 4 Extras (bio. IbB. nb2) 20 Total (lor 3) 20O Fan oi wickets conb zui. Bowllngi Sldebottom 18-7-43-1: Dennis 19-4-73-0: Shaw 23.4-10-46-2; Catrick 8-5-10-0; Byas 4-0-16-0.

Birkenshaw ana Hassan. Other matches SURREY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY The Ovab Surrey beat Cambridge University by 149 runs. The Parfcsi Match drawn. SURREY. First innings 309-3 (P Atkins 114no.

Thorpe 100, Bicknell 62). CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. First innings 266-7 dec (M A Atherton 86. Atkinson 73: Bullen 4-56). SURREY Second Inning (overnight: 10-0) Bicknell Atherton Potter 29 Bullen Athurton Tremellen 88 0 Ward Turner Perry 1 Zahid Sadlq Atherton Fenton 84 Atkins Atherton Fenton 8 Thorpe run out 8 Kendrlck not out 8 Peters not 2 Extras (IbIS, wl) 18 Total (for 6 dec)- 182 Fall of wkkettt 49.

63. 117. 166. 178, 184. Bowllngi Fenton 18-4-49-2: Perry 11-3-47-1; Pointer 9-1-39-1; Tremellen 5-0-13-1: Atherton 8-1-29-0.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Second Inning Noyes Thorpe Blcknell- 2 2 22 11 iremenen brown uray- A Atherton Brown Bicknell. Atkinson Sadiq Bicknell Heath Sadiq Bicknell Bate Bicknell Turner Brown Bicknell A Porter Kendrlck Bicknell-J Perry Bicknell 11 28 1 88 rtart nor out- Fenton Bicknell-Extras (nb1) Tolal Fall of wloketa: 4, 9, 10, 27, 27, 49. 50, 81. 86. Bowllngi Gray 9-3-21-1: Bicknell 13-3-45-9: Peters 2-0-15-0; Kendrlck 2-1-5-0.

Umpires: Rhodes and Palmer. OXFORD UNIVERSITY NOTTS The Parks! Match drawn. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE First Innings 405-7 dec (J Birch 114no, Johnson 104). OXFORD UNIVERSITY. First innings 228-3 dec (M A Cowley 98, Kllborn 78).

Bowllngi Saxelby 18-5-42-0; Millns 15-0-52-1; Evans 17-4-52-2; Fraser-Dar-llng 2-0-8-0; Birch 19-0-83-0. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Second Innings Newell Ibw Sygrove- 11 82 88 2 123 foitara low Nunaii- Martindale not out-P Johnson not out Extras (Ib2) Total (lor 2 dec)! FaH of wkkelsi 9. 15. Bowllngi Sygrove 12-1-60-1; Nuttall 5-1-12-1: Weale 8-0-37-0: Crawley 2-0-12-0. OXFORD UNIVERSITY Second Inning a urawiey i-raser-uuimiu bvans- 41 4 2 18 A Hagan Evans Saxelby- r.iiooiR scon saxeioy Brown Evans Evans- A Polklnohorne Birch Evans 8 Weale c-Fraser-Darllng Evana 24 A Almaer Ibw Birch 28 I Henderson not out Bl 0 Nuttall not out 14 Extras (b4.

Ib4, nbl) Total (lor 7) 182 Ml nt urlakMu 28. 30. 54. 67. 75.

98. 142. Bowllngi Saxelby 17-4-35-2: Millns 5-0r15-0; Evans (KP) 10-1-26-1; Fraser-Dar-llng 10-4-22-0; Evana (RJ) 20-8-40-0: Newell 3-2-1-0: Birch 8-5-14-1; Johnson 2-1-1-0. Wight and teie. Matthew Engel 7 HE Test and County Cricket Board's literary publicity department staged yet another coup yesterday on behalf of Mike Gat-ting's autobiography by banning it from the nation's cricket grounds.

The Board's chief executive, A Smith, has written to all the counties, "urging most strongly" that they should not sell the book Leading From The Front at the shops around their boundaries. It is officially a request rather than an instruction; but Smith said he would ask why if any county ignored the letter. Copies have already disappeared from Lord's. It is not known whether samizdat versions are circulating among dissident members trying to avoid the baleful glare of the stewards. "We are perfectly aware that in doing this we are drawing attention to the book," Smith said, "but it is consistent with what he have said so far.

We know people can go the road and buy irffom Smith's, we're not tSaFstupid. But if the Board were to profit from the sales of the book it could rightly be criticised." Smith, who spends much of his working life censoring players's ghosted memoirs, refused to clear Gatting's book because Gatting had a contractual obligation not to comment on matches he had played in until two years afterwards. The autobiography includes a chapter giving Gatting's side of the Faisala-bad affair. The parallels with Spy- catcher are almost too obvious to mention: this is farce replayed as parody. But Smith's remarks yesterday on vations the Frenchman planted his McLaren-Honda second on the provisional grid for Sun-' day's race, 1.5 seconds behind his Brazilian team-mate.

"I shouldn't like this track even if I was on pole position by half a minute," he said. The third fastest was Gerhard Berger's Ferrari, with Britain's Nigel Mansell putting in a heroic performance to qualify his Williams-Judd fifth, fractionally behind the Benetton-Ford of Alessandro Nan-nini. Despite another failure of the troublesome computer-controlled, reactive-suspension system during the morning's untimed session, Mansell shrugged aside his continuing reservations about the car to record a splendid time. The sixth fastest was the stylish Belgian Thierry Boutsen, in the second Benetton, but the world champion, Nelson Piquet, was overtaken by the same street-circuit blues which beset him at Monaco, qualifying tenth after an elementary, almost inexplicable, second-lap spin into the concrete wall in the morning. Since Harmsworth is a member of the Minet Olympic relay squad and was a member of the British team which ran 3min 1.12sec a year ago, the sixth fastest ever achieved by a national team, Norman's argument might have more to do with the fact that television does not like guest competitors in matches because it confuses the viewer.

Television does pay a lot of money to the sport, and anything to help them avoid untidy presentation should be considered. But with the days to Olympic selection vanishing fast, the considerations of all those who have a chance of success ought to have high priority. The meeting organisers were more concerned yesterday with the vast number of changes in the Soviet team. From a British point of view there will be Linford Christie and John Regis in the sprints, Sebastian Coe in the 800m, Jon Ridgeon and Colin Jackson in the 110m hurdles and in the javelin, Fatima Whitbread and Tessa Sanderson. PJ Newport Cowans I A Greig ST Clarke TM Alderman Parsons A Sldebottom A Walker PJWAIIolt Cooper FOSIephenson GJFFerris DE Malcolm WW Davis DAGraveney KM Curran SJW Andrew 205 233.1 199.3 167.3 244 122.3 203.1 175.1 254.2 382 328 179 194.4 198.2 167.3 126.5 195.5 39 694 63 538 37 535 52 364 61 653 40 287 68 422 47 459 81 516 113 941 68 688 38 458 48 539 35 631 62 297 22 429 56 500 44 15.77 34 15.82 32 16.71 21 17.33 37 17.64 16 17.93 23 18.34 25 18.36 28 18.42 50 18.82 47 18.89 24 19.08 28 19.25 32 19.71 15 19.80 21 20.42 24 20.83 Sunday's fixtures REFUOB ASSURANCE LEAOUE (2.0-7.0 unless stated).

Knyperslayi Derbyshire Worcestershire. Bawngstaliei Hampshire Nottinghamshire. OM Trafferdt Lancashire Gloucestershire. Leicester! Leicestershire Sussex, tutont Northamptonshire Middlesex. Bathi Somerset Surrey (1.304.30).

Eogbastoni Warwickshire Kent. Sheffield Yorkshire' Essex. MINOR COUNTIES KNOCKOUT COMPC-TmOM. OuarUr-flnalsi cfcaadl Hulmei Cheshire Lincolnshire. Sherbomei Dorset Cornwall.

Oxford) Oxfordshire Hertfordshire. Pramllnghami Sulfolk Cambridgeshire. OTHER MATCH. Lincoln Lincolnshire Australian Aborigines. Neil Mallender swung, but could not make the extra run.

Somerset, set 251 to win in 172 minutes, entered the last 20 overs still needing 137, before Waugh (85 off 91 balls) put on 86 in 12 overs with Vic Marks. The Aussie who has taken a shine to Bath was seventh out, caught on the boundary, leaving a target of 19 runs off 11 balls. Jameson, who has led a few run chases in his time, helped out Sussex because of a back injury to Ian Gould. Rehan Alikhan kept wicket, while the 46-year-old former England opener, now Sussex's coach, took his place in the field. Kent went through rather less turmoil at Tunbridge Wells beforengaining their fifth successive championship win.

Needing 151 to beat Lanca- LEAGUE TABLE 0 8 5 12 Bt Bl Pts Wore (8 21 26 127. Kent (14) 8 5 3 0 Olouc(10) 7 4 12 Mlddx(ie) 8 4 2 2 Warks(IS) 7 4 12 Essex (12) 7 3 3 1 S'ut(ll) 9 2 3 4 N'hanls(7) 7 3 13 Ule(3) 8 2 15 Notts (1) 9 2 6 1 Sumy (4) 7 2 2 3 Lane (2) 7 2 3 2 Derby (fl) 7 2 14 Susan (17) 8 14 3 Hani (5) 8 13 4 GUm (13) 8 0 3 5 York (8) 7 0 4 3 Somerset total includes 8pls 17 25 122 18 20 102 13 25 1 02 14 23 101 19 20 87 22 25 14 23 20 27 12 34 13 25 12 21 17 15 14 25 8 26 13 19 8 22 87 as 70 78 70 65 64 95 BO 32 30 lor a drawn match in which scores finished level. 1987 positions in brackets. LEICESTERSHIRE GLAMORGAN Leicester: Leicestershire (Bpts) drew with Glamorgan (5pts). LEICESTERSHIRE.

First innings 313-7 oec il rotter so, wnnaxer wj. GLAMORGAN First innings 246 (J A Hopkins 71. Ontong 66no; Ferris 4-51). LEICESTERSHIRE Second inning (overnight: 14-0) A Cobb Maynard Thomas 8 Briers Maynard Barwick 80 Willey Maynard Barwick Whltaker Butcher Derrick 43 Potter Butcher Barwick 23 Lewis Derrick 8 Agnew Thomas Derrick 12 Hepworth Derrick 1 IP Whitticase and Derrick Ferris Derrick-: Taylor not out Extras (Ib2, wl, nb1) 4 Total- 184 Falof wlckotal22, 23,99, 137. 146, 146, 147.

147, 153. Bowllngi Thomas 10-4-26-1; Van Zyl 11-2-33-0; Barwick 22-5-49-3: Derrick 18.3-6-54-6. GLAMORGAN Second Inning A Butcher not out A Hopkins Ferris Morris Whitticase Lewis- 23 7 15 13 13 71 Maynard not out- Extras (b4, Ib3, w3, nb3). Total ((or 2). FaH of wlckalti 11.

46. Bowllngi Ferris 9-0-23-1; Agnew 9-4-16-0; Lewis 5.1-1-22-1 Taylor 2-1-3-0. Umpires) Oslear and Bond. ESSEX GLOUCESTERSHIRE IHord! Gloucestershire (24pts) beat Essex (4pts) by eight wickets. GLOUCESTERSHIRE First Innings 370 (C Athey 76.

Russell 64no). ESSEX First innings 188 (A Lilley 80no; Alderman 6-41). ESSEX Second Inning (overnight: 41-1) Hardie Lloyds Lawrence 38 Prlchard Alderman Lawrence- 2 A Border Alderman Lawrence A Lilley Russell Lawrence Miller Balnbridge Alderman 24 to East Romalnes Lawrence 134 A Foster Slovold Lawrence 10 Topley Russell Lawrence 20 Lever Alderman Chllds not out 1 Extras (Ib3 nb4) 7 Tolal 248 Fa of wlckata conb 54, 54, 54, 57, 104, 138, 211, 212, Bowllngi Alderman 20-2-84-3; Lawrence 17.5-4-85-7; Curran 10-O-68-0; Balnbridge 2-0-9-0. GLOUCESTERSHIRE Second Inning A Slovold Foster Mlller. A Wright East Childs Romalnes not Athey not out Extras (Ibl) 28 10 12 8 1 80 Tolal ((or 2).

FaH of wkkatsi 32. 50. towNngi Foster 6-1-9-0; Lever 2-0-12-0; Childs 8-1-24-1; Miller 4.3-0-23-1. Umpire! Balderatone and Lyons. Today's fixtures CORNHILL INSURANCE SECOND TEST (11.0-6.0).

Lord'st England West Indies. BRITANNIC ASSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (11.O-6.30).-Dwbyi Derbyshire Worcestershire. Swtfharantoni Hampshire Nottinghamshire. OMTraffordi Lancashire, Gloucestershire. Ulaeslan Leicestershire Sussex.

Lutora Northamptonshire Middlesex. Wptmteni Warwickshire Kent lUeffliliti Yorkshire Essex. OTHER rtumber-slde Australian Aborigines. Robert Pryce THE greenest teams in county cricket produced the most vivid play in yesterday's championship matches, as Somerset finished level with Sussex. After Paul Parker's century in 159 balls, Tim Scriven's first first-class wicket, another superb innings from Steve Waugh, even John Jameson's stately reappearance in whites, it all came down to the last ball of the day, which, as fate and Parker would have it, was bowled by one of the least likely choices for the task: not just a spinner, not just an inexperienced spinner, but an inexperienced feg-spinner.

Well, Somerset needed three to win. Andy Clarke spun, Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship KENT LANCASHIRE Tunbridge Water Kent (23pts) beat Lancashire (5pts) by live wickels. LANCASHIRE. First Innings 199 (C Cow drav 4-36. Pienaar 4-771.

KENT First innings 252 (C Tavare 63; Allan 6-86). LANCASHIRE Second Inninae (overnight: 90-5) Jesty Marsh Penn 20 Wasim Akram Taylor Penn 33 tw Heaa Hinks Pienaar 12 Allot! Hinks Pienaar 24. Simmons not out 40 I Folley Ibw Penn 4 Extras (Ib6. wl. nbl) S.

Total SOS FaH of wfctnts conb 91, 125. 126. 179. Bowllngi Penn 22.5-7-60-5; Pienaar 26-7-96-3; 5 uoworey KENT Second Innings Ft Benson Hughes Allott- 38 17 24 Tavlor Hegg Watkinson- Tavare Hughes Watkinson 4 5 Minus ano waiRinson- Pienaar Ibw Allolt 21 Cowdrey not out 20 Cowdrey not out 18 Extras (IbB. nb4) 12 Total ((or 5) 1S4 Fall of wfekatsi 57.

76. 86. 93. 114. Bowllngi Allot! 23-8-56-2: Watkinson Z0.3-3-W-3; r-oiiey r-u-zr-u.

Umpires! A A Jones and Meyer. SOMERSET SUSSEX Bathi Somerset (13pts) finished level with Sussex (4ot5l. SUSSEX. First innings 3206 dec (R A Alik han 98, 1 Gould 69no, A wells 64). SOMERSET.

First innings 276-6 dec (S Waugh 137). SUSSEX i Second inning (overnight: 12-1) I Alikhan Mallender 20 a Parker not out 101 A Wells Ibw Scrivens 38 Wells not out 30 Extras (Ib3 nb4) 7 Total ((or 3 dec). 208 Fall of wlckata conb 56. 139. Bawling: Jones 8-0-29-0; Marks 23-4-81-1: Mallender 7-1-21-1: Rose 6-O-30-0; Scrivens 16-4-42-1.

SOMERSET Second inning Hardy Clarke- 40 4 38 as 40 2 22 18 wyatt Bunting Barllett Klmber Waugh Klmber Wells. Marks Green Clarke Rose ClarKe- tN 0 Burns Parker Wells. Pringle not out A Mallender not out Extras (b10, Ib6) Total (lor 7) 850 FaH of wfeketsi 16, 65, 114. 200. 200, 203.

232. Bowllngi Threllall 9-1-18-0: Bunting 5-1-14-1; Wells 17-2-69-2: Clarke 21-1-98-3; Kimber 7-0-35-U UmpJrMi Evans and Julian. HAMPSHIRE MIDDLESEX BasJnastokei Hampshire (4pts) drew Willi Middlesex (4pls). HAMPSHIRE First Innings 138 (A Fraser 5-34, Gowans 4-33). MIDDLESEX.

First innings 149 (C A Con nor 4-61). HAMPSHIRE Second Inning (overnight: 226-7) Turner not out Maru Ibw Fraser 27 A Connor Olley Fraser 1 Andrew not out 4 Extras (b5, Ibie, nD6) Total (lor 9 dec)- 312 FaM of wickets conb 271, 273.. Bowllngi Cowans 11-0-26-1; Fraser 32-9-68-6; Hughes 28.2-5-63-0: Tulnell 39-10-96-2; Galling 8-1-21-0; Sykes 4-0-17-0. MIDDLESEX Slack Terry Maru 42 0 104 8 17 2 0 .188 4 0 Carr Parks Connor Gait no st Parks Maru. Sykes Parks Andrew Butcher not out Brown not out- Extras (lb2, wl, nb6).

Total (lor 4). mn.nHMip i.i in, iwi. Bowllngi Andrew 15-6-25-1; Connor 14-4-38-1; Maru 21-8-87-2; Ayllng 7-1-22-0; James 6-1-21-0; Smith (CL) 2-0-0-0; Smith nn 1111 IH) i-v-m-. John Rodda TWO empty lanes, and a British athlete with Olympic ambitions fuming on the trackside denied an opportunity to use one, seems a puzzling state of affairs at a time when every effort is being made to build a team for Seoul. Paul Harmsworth, a member of the 400m relay squad in Britain's match against Soviet Union and France in the Pearl Assurance international match at Portsmouth tomorrow, has had his request to run in the individual event as a guest turned down.

Andy Norman, the promotions officer of the sport, tried to shoulder the responsibility yesterday, saying that with a time of only 46.02sec to his credit Harmsworth did not deserve such a place and anyway he had been offered races elsewhere. But Norman did admit that in the women's 800m there will be two guest runners, Janet Bell and Dawn Gandy, "who need the competition and who cannot get it First class averages Yorkshire Warwickshire Munton shows up failings with BATTINO OuaUfKMUom 8 Innings, Average 41.76 I NO Runs HS Avg 10 0 1015 275 101.50 15 1 1282 405' 91.57 10 2 677 137 84.62 8 3 358 102' 71.60 12 3 599 169' 66.55 14 2 749 159' 62.41 13 4 560 101 62.22 9 2 428 123 61.14 9 1 487 136 60.87 13 2 665 151' 60.45 10 1 486 144 54.00 10 4 322 120' 53.66 13 2 588 145 53.45' 9 1 420 103- 52.50 17 2 775 131 51.66 8 0 403 117 50.37 13 0 647 210 49.76 15 2 638 158' 48.92 14 0 631 175 45.07 11 4 306 69 43.71' 12 1 468 144 42.54 10 2 339 101 42.37 18 0 668 101 41.75 A Gooch A Hick SB Waugh Richards A P. Border Bowler PWGParker CWJ Athey 0 Crowe A Atherton Pienaar Ontong JJ Whltaker A Lynch TS Curtis Holmes Qattlng Asil Din Barnett BC Russell A Bulcher A Lamb Ballev signifies Nal out BOWLINO OuaUfloatlonilS wkketa, airaragai 80.83 RunsWMs Avg GC Small 178.2 62 355 30 11.83 NF Williams 142.3 28 387 28 14.88 ARCFraser 268.4 85 538 35 15.37 PA Smith 82.3 8 232 15 15.46 PW Jarvis 168.2 40 424 27 15.70 Michael Henderson at Headlngley YORKSHIRE'S championship record goes from bad to worse. It is now seven games, no wins and bottom place. Defeat by Warwickshire yesterday was their latest disaster.

No batsman has topped three figures this summer and none looks like doing so. Blakey, the brightest hope, has been mysteriously dropped. Of far greater concern is the bowling, which relies excessively on Jarvis for its thrust and lacks variety. Cat-rick trusted himself with only eight overs in this match while Swallow, an ofT-spinner who would appear to be played for his batting, did not get a nampwwo ana nniw..