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THE GUARDIAN Saturday July 23 1988 Cricket Fourth Test England West Indies, second day ILamlb's ttoirin) moascDe Deawes HmgiDainxd Dammp 14 SPORTS NEWS ing forward, gloved Ambrose faintly to Dujon behind the Mike Selvey at Headingley The injury, it is estimated, will take at least two to three weeks to heal. Fifty minutes later it was not only Lamb who was on crutches. So was the England innings. For in the space of 58 balls 183 for four had become 201 all out. Given the work done by Lamb and Smith, and the confidence it must have engendered in the rest of the side, this rep-resented not only massive under-achievement but a demonstration that any beauty to be found in the lengthened batting order is only skin deep.

Nor, for once, could any fault be attached to the pitch prepared by Keith Boyce, the Headingley Drain Brain. That has behaved impeccably so far: it was, once again, just England. All, however, is not lost, for in the 45 overs of the West Indies innings that were possible before a heavy shower washed out play for the rest of the day they had lost five of their wickets to a pot-pourri of good and bad deliveries, for 156, still 45 runs behind England. So the importance of Lamb's injury becomes apparent for, not only did the chance of a substantial first-innings lead dissipate but England will be a major batsman short in the second innings of what could now prove a close-run match. Yet the day began so promisingly.

Lamb and Smith, 45 and 23 overnight respectively, had lost nothing for the break. Lamb soon reached his 50 with his eighth boundary, smeared off Marshall high over third slip, and followed it a few overs later with a hook off Ambrose as imperiously dismissive as anything played this year. Smith might have been caught by Hooper at second slip when he was on 25, the half-chance going low to the West Indian's left, but it was not long before he rasped out another square-cut for his first boundary of the day. The injury to Lamb changed things dramatically. Perhaps Marshall and Ambrose, who bowled unchanged through the rest of the innings, were revived by the break-up of the stand and the prospect of getting at the rest.

Maybe Smith's concentration was upset as well. Whatever the reason, the zest came back to the bowling and England folded. At 183, the same score as One that got away but after a brief flourish, Foster had his revenge and Richards fell to a brilliant catch by Curtis at square leg photograph: frank bahon Mayflies false standard for his country Matthew Engel ienced by the presence of overseas players at his county Tony Pigott briefly at Sussex a few years back perhaps but no one now surely? Certainly many others have been helped by the proximity of greatness. At Northampton this season the loudest sound has often been David Capel firing questions at Dennis Lillee. Quite right too.

Furthermore, the presence of high-class cricketers has given English players a more accurate taste of Test cricket than anything else. Four-day cricket, which will supposedly cure everything from bad batting to bilious attacks, is irrelevant by comparison. Can you imagine how England would do in Test matches if the batsmen faced only English bowlers at home? "Oh look, there's Malcolm Marshall over there. They say he's a bit quicker than Christopher Cowdrey. Wonder if that's true." here and those who did not, which would make Gordon Greenidge England-qualified but not Lamb.

That is not in use. Lamb and Smith have the right to our respect and support. May, I am afraid, is rapidly losing it. It is notable that his analyses of England's failures never include even a hint that he might have made the odd mistake himself. On Wednesday, having sacked his fifth captain and brought the total of players given England caps under his reign to 57, May called for the regulations to be changed.

Counties, who already can play only one overseas player at a time, should also be allowed to register only one. This would prevent Lancashire, say, alternating Wasim Akram and Chris Matthews. The effect on England performances would be somewhere between minuscule and non-existent. I doubt if any decent player has been seriously inconven Chris, less talented but a batsman with amazing concentration, were to regain his place, then England could sound like the Limpopo irregulars. These are complicated matters.

Cricket is the game of Empire; and the Empire-builders moved out from these damp islands to run the world. Greigs, Smiths and Lambs went out from Britain to South Africa; Derek Pringle was born in Kenya, Phil Edmonds in Zambia; David Gower was a fluffy-haired little angel in Tanganyika. A hot-weather childhood is the best starter any potential cricketer could have. If anyone implies that Lamb and Co are not English, people start getting stroppy. "Do you know what an overseas player is and isn't?" a TCCB official snapped at one journalist yesterday.

I am not sure anyone knows; the situation is too messy. A fan-distinction might be between those who went to school they were together it was possible to fantasise about the revival of English batsmanship. There are a number of contradictions here. On Wednesday Peter May, the chairman of selectors, was repeating his theory that one of the problems with the England team was the number of overseas players in the county game. Smith and Lamb were engaged by their counties as South Africans.

They became available for England years later only because they had a job and residence here to go with their parentage. The same will go for Graeme Hick, the tobacco farmer's son, who becomes English in cricket terms three years hence. Only two things are certain about cricket in 1991: if there are Test matches to play in, Hick will play; and there will be a row of some sort at Headingley. If Robin's elder brother DURING the Open at Lytham last week there was a moment when Nick Price, the eventual runner-up, was attempting to explain to the press the details of his background a complicated melange of South African, Zimbabwean, American and English. Finally someone asked in exasperation: "Well, are you British then?" Before Price could say anything an Australian voice from the back was heard: "You bloody well will be if you win, Nick." In the England innings yesterday the only players to pass 16 were Allan Lamb from Cape Town and Robin Smith from Durban.

While Lancashire Surrey Wasim slips on the brink wicket, and Cowdrey fell Ibw to Marshall's outerouterinner three-card trick. The possible dubious nature of the decision could not hide the fact that the England captain looked hope lessly out of his depth. Jack Richards winkled a two to square leg before the procession resumed the wicket- keeper bowled through the gate and Pringle edging a rather useful ball to Dujon once more. It was left to Foster and Dilley to top the 200. England's bowling in the early stages lacked rhythm, consistent length and direction and, on one occasion, Dilley left the field with a hamstring nig gle, to be replaced by a lad called Batty, a Peter May choice if ever there was one.

But West Indies played themselves into a mire largely ot then- own mak ing, losing their first three wickets for 97. Two of their batsmen, Dujon, who opened, and the prized one ot viv Kicnaras, went to ramc bad balls, allied to luck and, praise be, good catching perhaps something of Cowdrey has rubbed off after all. Dujon smashed a wide half-volley to cover straight after lunch and Richards, after a 20-ball cameo which contained four boundaries, pulled a long-hop to square leg, where Curtis plunged to his right and held a fine two-handed catch. In between, Haynes quietly and Hooper more flowingly, had exuded class, adding 46 for the second wicket before Hooper, cancelling Cowdrey's dismissal perhaps, was Ibw. The best cricket of the innings came when Haynes and Logie took on Foster and Pringle, both now much more grooved.

Logie in particular is in magnificent form. Short of stature he may be but not, at the moment, of confidence and with hands well apart on the bat, he fairly hurls himself into his strokes. The pair added 40, with Haynes, seven boundaries to his credit, reaching a half century before Pringle's perseverance caught him half forward and Ibw. It also, combined with a bit of nous, saw the end of Logie for, having already hit consecutive boundaries, he chipped a clever, slower ball gently to mid-on. That, from England's point of view, could be crucial.

SUSSEX GLOUCESTERSHIRE Hove: Sussex (5pts) drew with Gloucestershire (5). GLOUCESTERSHIRE First innings 276 (A Stovold 63, A Wright 50, Russell 50: A Bunting 4-59). SUSSEX. First innings 161-6 dec (A Wells 69no). Bowling: Lawrence 13-2-38-4: Alderman 13.2-3-36-0: Curran 7-0-32-0; Bainbridge 8.4-2-31-0; Graveney 8-4-15-2.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Second Innings A Stovold Moores Wells 77 Lloyds Parker Pigott Romaines Parker Pigott 2 Bainbridge Moores Pigott 2 Curran not out 42 Alleyne Moores Wells tR Russell not out 11 Extras (b3. Ib4) 7 Total (lor 5 dec). 141 Fall of wickets: 15. 23. 33.

114. 116. Bowling: Pigott 11-1-40-3: Babington 5- 1-26-0; Bunting 4-0-33-0; Clarke 6- 0-17-0; Wells 5-2-18-2. SUSSEX Second Innlnas Lenham Russell Curran- 38 18 8 54 13 Falkner Ibw Lawrence. 'P Parker Ibw Lawrence- A Wells Wright Lawrence- wells Graveney Soeinht Romaines Bainbrldoe tP Moores and Bainbridge 22 ACS Pigott not out 8 A Clarke not out 6 Extras (Ib6.

nb3) 9 Total (for 7). 174 Fall of wickets: 43, 57, 65, 88, 93, 145, 166. Bowling: Lawrence 11-1-48-3; Curran 10.4-1-48-1: Graveney 11-3-23-1; Bainbridge 11-1-49-2. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE KENT Northampton: Kent (22pts) beat Northamptonshire (7) by one wicket. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE First innings 329.

KENT. First innings 268-7 dec. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Second innings (overnight: 18-2) Larkins not out 112 A Fordham Ibw Cowdrey 52 Capel not out 39 Extras (b2, Ib6, wl, nb4) 13 Total (for 3 dec) 226 Fall of wickets cont: 165. Bowling: Penn 10-2-38-1; Kelleher 12-1-57-1: Ellison 9-4-23-0; Davis 12-2-47-0; Cowdrey 8-0-53-1. KEHT Second Innings Benson Lillee Williams 30 Taylor Cook 17 Ward Ibw Williams 59 'C Tavare Cook 37 Pienaar Fordham Cook.

6 Cowdrey and Cook 49 tS A Marsh not out 38 Ellison Cook 13 Penn Ibw Williams 10 Kelleher Capel Williams 17 Davis not out Extras lb13) 13 Total (for 9) 288 Falb 36. 71. 129, 138. 187, 212, 240, 257. 287.

BowUngi Lillee 9-3-26-0; Capel 7-1-31-0; Cook 26-4-105-5: Williams 204-O-113-4. County table 13 8 Bt Bl Pis 33 40 201 29 41 160 38 42 160 27 41 156. 26 43 149 13 44 133 30 39 133 33 35 1 32 26 39 1 29 27 35 1 28 29 40 117 25 35 118 35 27 IIO 17 38 87 15 38 85 19 40 75 22 27 49 Kent (14! Worcs(9 13 Essex (12) 14 Lanes (2) 14 Warks(IS) 13 Notts (1) 13 Ulcs(3 13 Olouo(10) 14 Nthants(7 13 MMdx(ie) 14 Surrey (4) 12 Som(11) 12 Derby (6) 13 Hants (6) 13 Yorks(S) 12 Sussx(17) 12 1 Olam(13) 12 0 Second Eleven Championship Chelmsford: Surrey 312 and 203-3 dec (D Bicknell 105no, Robinson 55). Essex 224-7 dec and 266-7 (G Ecclestone 63, Pook 50). Match drawn.

Canterbury: Middlesex 329 and 187-2 dec (R Butcher 101no). Kent 211 and 194 ID Sabine 80; Tufnall 6-62). Middlesex won by 111 runs. Lydrwyi Gloucestershire 168 and 134-4 (M Pooley 55no). Hampshire 241 (A Aymes 101, Gover 48).

Match drawn. Wsaton-super-Msrsi Somerset 221 and 151-7. Worcestershire 245 (S Lampitt 100, Vorster 62; Foster 5-43). Match drawn. Wafenlayi Glamorgan 207 and 185 (G Parsons 5-56).

Warwickshire 359 and 36-3. War-wicks won by 7 wkts. Northampton: Notts 392 and 110-3. North-ants 252 and 202-7. Match drawn.

Pi NTIL this match, the most influential thing that anyone had nulled in the series had been a Leicestershire bar maid. That may remain so, but yesterday it was run close by another incident which may ultimately, if England are to win a Test match, prove equally disastrous. After 50 minutes of the second day's playnot only had England failed to lose another wicket but the fifth-wicket pair of Allan Lamb and Robin Smith had taken their overnight stand of 57 to 103: so well were they playing that there was no reason to doubt they would add a considerable amount more. For the first time in the series the West Indian bowlers, Malcolm Marshall included, were on the rack. Then it happened.

Lamb pushed a ball from Curtly Ambrose out to midwicket and set off for a routine single. But after three or four paces he appeared to pull up, then hobble the rest of his run before collapsing to the ground at the bowler's end. He had, it transpired, managed to get his feet into a "funny position" in playing the shot, torn a muscle in his right calf and, after some urgent attention on the field, he was helped off. And, unless a dire emergency necessitates his reappearance at the crease, with a runner and walking frame, he is out of the series. ENGLAND First Innings (overnight: 137-4) A Lamb renrea nurt- 64 38 2 8 8 31 A Smith Dujon Ambrose 'C Cowdrey ibw Marshall Richards Ambrose Pringle Ou)on Marshall.

A Foster not out- Dilley Hooper Ambrose-Extras (b1. Ib18. w6. nb6) Total. SOI Fall of wickets cont: 1B3.

183. 185. 185, 201. Bowling: Marshall 23-8-55-3; Ambrose 25.1-8-58-4; Benjamin 9-2-27-2; Walsh 12-4-42-0. WEST INDIES First fnninas Haynes Ibw Pringle- 54 13 10 18 44 1 7 158 tP Dujon Smith Dilley- Hooper Ibw i-oster.

A Richards Curtis Foster. A Logie Foster Pringle Arthurton not out A Harper not out Extras (Ib7) Total (lor 5). Fall of wickets: 15. 61. 97.

137. 156. Bowling: Dilley 9.1-2-32-1; Foster 19-5-56-2: Pringle 14-4-53-2: Cowdrey 2-0-8-0. Umpires: Bird and Shepherd. Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship SURREY LANCASHIRE Southpori: Lancashire (12pls) drew with Surrey (7).

SURREY. First innings 253 (P Atkins 99, A Stewart 73: Wasim Akram 5-58). LANCASHIRE. First innings 140. SURREY Second innings (overnight: 51-2) tA Stewart run out 45 A Lynch Hughes Allot! 29 Ward Hegg Watkinson- 8 I A Greig watKinson ahok- 23 Medlycott Fairbrother Wasim 24 A Feltham not out Extras (02, Ib4, w1.

nb3) 10 Total (for 7 dec). Fail of wickets cont: 88. 109. 109. 156.

158. Bowling: Wasim Akram 13-0-58-3; Allot! 22.4-8-52-2: Watkinson 10-142-1. LANCASHIRE Second innlnos Mendis Ibw Bicknell. 22 12 4 84 28 12 98 17 8 8 Fowler Stewart Greig Jesly Bicknell Fairbrother Peters Watkinson Ibw Bicknell Hughes Greig Peters-Wasim Akram Ward Greig- Allott run out Simmons not out iW Hegg run out Extras (Ib8) Total (tor 9) 271 Fall of wickets: 33, 38, 47. 85.

129. 204, 261. 271. 271. Bowling: Peters 21-6-70-2; Bicknell 16-2-36-3; Greig 19-4-89-2; Feltham 13-2-64-0: Medlycott 1-0-4-0.

GLAMORGAN WARWICKSHIRE Cardiff: Glamorgan (5pls) drew with Warwickshire (7). GLAMORGAN. First innings 246 (G Holmes 79. Shastri 52). WARWICKSHIRE First innings 255-8 dec.

GLAMORGAN Second innings A Hopkins Donald 5 A Butcher Din Lloyd 93 Morris Reeve Lloyd 51 Maynard not out 72 Shastri Pierson 15 Ontong not out 23 Extras (b8, Ib5, w3, nb3) 19 Total (lor 4 dec). 278 Fall of wickets: 24. 165. 177. 222.

Bowling: Donald 8-1-26-1; Small 4-1-5-0; Munton 7-0-30-0; Pierson 21-3-86-1; Lloyd 15-1-107t; Thorne 3-0-11-0. WARWICKSHIRE Second innings 'T A Lloyd not out 13 A Moles Metson Watkin 15 Asil Din not out 1 Extras (Ib2, nb1) 3 Total (lor 1) 32 Fall of wickst: 31 Minor Counties Championship Weymouth: Devon 38-1 and 139 (C Stone 6-20). Dorset 38-0 and 66-3. Match drawn. Warwickshire will give a first-class debul to Joey Benjamin, a 26-year-old St Kitts-born last bowler, against the Sri Lankans at Edgbaston today.

Evening racing AYR 8.30(61): 1, HUF00F, Hills (1-2 Fav): 2, Amethystine (4-1); 3, Changs Ousrd (100-1) 6 ran. 5, 2. (H Thomson-Jones) Tote: 1 50; E1.10, 1.70. Dual 1.70. CSF: 2.65.

7.00 (1m)l 1, TAUPIE, Dullield (4-1); 2, Oct On Oeraghty (9-1); 3, Sylvan Orient (5-1). Paresse 4th, 7-4 Fav. 5 ran. '2, 2. (M Tompkins) Tote: 5.10; 2.00, 1.40.

Dual 7.00. CSF: 12.00. 7.30 (2m 4f 90yds)i 1, GREEN ARCHER, Carlisle (5-1); 2, Bluff Cove (7-1); 3, Ares Cods (64 Fav). 8 ran. 1'a- (Mrs Rams-den).

Tote: 6.40: 1.80. 2.40, 1.10. Dual 15.00. CSF: 34.65. Trlcasl: 67.98.

8.00 (71)1 1, COOL ENOUGH, Dean McKeown (4-1); 2, MldMgM Raw (7-2 Fav); 3, Grey Rum (9-2). 8 ran. 3, 1. (Mrs Rams-den) Tote: 4.70; 1.70, 1.60, 1.80. Oust 7.00.

CSF: 16.80. Trlcasl: 56.79. 8.30 (1m 2f)i It MY RATBAG, Connor-ton (3-1 Jt Fav); Primaoars) (6-1); 3, Win-ton Va (8-1). Cat-Arrowed 3-1 Jt Fav. 7 ran.

Hd, 1. (J Wilson) Tote: 3.20; 2.30, 3.80. Dual 19.60. CSF: 23.38. 9.00 (im 3f)i 1, CRACKLB MOOR, A Munro (7-1): 2, Fighting Oorytus (10-1); 3, Fsnlands (3-1 Fav).

8 ran. (M Easterby) Tote: 15.20: 3.30, 2.60, 1.90. Dual 50.60. NR: MissSaman Paul Fitzpatrick at Southport A FTER being outplayed for two days and a ses-aWiVsion Lancashire came within one run of beating Surrey yesterday, the scores finishing level and the home side having one wicket standing. Asked to score 272 in 70 overs Lancashire were far from home until Wasim Akram arrived and proceeded to give an astonishing display of clean, powerful hitting.

Clive Lloyd himself could not have done a finer job although in the end and harsh though it might seem Worcestershire Yorkshire Moxon's landmark buried as Yorkshire cave in Results Coif DUTCH OPEN (Hilversum). Saeond round (GB and Ire unless stated): 134 Johnstone (Zim) 63, 66. 135 Roe 69, 138 J-M Olazabal (Sp) 69. 67. 137 I Mosey 68, 69: Russell 69, 68.

138 Parkin 69, 69; A Russell 66. 72; Smyth 71, 67; Anglada (Sp) 66, 72; Mason 69, 69: McColl69.69. VOLVO BRITISH SENIORS OPEN (Turn-berry). Socond round (British and Irish unless stated): 131 Player (SA) 65, 66. 133 Casper (US) 68.

65. 13S Coles 70. 65. 138 Henning (SA) 70, 68. 139 Charles (NZ) 70.

69; A Palmer (US) 69, 70; Devlin (Aus) 69. 70. 140 O'Hern (US) 70, 70; Westbrook (SA) 70. 70; Garrison (Can) 68, 72. 142 A Silverstrone (US) 72, 70.

143 Butler 74, 69; O'Connor 70, 73; Will 70, 73. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN (Stoke-by-Nayland. Suffolk). Final acoraai 203 Kent (Wo-burn) 70. 68, 65.

209 Tucker (City of London) 70, 71. 68: Bothwell (W Mlddx) 69. 69. 71. 210 Elsworthy (Rookery Pk) 71.

72, 67; Mann (Ely City) 70, 69, 71; Pickling (Enfield) 70. 68, 72. PDA CUP (The Bellry). (GB and Ire names first): Foursomes: ChillastK Jones halved with GilbertS Bess. WelrG Stafford bt ThoreJ Lumpkin 4 and 2.

HlntonM Gray lost to OlenzR Landxlon 3 and 2. JobJ Hosklson lost to MannaT Wargo 7 and 5. Fourbass: AahdownO Furay bt Gil-bertO Glenz 1 up: GrayJ Hoakinaon bt MenneT Wargo 1 up: ChillasK Jones with NielsenJ Roth; WelrG Stafford lost to ThoraJ Lumpkin 5 and 3. Match score: OB and Ire 4, USA 4. BLOOR HOMES EASTLEIGH WOMEN'S (Fleming Park, GB and Ire unless istated): Third round: 180 Hutton (Aus) 64, 62.

183 Oibnah (Aus) 62, 62, 69. 184 Baker (Can) 66, 65, 63. 188 Lofland (US) 62. 68. 65: 0 Petrizzl (US) 62, 66, 67; A Jones (Aus) 65, 62, 68.

187 Waits 67, 66, 64. 188 Oouglas 64, 65, 69: Scobllng 63, 66, 69. WELSH BOVS CHAMPIONSHIP (Holy-head). SarnMbuus! Piatt (Padeswood and Buckley) bt Maclachlan (Ashburnham) 3 and Murphy (Brynhill) bt Edwards '(Wrexham) 2 and 1. Ftaah Plan bt Murphy 5 and 3.

Tennis CLASSIC (Washington). Third roundi Roatagno (US) bt Gilbert (US) 6-4, 6-3; AOormx (Ecuador) bt Saceanu (WG) 6-3, 7-6; A Krickataln (US) bt Yzaga (Peru) 6-2, 6-4; Chang (US) bt Krlshnan (India) 6-4. 6-2; CahHI (Aus) bt Prldham (Can) 6-2, 6-1: Barger (US) bt van Rensburg (SA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Molr (SA) bt 0 Vlsser (SA) 6-3, 6-2. DAVIS CUP. World Group aaint-finahu Baatadi Noah (Fr) leads Wilander (Swe) 6-2, 4-4 (rain, play abandoned after 86min).

Dortmund! Backar (WG) bt Zivojinovlc (Yug) 7-5, 6-2, 6-4; Jetan (WG) bt Prplc (Yug) 9-7. 9-7, 6-2. WG lead 2-0. Euro-African Zona Fmati Zall-am-Swi Muator (Aut) bt Shaw (GB) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; Skoff (Aut) bt Bates (GB) 6-4. 6-4, 0-6, 6-0.

Austria lead GB 2-0. AsiaOceania Zona Group 2i Jakarta! Korea lead Indonesia 2-0. Hong Kongi Hong Kong lead Pakistan 2-0. African Zona Group 2i Harare: Zimbabwe, lead Egypt 2-0. EuropeanAfrican Group 1i Vurmalai USSR leadNetherlands2-0.

European Zona Group 2i Dublin: Ireland lead Greece 1-0 (rain, play abandoned). American Zona Group 1i Buanoa Aires: McEnroo (US) bt Perez-Roldan 6-2, 5-7. 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; A Agassi (US) bt Jalle (Arg) 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. US lead Argentina 2-0. Oroup 2: MorrtavMao: Uruguay lead Venezuela 2-0.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Alx-en-Provence). Ouartar-flnauu Fulco (Arg) bt I Budarova (Cz) 7-5, 7-5; Wlasnar (Aut) bt Dlas (Br) 7-5, 6-3; Hanlka (WG) bt Guerree (Fr) 6-3, 6-1; Cecchlnl (It) bt Martinez (Sp) 6-3, 6-1 Badminton INDONESIAN OPEN (Jakarta). Quartar-flnauu Women's doubles: darkS San-key (Eng) bt SusantiErma (Indo) 15-13, 15-10. Mlzad doubles: FladbergG Clark (DenEng) bt Kie Way PowE Riyadi (Indo) 15-5, 15-2. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Boston 6, Chicago White Sox Kansas 6, NY Yankees 5: Milwaukee 6, Texas Seattle 6, Toronto 2. NATIONAL LEAGUE. San Diego 3. Chicago Cubs Montreal 3, Cincinnati 2: Pittsburgh 3, Los Angeles Houston 2, Philadelphia 0: St Louis 6, San Francisco 4. Cycling TOUR DE FRANCrL Twentieth stage (Clermont-Ferrand to Chalon-sur-Saone, 223.5km): 1, Marie (Fr) 6hr 3min 45sec; 2, van Poppel (Neth) at 2sec; 3, Heynderickx (Belg): 4, Planckaert (Belg); 5, A van der Poel (Neth); 6, Elliott (GB).

Also: 11, Rooks (Neth); 12, Kelly (Ire). 89. Yates (GB) all same time. Overall standings: 1. Delgado (Sp) 78hr 33min 36sec; 2, Rooks (Neth) at 3, Parra (Col) at 4.

Bauer (Can) at 5, Boyer (Fr) at 6, Herrera (Col) at 10:53. Also: 47, Kelly at 58:41. 64, Yales at 1:16:07. 92, Elliott at 1:40:49. WOMEN'S TOUR DE FRANCE.

Etsvsnth stage (La Clayette to Chalon-sur-Saone. 82km): 1, Slmonnet (Fr) 2hr 6min 5sec; 2, Knol (Neth): 3, 1 Chiappa (It); 4, Schoenen-berger (Switz); 5, A Danlelsen (Nor) all same time. Overall standings: 1, Longo (Fr) 21hr 4mln 57sec: 2, Canins (II) at 1:20: 3, Hepple (Aus) at 13.04; 4, Vikstedt-Nyman (Fin) at 5. Chiappa at 17:01. Sailing CREIGHTON'S J24 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Cowes).

Rac Ti 1. S'Touche, Jardine; 2, Just for Fun, Brady; 3, Plastic Bag, I Southworth; 4, Parsnip, Warwick; 5, Marine, D'AII; 6. Parkview, Mount. Final results: 1, Take Them to the Cleaners, Benford; 2, Just for Fun (J Brady); 3, Italian Job (I Pinned): 4. Plastic Bag (I Southworth); 5, Never Let a Dago By (N Whipp); 6, S'Touche (S Fardine).

Athletics SCOTRAIL SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS (Orownpolnt, Glasgow). Men, 1, A Douglas (Victoria Pk) 29min 29.39sec. Discus: 1, 0 Morris (Pitreavie) 50.14m. Triple lump: 1, Duncan (Shettleston) 15.67m. Women, 200m 1, Nellson (Edinburgh Woollen Mill) 24.09sec.

1. Mac-leod (Edinburgh AC) 36.1Ssec. Javettni 1, White (Border harriers) 47.88m. Volleyball ROYAL BANK CUP (Aston Villa LC). Men: Cuba 3, South Korea Sweden 3, Canada 1.

Cricket TODAY'S FIXTURES TOUR MATCH (11.00-6.30). Edsbaatom Warwickshire Sri Lanka. BRITANNIC ASSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (11.00-6.30). Cardiff: Glamorgan Yorkshire. Portamouthi Hampshire Derbyshire.

Folkestone: Kent Worcestershire. Leicester: Leicestershire Essex. Lord's: Middlesex Surrey. Northampton: Northamptonshire Sussex. Taunton: Somerset Nottinghamshire.

TOMORROWS FIXTURES REFUGE ASSURANCE LEAGUE (2.0O-7.0O unless stated). Cardiff: Glamorgan Yorkshire (1.3O-6.30). Portsmouth: Hampshire Derbyshire. Folkestone: Kent Worcestershire. Leicester: Leicestershire Essex, lord's: Middlesex Warwickshire.

Flnedon: Northamptonshire Sussex. Taunton: Somerset Nottinghamshire. SECOND ELEVEN CHAMPIONSHIP. Shipley: Derbyshire Worcestershire. MINOR COUNTIES HOLT CUP FINAL Weymouth: Dorset Cambridgeshire.

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP. Ipsmrlehi Suffolk Lincolnshire. West Indies Lamb's departure, Smith, push WORCESTERSHIRE YORKSHIRE Worcester: Worcesterhire (22pts) beat Yorkshire (7) by 21 runs. WORCESTERSHIRE First innings 356-7 dec (G A Hick 198, Newport 77no). YORKSHIRE First innings 302-4 dec.

WORCESTERSHIRE Second innings (overnight: 48-0) Bent Robinson Carrick 50 Lord Robinson Carrick 85 O'Shaughnessy ibw Shaw 4 A Hick Carrick 17 A Neale not out 19 Weston not out 24 Extras (b9, Ib5. nb2) 18 Total (for 4 dec) 215 Fall of wickets: 107, Tdi, ite, lb. Bowling: Sidebottom 5-1-15-0; Shaw 17-3-52-1; Hartley 6-0-33-0; Swallow 8-0-38-0; Carrick 14-1-52-3; Sharp 1-0-11-0. YORKSHIRE Second innings Moxon McEwan lllingworth 106 A A Metcalfe Rhodes Radford Sharp lllingworlh 15 Love lllingworlh 19 Robinson Newport 33 Bairslow Ibw Radford 23 'P Carrick lllingworlh' Radford 20 A Sidebottom Radford 1 Hartley and lllingworlh 1 I Swallow run out Shaw not out 2 Extras (bl. Ib9, w1, nb10) 21 Total- 248 Fall: 3, 42, 81, 152, 208, 220, 238, 239, 239.

Bowling: Radford 13.5-3-60-4: Newport 14-3-54-V, McEwan 6-1-11-0: lllingworlh 24-2-82-4; Weston 7-0-31-0. HAMPSHIRE ESSEX Portsmouth: Hampshire (5pts) drew wilh Essex (6). HAMPSHIRE First innings 201 ESSEX. First innings 203-7 dec (A Border 55). Bowling: Jelferies 24.4-4-59-0; Bakker 20-5-54-5; Connor 7.2-1-20-1; Tremlett 12.3-3-44-1;Maru 11-7-5-0; Scott 3-1-5-0.

HAMPSHIRE Second innings Scott East Lever 0 Smith not out 103 Nicholas not out 102 Extras (b5, Ibl, nb3) 9 Total (for 1 dec). 214 Fall of wicket: 4. Bawling: Lever 8-3-14-1; Topley 7-1-16-0; Stephenson 1-0-5-0; Lilley 11-0-119-0; Hus-sain 9-0-47-0; Prichard 1-0-7-0. ESSEX Second Innings Stephenson not out- 34 10 a S3 11 117 tu East jeneries- Prichard hit wkt Bakker A Border Nicholas Jelferies- A Lilley not out Extras (Ib10, w1) Total (lor 3) Call 11 01) Bowling: Jelferies 10-3-37-2: Bakker 13-1-42-1; Maru 4-1-11-0; Tremlett 6-1-17-0. LEICESTERSHIRE DERBYSHIRE Leicester: Leicestershire (4pts) drew with Derbyshire (5).

DERBVSHIRaV-First Innings 429-6 dec (K Barnetl 239no). LEICESTERSHIRE. First innings 254-3 dec (N Briers 125no, Boon 70). Bowling: Holding Mortensen 15- 3-33-0: Malcolm 11-1-60-0; Warner iB-2-24-0; Newman 8-2-23-0; Bowler 16- 4-33-0; Barnett 19-5-39-2. DERBYSHIRE Second innings Barnett Cobb Lewis 18 Bowler Ibw Agnew Roberts and Lewis 16 Morris Briers Potter 42 Goldsmith not out 40 IB Maher Ibw Potter 8 Newman not out 'Extras (Ib1) 1 Total (for 5 dec).

125 Fall of wickets: 17. 31, 39, 105. 123. BowUngi Agnew 12-2-36-1; Ferris 3-2-3-0; Lewis 16-4-43-2; Potter 7.1-2-42-2. LEICESTERSHIRE Sscond innlnos A Cobb run out- 11 60 22 41 16 'N Briers Boon Maher Holding Willey Warner Newman Whltaker sub Newman Potter not out Lewis Goldsmith Barnett.

tP Whlttlcase Ibw Holding. PA DeFreltas Goldsmith Holding 6 Agnew not out Extras b3, lo6. nb6) IS Total (for 8). 18 Fall 39. 46.

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1B0. Bowling: Holding 13-4-33-3; Malcolm 8-0-28-0: Mortensen 8-3-6-0: Newman 13-0-71-z; warner o-u-17-0; uarneit 11-4-15-2: Bowler 6-4-4-0. Michael Henderson at Worcester THE first championship century of the season by a Yorkshire player failed to bridge a 21-year gap yesterday. An innings of 106 by Martyn Moxon put his county in sight of their first win at New Road since 1967. Instead, they went down by 21 runs when Swallow, seeking a dangerous run to mid-on, was run out by Graeme Hick's short throw.

So the man whose innings on the first day had provided the platform for victory spoke the final lines. There were four wickets apiece for Richard H-lingworth, one of the two York- held by Ward on the midwicket boundary off the bowling of Greig. Simmons and Hegg were unable to scramble the single required, with Hegg run out off the final delivery. But those people who were watching from behind the bowler's arm could not believe how umpire Hampshire could have failed to call the first, fifth and sixth deliveries as wides. It was an astonishing finish, and there was compensation for Lancashire who took 12 points from the match, eight points going to the side batting second in a game where the scores finish level.

Their championship challenge is still flourishing. 3'z hours. The four remaining wickets tumbled for 28 runs in five overs, leaving 13 balls unbowled. Carrick, who entrusted the bulk of the morning's bowling to himself and Swallow, took three wickets before Neale declared Worcestershire's second innings at 215 for four, which left Yorkshire to make 270 in what became 67 overs. Lord and Bent fell to catches by Robinson after reaching half centuries; Hick was bowled round his legs, sweeping.

Yorkshire were not blessed with the best of starts. Metcalfe departed without scoring and neither Sharp nor Love looked comfortable. Moxon, too, failed to keep the early score moving. Counties drop Test rejects PHILLIP DeFREITAS and Chris Broad, left out by England for the Headingley Test, have also been dropped by their counties. Broad was dropped for two games by Nottinghamshire.th-ough the county, would not say whether it was as a disciplinary measure.

The move suggests, however, that he was a principal figure in the dressing-room unrest that led to Tim Robinson offering his resignation as captain later withdrawn this week DeFreitas, has been left out of Leicestershire's match with Essex because he did not give 100 per cent in. the match against Derbyshire, that ended yesterday. He has apologised and will be considered for the next match against Notts. after such a brilliant knock Wasim's impetuosity and his desire to reach his century arguably cost his side victory. After striking four sixes and nine fours Wasim arrived at the last over needing two for his hundred and Lancashire, with Simmons facing, needing six for the win.

The scores were brought level by Simmons hitting a four and scrambling a single, which left Wasim three balls to complete both his hundred which would have been the fastest of the season and the victory. He opted for the big hit when he would have been wiser pushing for the single, and he was shiremen in the Worcestershire side, and Radford, whose final bursts tilted a game that had swung towards Yorkshire and back again. Perhaps the most important wicket was that of Bairstow, whose presence at the crease had invigorated Moxon. Together they added 56 in 10 overs for the fifth wicket, building on the previous partnership of 71 which Moxon had shared with Robinson. But with the Yorkshire score on 208, and a further 72 wanted from the last 11 overs, Radford pinned Bairstow leg before.

Within three overs Moxon had also gone, lifting Dlingworth to long-off where McEwan's nicely judged catch ended his stay of rearguard action with Laurie Potter hitting a defiant, unbeaten 41 and Nigel Briers 60 to help them to a draw. Essex were frustrated by rain at Portsmouth where the second-placed county were robbed of their sixth championship victory. The day belonged to Hampshire's Chris Smith and Mark Nicholas, who both scored lightning centuries. Alan Lilley was the man to suffer, conceding ten successive boundaries and 119 runs off 11 overs. Nicholas's 102 in 94 minutes was just three minutes quicker than Smith's century.

Matthew Maynard lifted the gloom at Cardiff with four sixes, three of oat of the ground, in an on-, beaten 72 in the rain-ruined draw with Warwickshire. Kent spin out a last-over victory The Guardian Cricketline KENT stretched their Britannic Assurance County Championship lead to 35 points and stretched the nerves of the County Ground to breaking point with their one-wicket win over Northamptonshire. Chasing a total of 288. Kent won with two balls to spare, Graham Cowdrey having a better day with the bat than his brother, hitting three sixes in his 49. Two spinners, Richards Williams and Nick Cook, took all nine wickets with Trevor Ward hitting 59 off 72 balls and the acting skipper Chris Tavare 37.

Michael Holding and Kim Barnett took Derbyshire to the brink of victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road. Holdine's three for 33 and Barnett's two for 15 forced the home side into a 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. Ouardlan Crickatllrw Is charged at 6p par 12 seconds (off -paah) Sp par 8 socond (peak) Inclusive of VAT..