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THE GUARDIAN Friday July 22 1988 Cricket Fourth Test England West Indies, first day La mm lb amid Smnrittlh) bale anil ttUue DeaCdiinigj stoop 18 SPORTS NEWS umpires, one of whom, inevita Mike Selvey at Headlngley illljijp minds of Curtis and Bill Athey, for they embarked on an orgy of forward-pushing entrenchment, from which single-mind-edness each player deviated once to pull a boundary. Then, after 94 minutes at the crease, Curtis, on only 12 and fortunate to have survived an Ibw shout from Benjamin's first ball, received another similar delivery and tnis time was less lucky with the verdict. Athey's 108-minute stay in the middle for 16 was also ended by a leg before decision, on the back foot, but not before he had had the chance of batting with David Gower. In his 100th Test Gower was as visibly pumped up as his nature allows him to show. He was caught at short-leg from the third ball he received but it was a no-ball; in the same over he top-edged a pull into no-man's land.

Thereafter, though, for an all-too-brief while it was That sinking feeling Gooch looks back to see Dujon hold on to the catch while Marshall A pitch draining the patience celebrates the first wicket of the day photograph: frank baron of dwindling crowds tus. "There are too many people standing around waiting for perfect conditions," he said. It is true that most West Indians are used to beach cricket; but it hardly seems reasonable to expect Curtly Ambrose to splash through puddles on his way to bowl. When play did resume, there was a Northern tinge to the light which suggested it might become unplayable any moment. Had that happened, one would have been grateful for another Headingley eccentricity.

It is the only Test ground in England where the players and umpires do not have to run the gauntlet of members on their However, Yorkshire people have sterner tastes. During the 'blackwash' series four years ago, the crowds got bigger as England's troubles worsened. Yesterday only 10,000 turned up, about half the capacity. Large chunks of the Western Terrace were as empty as the Western Desert. This was lucky in a way.

The Tannoy cannot be heard everywhere. I caught a few snatches of an announcement: "Apologies for the frustration extraordinary circumstances you will read about the full extent in the papers." The rest was drowned out by jeers. A fuller house might have got veryarigry indeed. Boyce's Law was in operation again. "There's always something, isn't there?" he said, shrugging.

'Heading-ley they'll say. It's different, anyway." The ground that gave you the soil-fungus Test of 1972, the vandalised pitch of 1975 and endless rows about substandard wickets ever since, yesterday produced cricket's own version of Watergate. It is, in a sense, irrelevant whether Boyce or anyone was to blame for this disaster. There have been a few too many misfortunes at Headingley. Personally, I rather relish incident-packed Tests.

One never gets bored at Leeds; there is always levity, and often brevity. Matthew Engel EVERY time I see Keith Boyce, the Headingley groundsman, I think of the bloke in gaol who was asked how much longer he had to serve. "Three days," he said. "Well, why are you looking so miserable then?" "They hang me Monday." Boyce was wearing his customary gallows look even before play started and then abruptly adjourned. Shortly afterwards, he knew that Lancashire Surrey unrivalled nronensity for un leashing both barrels directly into me pedal extremities has rarely been more emDhaticallv demon strated than at the first day of fourth Test yesterday.

"It was," said Brian Close, Yorkshire's cricket chairman, a man who knows about such things, "a peculiar phenomenon." He was not, it transpired until a robust, unbroken fifth-, wicket stand of 57 between Al- lah Lamb (45 not out) and the debutant, Robin Smith (23 not out), redressed the balance referring to a dominant day for England's batting, after they had been put in by West Indies. making 137 for four before bad light stopped play just over ,.40 minutes before the end, it represented pretty much business as usual. No, this story begins after just two overs had been bowled, following a delay of 50 minutes thanks to a mizzly morning. The substantial overnight rain had been effectively mopped up by the enduring efforts of the ground staff and, up until this point, having made two without loss, it had definitely been Eng-. land's session.

Now, however, the Heading-ley Hoodoo struck and it became immediately evident that the drought-ridden United States Mid-west could solve their problem by employing Keith Boyce, Headingley's hapless groundsman, and staging a Test match. For suddenly a -point maybe half-a-dozen yards from the crease, on Curtly Ambrose's uphill run-up from the Rugby Stand end, sprang a leak. Really. And so, after much squidging around the area by players and ENGLAND First billings A Gooch Dujon Marshall- Curtis Ibw Benjamin IV Athey Ibw Ambrose I Gower Dujon Benjamin-A Lamb not out 12 10 13 45 23 IS 137 A Smith not out- Extras (Ib10. w4.

nb5) Total (lor 4). ulaLalM Id A1 U1 Ml Bowling to dais: Marshall 13-5-29-1; Ambrose 15-4-29-1; Benjamin 9-2-27-2; Walsh 12-4-42-0. To bate 'C Cowdrey, tC Richards. Pringle. A Foster, Dilley.

WEST INDIES-0 Haynes, Hooper. Arthurton, "I A Richards, A Logie, tp Dujon, A Harper, Marshall, CEL Ambrose, WKM Benjamin, A Welsh. Umpires: Bird and Shepherd. Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship LANCASHIRE SURREY Southport: Surrey (7pls) lead Lancashire (4) by 174 runs and have eight second-Innings wickets in hand. SURREY First innings 253 (P Atkins S9.

A Stewart 73: Wasim 5-58). LANCASHIRE First Inning (overnight: 8-0) Mendis Ibw Blcknell 9 Fowler Stewart Greig 19 Jesty Stewart Peters 1 Fairbrother Peters Watkinson Stewart Bicknell 19 'D Hughes Ibw Greig Wasim Akram Stewart Blcknell SB Allolt Greig 11 Hegg Stewart Greig 8 Simmons Stewart Fellham 2 I Folley not out 4 Extras (IbS. nb4) 9 Tolal (69.1 overs) 140 Fall of wicket: 24. 28, 28, 51, 51 59, 72, 102, 122. Bowline: Bicknell 20.1-7-35-3; Peters 20-7-35-2; Greig 21-10-26-4; Feltham 8-1-39-1.

SURREY Second innings Clinton Folley Wasim. 0 Atkins Fowler Wasim-tA Stewart not out 12 9 18 7 5 A Lynch not out- Extras (b2. Ibl, w1. nbl). Total (tor 2)- Fall of wickets: 17.

38. Umpires: Hampshire and Oslear. SUSSEX GLOUCESTERSHIRE Hovei Bad light stopped play. Sussex (5pts) are 115 runs behind Gloucestershire (5) and have (our first-innings wickets in hand. GLOUCESTERSHIRE-First innings 276 (A Stovold 63, A Wright 50, Russell 50; A Bunting 4-59).

SUSSEX First Innings (overnight: 20-0) Falkner Alderman Lawrence 20 Lenham Russell Lawrence 8 'p WG Parker Lawrence 12 i-A Wells not out 89 Wells Romalnes Lawrence 2 Speight Ibw Graveney 38 IP Moores Ibw Graveney 4 ACS Pigott not out Extras (M. Ib5, wl, nbl) 11 Total (lor 6. SO overs) 181 Fall of wickets: 22, 42, 47, 61, 151, 161. umpires: calmer and Wight. GLAMORGAN WARWICKSHIRE Cardiff! Rain stopped play.

Warwickshire (7pls) lead Glamorgan (5) by nine runs on first innings. GLAMORGAN. First Innings 246 (G Holmes 79. Shastri 52). WARWICKSHIRE First innings (overnight: 50-1) A Moles Morris Watkin 33 A Din Ibw Derrick 88 A Banks Metson Monkhouse 19 A Thome Watkin 20 Humpage Ontong Watkin 1 9 A Reeve Derrick 28 Small st Metson Derrick 29 A A Oonald not out 1 ARK Pierson not out 2 Extras (03.

Ib11, nblO) 24 Total (for 8 dec, 97 avers) 285 Fall of wickets conti 82, 145, 157, 192, 192, 244, 251. Bowllngi Watkin 31-11-66-4; Monkhouse 24-4-72-1: Shastri 9-5-15-0; Derrick 22-3-52-3: Holmes 4-2-14-0; Ontong 7-1-22-0. Umplresi A Jones and Kitchen. bly, was Dickie Bird, off they all trooped, not to return until 2.30. It was not a miracle.

Nor was it a cricket bore, artesian or otherwise, in fact, the Heading- ley electronic scoreboard missed a golden chance to tell us tnat dram had stopped play, for initial rumours suggested that, in an effort to prevent his pitches drying out too quickly and cracking, Boyce had blocked off some drains, and this was the cause of the problem. A Yorkshire denial ensued on this point, but it was subsequently admitted that in the overnight shifting of thousands of gallons of water with the mobile Water Hogs, and the subsequent pumping into a nearby outflow, perhaps the drains were unable to cope. There were two solutions. Either play could be abandoned, and the water carbonated, bottled and sold at enormous profit, or the leak plugged "Where's Gatting when we need him?" asked someone: the lad was once, briefly, a plumber's mate and the ground, mopped, spiked and restored to good order. The latter less-commercial course was chosen.

After all that, the cricket, even with the new, revamped England, took on relatively uninteresting, even predictable, proportions for a while as the West Indian seamers, although below par, whittled away at England's batting. Richards, partly because of the Headingley reputation and conditions, and swayed perhaps by the absence, due to a lingering virus, of Gordon Greenidge, his most experienced opener, opted to field first. But he and his bowlers found the pitch more batsman-friendly than they expected and a lack of movement in the air, so either side of the lengthy interruption Graham Gooch and Tim Curtis were virtually untroubled. Runs, though, a cou ple of Gooch boundaries apart, were scarce. But Gooch was not to stay and Marshall produced a delivery that pulled him into a defensive stroke before snaking away, finding the edge and leaving Dujon, behind the stumps, an easy task.

However, concentration, ap plication and occupation are new England watch-words and ones obviously drilled into the LEICESTERSHIRE DERBYSHIRE Lslcastsn Leicestershire (4pts) are 175 runs behind Derbyshire (5) and have seven first-innings wickets in hand. DERBYSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 348-4) Harnett not out awn tj Maher Willey Agnew Newman Lewis Agnew-A Warner not out Extras (Ib9, w3, nb20) 14 28 32 429 Total (for 6 dec) Fall of wickets eonft 360, 366. Bowling: Agnew 31-8-122-2; Ferris 17-2-66-2: DeFreitas 22-5-81-0; Lewis 9-0-34-0; Lewis 9-0-34-0; Willey 35-11-75-1; Poller 21-5-42-1. LEICESTERSHIRE First innings A Cobb Holding. 'N Briers not out 19 12S 70 12 13 15 254 Boon and Barnett.

Whitaker Ibw Barnett. Willey not out- Extras (o4, IbS. wl, nb7). Tolal (for 3, 87 overs). Fall of wlckstsi 27, 176, 221.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE KENT Norttumptoni Northamptonshire (7pls) lead Kent (6) by 79 runs and have eight second-innings wickets in hand. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE First Innings (overnight: 289-6) Williams not out 70 tD Ripley run la uook uavis 13 Lilies Pienaar Penn A Robinson Ibw Penn Extras (b9, nt5) 14 Total 329 Fall of wickets: 293. 327. 329. Scots after 100 overs: 302-7.

Bowling: Ellison 19-5-59-2; Penn 30.5-7-82-5; Kelleher 21-4-58-1; Davis 27-7-73-1: Pienaar 13-3-48-0. KENT First inning Benson Cook Williams. as 23 40 74 35 6 2 9 15 Taylor Capel. Ward Ibw Lilies 'C Tavare Williams. Pienaar not out- Cowdrey Williams tS A Marsh Lilies Williams-R Ellison Bailey Williams.

penn not aul Extras b5, IbS. nb4) Tolal (for 7 dec. 85 overs) 288 Fall of wicketsi 2, 39. 128. 141.

209. 239. Bowling! Llllee 11-2-43-1; Capel 13-2-52-1; Robinson 3-0-10-0; NGB Cook 32-12-63-0; Williams 24-3-86-5: Bailey 2-0-3-0. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Second innings Cook Ward Penn 8 8 4 18 Larkins not out. Bailey Ibw Kelleher.

A Fordham nol out Tolal (for 2). Fall of wrick atsi 8. 15. HAMPSHIRE ESSEX Portsmouth: Rain stopped play. Essex (Epls) lead Hampshire (5) by two runs and have three first-innings wickets In hand.

HAMPSHIRE-First innings 201 (M Nicholas 66; Lever 4-61, Topley (overnloht: 118-5) A Border Bakker 85 45 19 18 .203 Fletcher not out. Miller Maru Tremlett. Extras (b8, IbS, nb2) Total (lor 7, 79 overs). Fan of wick its oonti 138, 203. West Indies Wasim spares the Paul FKzpatrick at Southport LANCASHIRE'S batting yesterday will have done nothing to defuse the anger currently prevalent in the county at the omission of Michael Atherton, arguably their best batsman and unquestionably the most promising.

Surrey bowled Lancashire out for 140, a total that owed much to Wasim Akram, who followed his fine bowling of Wednesday evening with a punishing half-century. At 72 for seven Lancashire looked unlikely to reach even the follow-on figure of 104. vintage stuff. One back-foot drive through the covers off Benjamin was a stroke to savour, played with perfect timing and movement of feet: Gower appeared to oe dancing. But three balls before tea, with the total on 58, it ended.

Gower, a little more, leaden, pushed outside off stump and edged to uujon. He had wanted so desperately to do well. Athey's later wicket left England in trouble at 80 for tour. The partnership between Lamb and Smith changed things. Lamb had made his intentions clear, just as he had done during his century at Lord's, by immediately slashing a boundary over gully and driving Benjamin with a sumptuously full, free swing of the bat, through extra cover and mid- on.

Smith's start, by contrast, was understandably cautious and he was fortunate to have survived a sharp chance to short leg when only two. That would still have given him a more successful debut than his brother, Chris, who was Had-leed first ball, but it would have left England in dire straits at 88 for five. Instead, with Lamb playing increasingly well better than he has done in an England shirt for some years Smith began to show the determined qualities for which he has been selected and which West Indies fed. His bludgeoning square-cut brought three fours. WORCESTERSHIRE YORKSHIRE Worcester: Bad light stopped play.

Worces-terhire (6pts) lead Yorkshire (7) by 102 runs and have all their second-innings wickets in hand. WORCESTERSHIRE First innings 356-7 dec (G A Hick 198, Newport 77). YORKSHIRE First innings (overnight: 21-0) Moxon Radford 39 A A Metcalfe Neale Newport 28 Sharp lllingwoiih Newport 12 Love Ibw lllingworth 38 Robinson Radford lllingworth- 51 I Swallow not out 48 tD Bairstow st Rhodes Hick 9 'P Carrtek not out 48 Extras (Ib13, w3, nb17) 33 Total (for 6 dec, 9B.2 overs). 302 Fall of wlckstsi 69. 85.

109. 172. 222. 239. Bowling: Radford 16-3-50-1; Newport 24.2-9-53-2; lllingworth 28-11-67-2; McEwan 15-2-51-0; Weston 5-0-14-0; Hick 10-0-54-1.

WORCESTERSHIRE Second Innings Bent not out. 27 21 48 Lord not out. Total (for 0) Umpires: Plews and A Whitehead. Tour match LEAGUE CRICKET CONF SRI LANKA Oxton: Match abandoned rain. LEAGUE CRICKET CONFERENCE.

First innings 147-4 dec. SRI LANKA First innings 138-3 dec (A Sa-marasekera 74). Bowllngi Moseley 11-1-35-1: Matthews 9-4-23-0; Cottee 14-2-37-1; Hall 16-5-40-1. LEAGUE CRICKET CONFERENCE Second Innings Foster Silva Ahangama 11 Valetta Rajadural Madurusinghe 22 Gordon Silva Raiadurai 43 Ingham not out 34 0 Matthews Ahangama Madurusinghe Walker not out 4 1 120 Extras (IbS, nb2). Total (for 4 dec).

Fall of wickets: 17. 56. 96. 103. Bowling: Ratnayake 7-1-29-0; Ahangama 9-2-29-1; Madurusinghe 10-2-37-2; Raiadurai 4-1-22-1.

Umpires) Lebby and Maddlson. Second Eleven Championship Weston-super-Mare: Somerset 221 (N Felton 87, Atkinson 50: A Pridgeon 5-32) and 9-0. Worcestershire 245 (S Lampitt 100, Vorster 62, Foster 5-43). Hinckley: Sussex 260-6 dec (J Hall 85, Greenfield 51) and 25-1. Leicestershire 259-9 dec (M Bailey 89, A Hansford 4-50).

Cantsrburyi Middlesex 329 (R 0 Butcher 117) and 153-2. Kent 211 (D Sabine 80: Tufnell 7-66). Lydneyi Gloucestershire 168 (V Greene 52no; James 5-45) and 17-2. Hampshire 241 (A Aymes 101, Gover 48). waknley: Glamorgan 207 (M Cann 72: E-Benjamin 5-42) and 79-4.

Warwickshire 359 (P A Smith 91, A Tedslone 85) CtMlrnsfordi Surrey 312 (D Blcknell 99, A Gray 59; A Van Lint 6-74) and 64-0. Essex ZZ4-r dec ti neopatn bi, n. nuuer oa; isen-drick 4-41). Okf Northamptonlansr Nottinghamshire 392 (D Martlndale 139. Callaghan 127, Evans SO) and 7-0.

Northamptonshire 252 (M Gould-stone 103: Harding 6-75). OM Traffordi Yorkshire 290 (R Blakey 65. Grayson 61, Berry 51; Fltton 4-00) and 78-2. Lancashire 331 (A Hayhurst67. Titchard 50no).

Minor Counties Championship TrovroMge: Wiltshire 259-5 dec and 184-4 dec (D Mercer 82no). Cornwall 141-7 dec and 90-4 (S Williams 58). Match drawn. Weymouth: Devon 38-1 Dorset. The "highly promising" Peter May) Richard Williams enjoyed his best performances of the season with bat and ball, making 75 not out in Northants's 329 then taking five for 86 in Kent's 268 for seven declared.

Graham Gooch will captain an England XI in their two one-day games against the Rest Of The World at Jes-mond on July 28 and 29. ENOLAND TEAslv-Gooch, Moxon, Willey. Fairbrother, Lamb, Smith, Capel, Balrslow, OeFreltas, Foster, Small, Underwood. Worcestershire Yorkshire nub of the matter: "This will cost us any future Test matches," which was alarmist but only marginally so. Headingley has already been relegated from its place alongside Lord's and The Oval, which get Test matches every season.

It now ranks alongside Trent Bridge, Edg-baston and Old Trafford, which take turns to miss out. There will be no Leeds Test in 1990 for the first time in 30 years. And though Heading-ley is scheduled to be back in business the following year, that can hardly be guaranteed unless Yorkshire get their act together. Brian Close, the Yorkshire cricket chairman, was mildly dismissive of the whole hia- Results Soccer LIBERTADORES CUP (Santiago). Croup one: Universidad Catolica 1, Colo Colo 0.

ARAB CUP (Amman). Final: Iraq 4. Syria 3 (on pens; 1-1 at 90min). Third place playoff: Egypt 2, Jordan 0. Golf DUTCH OPEN (Hilversum).

First round (Britain unless stated): 65 A Murray. 88 Howell (US): I Voung; Anglada (Sp): A Russell: Hansen. 07 Jacobs (US): Dur-nian: 6 Ralph. 08 Calero (Sp): Chapman: Fernandez (Arg); Johnstone (Zim); Williams: Heggarty: I Mosey. 68 Harrison: Mason: Moore (Aus); Russell; McColl; Roe; Parkin; J-M Olazabal (Sp); Parnevik (Swe); Stevens.

70 Turner: A Binaghi (It); Taylor (Aus); Carbonetti (Arg); McNully (Zim); Persson (Swe): A Bean (US): Parry (Aus); Boxall; Nobilo (NZ): Ralferty; King: Brand jnr: Stephen (Aus). 71 Webber (Zim); Slaughter (US): Brand: Luna (Sp): Waters: Whelan: Moody: Smilh (US): Martin (Sp): Riley (Aus): Smyth (Ire); Litlon; van Waesberghe (Neth); Llewellin; Tera-vainen (US). EASTLEIOH CLASSIC (Fleming Park). Second round (GB and Ireland unless stated): 124 Olbnah (Aus) 62, 62. 127 A Jones (Aus) 65.

62. 12S Hutlon (Aus) 64. 64; Petrizzi (US) 62, 66. 120 Scobling 63, 66; Douglas 64, 65. 130 Lolland (US) 62, 68: Hermida (US) 63, 67.

131 Baker (Can) 66. 65. 132 Oowling 65, 67. 133 Hill 67. 66: Lunn (Aus) 67.

66: Wate 67, 66. VOLVO SENIORS BRITISH OPEN (Turn-berry). First round (British and Irish unless staled): OS Player ISA), as Casper (US); Garrison (Can). 69 Devlin (Aus); A Palmer (US). 70 Weslbrook (SA); Will; Coles: Charles (NZ); O'Connor snr; Henning (SA); O'Hern (US).

71 While-head; McAllister; Large. Tennis CLASSIC (Washington). Second round: Connors (US) bt Brown (US) 6-2, 6-3; A Krtckateln (US) bt Garnet (US) 6-0, 6-2; CahHI (Aus) bt Page (US) 6-3, 6-3; Btrgtr (US) bt Leach (US) 6-1 6-1; van Rensburg (SA) bt Muller (SA) 6-1. 6-2; Chang (US) bt Pugh (US) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3; Vzaga (Peru) bt Caswell (US) 6-3, 6-2; Saeeanu (WG) bt Giammalva (US) 4-6. 6-0.

6-4; Loiano (Mex) bt Connell (Can) 4-6, 6-1. 7-6; Rostagno (US) bt Courier (US) 4-6. 7-6, 6-1; Molr (US) bt Wilsken (US) 6-4. 6-1; PrMham (Can) bt Goldle (US) 7-5, 3-6. 6-2; A Oomaz (Ecu) bt A Burrow (SA) 6-4.

6-3; Gilbert (US) bt rewett (Aus) 3-6, 6-3. 6-1. SCHENECTADY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT (New York). Second round: Jo-han Krlek (US) bt Bauer (US) 6-2, 7-5; McEnroe (US) bt Matuszewski (US) 6-3, 6-4: Lsvatis (Mex) bt Johnson (US) 5-7, 6-2. 6-2; Goldberg (US) bt Beckman (US) 6-4.

6-3; Annacone (US) level with Hogstedt (Swa) 6-0. 3-6. 4-4 (suspended due to bad light). FRENCH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Third round: Wiesner (Aut) bt A Coetzer (SA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Dlas (Br) bt Mox-Chaleau (Fr) 6-2, 6-4; Martinaz (Sp) bt Bonnet (Fr) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Cecchlnl (It) bt Probst (WG) 6-1, 7-6; Guerres (Fr) bt Tauziat (Fr) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; I Budarova (Cz) bt Reggi (It) 6-3, 6-4; Fulco (Arg) bt Tara-binl (Arg) 7-5, 2-6 (Tarabini ret in)); Han-ifca (WG) bt Krajcovlcava (Cz) 6-3. 7-5.

AMERICAN LEAOUfc Kansas City 4, Milwaukee 0 (13 Innings): Cleveland 5, Oakland Detroit 12, Seattle Boston 9, Minnesota 7 (10 Innings) NATIONAL LEAOUBv St Louis 8, LA Dodgers San Francisco 12, Chicago Houston 3, Montreal Philadelphia 4, Atlanta Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 2. Badminton INDONESIAN OPEN (Jakarta). Man singles. First roundi Hargtonc (Indo) bt A Salvidge (Eng) 15-6, 15-0. Women's singles: Treks (Eng) bt Cahyawati (Indo) 11-6, 11-1; Paokl (Indo) bt Sankey (Eng) 11-4, 11-0; EBIet (Eng) bt Wlndari (Indo) 11-4.

11-1. Second round: Troke bt Sundari (Indo) 11-5, 11-5: Elliot bt Sar-wsndah (Indo) 11-4. 2-11, 11-2. Third round: EM Hwa (Indo) bt Troke 11-4, 11-6; Xlaoqing (China) bt Elliot 11-6, 11-3. Cycling TOUR Ol FRANCEv-NkMtsMth stags (Limoges to the summit ot Le Puy-de-Dome, 188km): 1, Weltz (Den) 5hr 14mln 34sec; 2, Golz (WG) at 43sec; 3, Delgado (Sp) at 4, G-J Theunlsse (Neth) at 5, Rooks (Neth) at 6, Lejaretta (Sp) at 6:24.

Alsot 47. Elliott (GB) at 53, Kelly (Ire) at 137, Vales (GB) at 15:33. Overall standings: 1, Delgado 72hr 29mln 49sec: 2, Rooks at 3. Parra (Col) at 7:18: 4, Bauer (Can) at 9:48: 5, Boyer (Fr) Carrick's charge inspires a rare way to ana from tne wicnet. at 10:42: 6, Herrera (Col) at 10:53.

Also: 47, Kelly at 58:41: 65. Yates at 94, Elliott 1:40.49. WOMEN'S TOUR DE FRAHCaL Tenth stage (Giat to Le Puy de Dome, 61.5km): 1, Canins (II) Ihr 55min 7sec; 2, Longo (Fr) at I55ec: 3, Gould (Aus) at 1:29. Overall standings: 1, Longo 2. Canins at Sailing EUROPEAN OFFSHORE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (Crosshaven).

Race 4, I OR 1, Clyde Stompers (By The Way, Robertson; Taxi, Anderson: Bateldur 88, Bonar) 272pts: 2, Rest ot the World (Scenario Encore. A Fitton: Local Hero IV, Blbby; Local Hero, Howison) 257: 3, Zeeland (Bier-kaai, Klunder: Formidable. Vroon: Twee Gezusters. Zulderbaan) 232. CREIGHTOH'S J24 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Cowes).

Race 6 (British unless slated): 1, Marina (P D'Ali. II); 2, Wu Bian Fu (M Kimman, Hoi) 3, Take 'Em To The Cleaners (D Bedlord 4, Italian Job (I Pinnell) Joint Venture (C Simmonds); 6, Video Explorer (N Belloni. II). Overall: 1. Take Em To The Cleaners 13pts; 2, Just For Fun (J Brady, US) 29: 3, Italian Job 30; 4, Never Let A Dago By (N Whipp) 34: 5, Plastic Bag (I South-worth) 34.6: 6, equal Popincoota (G Bailey); Parsnip (E Warwick) 37.

LARK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Abersoch). Race 1. Robinson and Robinson (West Kirby): 2, Stanley and Stephenson (Nottingham Outlaws); 3. Fells and Eplett (Buoys); 4, Rushall and Rushall (Castaways). Overall: Fells llpts; Gibbs (Starcross) 18; Robinson 19.5; Towers (Draycole Water) 20.

WORLD TORNADO CLASS (Tallinn, USSR). First day: 1. USSR: 2, Australia: 3, France: 4, Britain: 5, Italy. Volleyball ROVAL BANK CUP (Aston Villa LC). Men: Sweden 3, South Korea Cuba 3, Canada 0.

Evening racing CHEPSTOW 0.45 (81): 1, SUPER ZOOM, A McGlone (33-1): 2, Absohitsly Humming (Evens): 3, Shuttlecock Comer (5-6 Fav). 3 ran. Sh hd hd. (J Baker) Tote: 8.20. Dual 6.20.

CSF: E56.97. 7.10 (1m 41): 1, BEN ISA RVDER, Ar- rowsmith (12-1); at, My Musaka (11-1): at, HoUy Brown (9-2 Fav); 4, Mo Carl (10-1). 17 ran. 15, Dead-heat. (M Pipe) Tote: 34.20; 5.70, My Muszka 2.90, Holly Brown 1.50, Mo Ceri 2.10.

Dual Benisa RyderMy. Muszka 70.30, Benisa RyderHolly Brown 39.00. CSF: Benisa RyderMy Muszka 59.83, Benisa RyderHolly Brown 29.25. Trlcasts: Benisa RyderMy MuszkafHally Brown 307.31, Benisa RyderHolly Brown My Muszka 275.85. NR: Canoness.

7.35 (2m): 1, LADY R08ANNA, O'Gor-man (7-2); Olen Flntaig (11-2); 3, Feet The on (5-1). Valley ol Danuata 4th. 5-6 Fav. 5 ran. 15, 4.

(I Balding) Tote: 4.00; 1.50, 1.90. Dual 8.70. CSF: 19.00.. NR: Jamaica George 8.05 (1m 2f): 1, OXIDE, Newnes (4-1): 2, Bright-One (5-1); 3, Studded Belt (100-30 Fav). 13 ran.

5, sh hd. (H Candy) Tote: 4.60; 1.30, 1.80, 3.00. Dual 8.30. CSF: 22.33. 8.35 (t) 1, VICEROY JESTER, Williams (10-1); Caernarvon Royal (4-1); 3, PHy'a Pet (5-1).

Royal Dartmouth 7-2 Fav. 8 ran. 23, 22. (R Holder) Tote: 11.40: 2.50. 2.10, 2.20.

Dual 32.50. CSF: 46.39. Trlcast: 204.97. 0.00(71)1 1, STANHOPE, PatEddery (154); 3, Basle Star (7-1): 3, Sunley Princess (18-1). Milk Thistle 6-5 Fav.

10 ran. 1. 1'j. (B Hanbury) Tote: 6.70; 2.00. 2.20.

2.40. Oual 16.80. CSF: 62.90. NR: Dawn Bell. HAMILTON 0.4S (em 1, DONOVAN ROSE, Birch (4-9 Fav): Oood MadMne (6-1); 3, Lynda charm (6-1).

4 ran. 10, 3. (J Berry) Tote: 1.40. Dual 2.60. CSF: 3.32.

7.15 (St): 1, SVLVAH MISTRAL, Whltworth (94); 2, Sandmoor Cotton (2-1 Fav); 3, Vuno When (14-1). 6 ran. 3, 1a. (P Mitchell) Tote: 3.40; 2.00, 1.70. Oual 4.00.

CSF: 6.64. 7.45 (Bt)) 1, BLUB BELL MUSIC, Carroll (8-13 Fav): 8, Northern Pranoer (4-1): 3, Friendly Chant (16-1). 5 ran. 2ij, 6. (J Berry) Tote: 1.70; 1.10.

1.90. Dual 2.20. CSF: 3.72. NR: Dublin Dragon. 8.15 (1m 40 yds): 1, Ml NUT PJONS FREE, Fry (5-2); 2, Oriental Treasure (Evens Fav); 3, Smart Move (5-1).

6 ran. 21., 7. (E Alston) Tote: 3.60; 1.80, C1.10. Oual 2.40. CSF: 4.91.

MB (1m 3Ta 1, CORAL tbUOMUR, A Mackay (9-1); alTMyamen (5-2 Fav): Hough (12-1). 8 ran. 19, hd. (I Wardlo). Tote: 12.80; 2.40.

1.30, 2.50. Dual 12.60. CSF: 29.49. Trlcast: 246.26. 0.15 (1m BQi 1, KHARIF, Darley (10-1); AMra Bond (2-1 Jt Fav); 3, Breguet (9-2).

Mayroni 2-1 Jt Fav. 5 ran. 'a. 2. (T Cralg) Tote: 8.60; 2.50, 1.40.

Dual 16.10. CSF: 28.42. One spectator got to tne blushes and the second hat-trick of the match was in prospect. Watkinson prevented it and went on to make 19, one of only four batsmen to reach double figures. But it was Wasim, with a little help from his colleagues, who spared Lancashire the embarrassment of following on.

He was last out, giving Stewart his sixth catch not bad for a man who had not kept wicket since last season. Rain caused the loss of 27 overs an interruption for which Lancashire were no doubt grateful and Surrey had lost two wickets, both of them to Wasim, in extending their lead to 164. maximum championship best. Metcalfe, whose inability to produce the kind of scores his talent demands has been one of the most distressing features of the summer, drove and clipped the loose stuff on offer until, at 28, he provided Neale with a diving catch at mid-off. By then Moxon had exchanged his early freedom for a battling introspection.

Shortly before lunch his front pad collapsed against Radford as it had against Marshall in the Old Trafford Test, with similar consequences. After that all was restraint as men searched for form. Robinson, who made 51 in 43 overs, and Swallow, unbeaten on 48, can be best pleased with their efforts. Brown to take TCCB post TONY BROWN is to resign as secretary of Somerset, at the end of the season to take up a new senior administrative post with the Test and County Cricket Board at Lord's, as assistant to the chief executive, Alan Smith, writes David Foot. His duties will involve disciplinary matters, registrations, finance and umpire appointments.

He is expected to be given extra responsibilities as he progresses in the post. Brown, aged 52, joined Somerset in 1982 after nearly 30 years with Gloucestershire as player, captain and secretary-manager. He also managed difficult England tours to India and the West Indies. Michael Henderson at Worcester GRAEME HICK'S passage to greatness this year has tended to camouflage the fact that banal days at Worcester nestle cheek-by-jowl with the sublime. Take away Curtis, as England have, and the batting is modest.

The bowling, sadly in line with the modern trend, lacks the virtue of variety. As their squadron of seamers wheeled away yesterday, assisted by the entry of lllingworth after 46 overs and the later arrival of Hick's part-time off-spin, there was little to en joy, or even commend. Despite taKing tne urst two wicnets, All the Surrey pace bowlers exploited a slow, green pitch that encouraged some lavish movement off the seam and was of inconsistent bounce, and Ian Greig particularly deserved his excellent figures of four for 26 in 21 overs. But it was not a 140 pitch and, while Lancashire could not be accused of irresponsibility, it was not a distinguished performance either. They survived shakily for half an hour in the morning but, after Mendis had fallen leg before to Bicknell, the subsidence set in.

Jesty and Fairbrother departed in successive deliveries to the lively 20-year-old, Peters, Newport rarely found the spot that Shaw had occasionally located on the first morning. By striving for nothing more ambitious than occupation of the crease Yorkshire, whose previous highest first-innings score was 244, took four points. On passing 300 Cat-rick declared, leaving Worcestershire an hour, which they batted out for 48 without loss and an overall lead of 102. Carrick's 46 not out was the most enterprising innings, supplying the late charge which took Yorkshire from 239 for six to a maximum haul inside 12 overs. Yorkshire's painful season with the bat was underlined by the 69 runs Metcalfe and Moxon made for the first wicket, a David Lawrence took the first four Sussex wickets for 21 at Hove, but then the Gloucestershire attack grew sicklier by the hour.

Between rain stoppages, Lawrence went into exile in the outfield after two warnings for running on the wicket, Terry Alderman ricked his back and will not bowl again in the match, and David Graveney announced that he would be having treatment on his knees after the game finishes tonight. Luckily for Gloucestershire, less than three hours of play were possible. Kim Barnett's 239 not out was the highest score by a Derbyshire player against Leicestershire, beating Leslie Town-send's 233 in 1933. "I was lucky to lose the toss," he said. Captain Robinson remains in place at the Bridge The Guardian Cricketline TIM ROBINSON has withdrawn his threat to resign as Nottinghamshire's captain after meeting the Notts cricket chairman, Reg Simpson, and the manager, Ken Taylor, at Trent Bridge yesterday.

"I put forward certain conditions which the club has accepted," Robinson said afterwards, but declined to say what they were. He said he has the support of only a "majority of the Eddie Hernmings has denied speculation that he is among the dissenting minority. "We have all told him he has a problem with communication with other players," the veteran off-spinner said, "but if he can get that right, there's no reason why he should not be as good a captain as Give Rice." England vs Fourth Test The latest score plus comment and analysis on the important developments by ex-England cricketer Graham Roope. Updated every 15 minutes. 0898 345646.

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