County Championship Round 6 Day 4/4

Hampshire 345 & 68-4 beat Glamorgan 224 & 187 by six wickets 

Hampshire moved to the top of the Division Two table by completing a six-wicket victory over Glamorgan.

The Welsh county only added two to their overnight 185-9 before Tom Helm was caught off James Tomlinson (3-40).

Requiring just 67, Hampshire were made to work for their win by 19-year-old seam bowler Ruaidhri Smith (3-38).

He bowled Jimmy Adams for a first-ball duck and later removed Michael Carberry and Liam Dawson in the same over, before Hampshire reached 68-4.

• Hampshire last lost a Championship match against Glamorgan in 1991, winning 12 and drawing seven of the meetings since then.

Gareth Rees claimed the fourth wicket to fall, having Will Smith caught for eight at mid-on by Stewart Walters, who had earlier taken a superb diving effort in the slips to send Carberry on his way for 14.

But having passed 500 runs for the season on the second day, James Vince slightly tarnished teenager Smith's figures with three fours in an over to reach 29 not out and end the match.

It was Hampshire's second victory of the summer, to go with three draws, and moved them 11 points clear of Worcestershire at the top. 


Middlesex 459-8 dec & 31-0 beat Lancashire 266 & 223 by 10 wickets

Middlesex seamer Tim Murtagh took 6-60 set up a 10-wicket win over Lancashire.

Resuming on 15-1, the visitors required 193 to force a fourth innings at Lord's, but were soon reduced to 45-5.

Ashwell Prince and Jos Buttler (50) dug in, before Murtagh snared the latter and Tom Smith in the over before tea.

Prince (86) remained stoic and skipper Glen Chapple (32) helped the newly-promoted side reach 223 all out, which left Sam Robson and Chris Rogers to knock off the 31 runs needed to win.

Man in form

Tim Murtagh in 2014

• 2-95 v Sussex, Championship
• 1-66 & 5-61 v Nottinghamshire, Championship
• 3-48 & 2-77 v Yorkshire, Championship
• 2-21 v Sri Lanka, one-day international
• 1-75 & 6-60 v Lancashire, Championship

Defeat leaves Lancashire seventh with just one win from their first five County Championship matches.

Middlesex's third win from three home games lifts them to third, an impressive response to their own humbling loss against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in their previous fixture.

And they had looked like dispensing with Lancashire far earlier than transpired.

Ireland international Murtagh removed nightwatchman Simon Kerrigan and when Steven Finn struck either side of a Toby Roland-Jones wicket, a result was close.

But South African veteran Prince and Buttler added 117 in over two hours to frustrate the home attack.

Murtagh returned as the afternoon session drew to a close and Buttler nicked to Dawad Malan at slip.

Smith then edged behind for a duck to leave the hosts elated at the match's final interval.

Chapple bludgeoned six boundaries to help force Middlesex to pad up again, but Murtagh got rid of Prince to make it 217-8, and the final two wickets soon followed.

Only a sudden downpour at a sun-baked Lord's could save Lancashire from defeat, but it did not come. 

Sussex 505-9 dec drew with Durham 451-7

Kumar Sangakkara signed off his spell at Durham with a knock of 159 on the final day of the draw against Sussex.

Matt Machan's catch off a ball from Steve Magoffin eventually accounted for the 36-year-old, who joins up with Sri Lanka on Thursday to face Kent.

Sussex were frustrated by Sangakkara and Paul Collingwood, who was dismissed on 74, after earlier dislodging Scott Borthwick on 84 as Durham ended 451-7.

Magoffin ended the day with 2-84 for Sussex, while James Anyon posted 2-111.

Bad weather across days two and three meant a draw was the only realistic result, but Durham batted doggedly in the race to secure batting points - although finished up just two runs short of all five at the cut-off point.

They lost Borthwick and then Michael Richardson inside the morning session but Sangakkara grew in confidence and began to cut loose, ending with 18 fours and two sixes.

Once Collingwood and Sangakkara were unseated, Phil Mustard followed shortly after from a Luke Wells catch off Magoffin again.

However, tailenders Usman Arshad and Mark Wood dug in, and with bonus points decided the match petered out to a draw.


Nottinghamshire 409-8 dec beat Northants 248 & 151 by an innings and 10 runs

Riki Wessels scored a stunning century to set up Nottinghamshire's innings and 10-run win over former club Northants.

After starting the final day on 78, Wessels smashed 158 from 152 balls to set up a Notts declaration on 409-8, with a first-innings lead of 161.

Northants, in reply, had no answer to Nottinghamshire's pace, with Australia international Peter Siddle taking 4-61.

Ajmal Shahzad (4-46) also impressed as Northants were dismissed for 151 and Notts moved up to third in the table.

The hosts began looking for quick runs, but lost captain Chris Read (31) to Andrew Hall (2-86), while Siddle made only four before being caught by Hall off James Middlebrook (2-63)

Shahzad, who made an unbeaten 36 from 25 balls, then joined Wessels and the pair put on 107 off 51 balls for the eighth wicket.

Wessels went from his ton to 150 in only 20 balls, with the help of six sixes, including three off successive balls from Hall.

His flamboyant innings finally came to an end when he holed out to Steven Crook off Muhammad Azharullah (2-86), after hitting a total of 14 fours and eight sixes.

Nottinghamshire's declaration meant Northants had 76 overs to see out in order to earn a draw, but although the majority of their batsmen made starts, Notts took wickets at regular intervals to reduce them to 123-6 at tea.

Shahzad took two wickets in three balls after the interval - including Hall for 27 - to turn the screw, before a 26-run partnership between Steven Crook (26) and Maurice Chambers held Notts up for nine overs.

Samit Patel's first ball of the innings got rid of Crook with a sharp caught and bowled and Shahzad wrapped the innings up when he trapped Chambers leg before for seven as Notts secured a maximum-point victory for the first time in four years.



Surrey 132 & 267-6 beat Gloucestershire 168 & 230 by four wickets

Surrey skipper Graeme Smith hit his maiden century for the club against Gloucestershire to guide them to their first Championship win of the season.

The former South Africa captain made 103, including 16 fours, before being caught behind off Matt Taylor.

Set 267 to win, Smith's exit sparked a Surrey wobble from 145-0 to 172-3.

But Steven Davies, who gave up wicketkeeping duties for the game to focus on his batting, made 61 as they reached 267-6 to win by four wickets.

Victory for either side was possible at the start of play, but Gloucestershire needed to get rid of Smith before he could bring the experience gained in 117 Test matches to bear on the situation.

Surrey's only other win since the start of the 2013 season came when they beat Derbyshire by four wickets last September.

Having only won one Championship game since the start of last season, the home side needed a solid start to calm any nerves and Rory Burns was content to drop anchor while Smith imposed himself on the Gloucestershire attack.

The left-hander reached his hundred off 107 balls, but surprisingly departed soon after when he under-edged an attempted pull through to Cameron Herring.

Dominic Sibley only managed four before becoming Taylor's second victim and when Burns fell to Graeme McCarter for a painstaking 45 off 171 balls, Gloucestershire had renewed hope.

James Fuller trapped Gary Wilson lbw before tea, but Jason Roy (17) helped Davies add 59 and Surrey were only a boundary short of their target when both fell in successive overs to Benny Howell (2-66).

With both gone, Surrey were pinned down for 13 deliveries before Zafar Ansari finally got them over the finishing line with two runs off Howell. 

Derbyshire 118 & 106-0 drew with Kent 235-6 dec


Kent had to settle for a draw at Derbyshire despite a bold declaration by Rob Key in a bid to force victory.

After no play on day three, the visitors resumed on 10-0 and Brendan Nash, who hit nine boundaries in his 95 off 98 balls, helped them to 235-6.

Key declared with a lead of 117, but Derbyshire batted out time to reach 106-0 and secure the draw.

Stephen Moore hit 14 boundaries in his unbeaten 73, while opening partner Paul Borrington was 31 not out.