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How they were out
MS Dhoni led from the front with a 33-ball 66 (file photo)•Associated Press

MS Dhoni and S Badrinath added an unbroken 109-run stand from 65 deliveries to push Chennai Super Kings to a competitive total before their bowlers turned in an inspired performance to bowl them to a surprisingly facile win at the Eden Gardens. It was Chennai who had ended Kolkata’s winning streak after the first two games in 2008 and history played out yet again.Chennai were wobbling at 55 for 3 in the 10th over when Dhoni joined Badrinath to slowly change things around on a track with slightly variable bounce. It wasn’t the traditional hit-everything-in-sight Twenty20 innings from them as they first strived to settle in with dabs and nudges before freeing their arms at the end.It was off the final delivery of the 15th over that Dhoni managed his first big hit – a six over long-on. And it wasn’t till the 18th over that he really went berserk, hitting Laxmi Ratan Shukla for two fours and another six over long-on as he started to work his bottom hand over time.In the next over, bowled by Shane Bond, he looted three boundaries that included a scorching flatly-pulled six. Badrinath too got in the act, pulling Ishant Sharma for a six in the final over.Until the final assault from the Chennai duo, nearly everything went according to Plan A for Kolkata. Bond got to swing it at pace, Ishant probed with his seam movement, Murali Kartik was at his canny best, Angelo Matthews was at his nagging self and Shukla kept it really tight as well.But Dhoni’s knock proved the difference between a below-par total and a defendable one.Kolkata needed a similar partnership but with wickets falling at regular intervals, the chase lacked any momentum and fizzled out very quickly. Within nine deliveries, their heroes from last game, Brad Hodge and Manoj Tiwary, were dismissed – Hodge pulled Albie Morkel to square-leg and Tiwary was bowled, going for an expansive on-the-up drive against ManpreetGony. And when L Balaji produced the delivery of the game – it kicked up from short of length even as it straightened outside off stump – to catch the edge of Owais Shah, Kolkata were struggling at 46 for 4.It required someone to seize the game but there weren’t any inspired bursts lower down. Sourav Ganguly dawdled along for a while, unable to break free against a relentless attack of short deliveries into his rib cage, and he fell, swinging Justin Kemp to deep mid-wicket. Much depended on Matthews if Kolkata were to effect a jail break, but he was trapped in front trying to paddle sweep a straight delivery from Kemp. The tail couldn’t produce any miracle andChennai wrapped up the win with five balls to spare.

The appeal by the BCCI challenging the 12-month ban imposed by the ICC on the Feroz Shah Kotla, has been dismissed by an independent appeals commissioner. Michael Beloff QC conducted the hearing via teleconference and issued his written judgment today.The Indian board was understood to have disputed the ICC’s classification of the pitch used for the India-Sri Lanka ODI on December 27 last year as “dangerous” and “unfit”. The match had been called off after 23.3 overs during which Sri Lankan players received several blows due to severely varying bounce.”In his judgment, Beloff states that following the due consideration of all the evidence and submissions from both the ICC and BCCI, the correct decision was taken by Dave Richardson, the ICC’s general manager of cricket, and Ranjan Madugalle, the match referee,” said a release from the ICC. “Mr Beloff added the imposed suspension until the end of 2010 was proportionate in this case.”Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, said the focus now was to get the venue ready in time for 2011 World Cup. “The ICC’s pitch consultant will travel shortly to Feroz Shah Kotla, a ground with a long and proud history, to begin the process of remedial work that will ensure the pitch is restored to its former glory,” he said.

Twice shy
Rahul Dravid’s innings ended in trouble with a bruised jaw, but he had his share of luck during the knock. The first one came when he was on 9; he backed up too far and Gautam Gambhir’s straight drive went very close to the lunging bowler Shafiul Islam and hit the stumps. Dravid was short of the crease but the question was whether the bowler got a touch. Shafiul was confident that he had but the replays didn’t offer conclusive evidence. Dravid survived. The next one came when Dravid was on 28; a wonderful bouncer from Rubel Hossain had him fending awkwardly low and to the right of the wide slip where Junaid Siddique took a superb catch but it was a no-ball. Unaware of his lifeline, Dravid walked away and had almost reached square-leg when he got the news. There was no visible emotion; he just turned and headed back to the crease.Short stories
Does this even qualify for trivia? When was the last time both Indian openers were done in by bouncers? Virender Sehwag could not get away from a Shahadat Hossain bouncer which came in to cramp him and Gambhir was taken out by an accurate bouncer from Shafiul, operating from round the stumps. The sparse crowd loved both dismissals.And one that wasn’t
Dravid got a ton but it wasn’t all happy news for his fans though, as he fractured his jaw after being hit by another sharp bouncer from Shahadat which forced him to leave the field. He ducked into a short one, in the second over of the second new ball, but it didn’t climb as high as he thought it would. It thudded into the ear-guard, as he yanked his face away at the last minute and after a chat with the physio, Dravid walked off the field.More luck
Sachin Tendulkar had his share of luck as well, being dropped on 27 and again on 53, Raqibul Hossain playing Santa both times. The second was a difficult chance; Tendulkar didn’t connect well with his upper-cut and Raqibul moved to his left at gully and dived but couldn’t get his palms under the ball. The first was a sitter, though. Tendulkar hit an uppish square-drive off Rubel but Raqibul, at gully, floored it. Raqibul sank to the ground, Mahmudullah held his head, the rest looked shocked and the crowd gasped.

Match facts

January 3-6
Start time 09.30 (04.00 GMT)It has been 20 months since RP Singh played a Test•Getty Images

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After dominating the late nineties, with three Ranji championships in four years, the next decade wasn’t one to savour for Karnataka: they failed to reach the finals for ten straight years. In that time, Uttar Pradesh transformed themselves into perennial title contenders, contesting the finals thrice in the previous four years.This season, though, a revamped Karnataka have had a hiccup-free ride into the semi-finals on the back of a promising bunch of young batsmen and a bowling attack with bite. They opened the campaign with a thumping 185-run victory over UP in Meerut, strolled to big wins in three of the remaining five league games, and are yet to even concede the first-innings lead in the tournament.However, they can’t take a tenacious UP lightly, particularly as they are up against a bowling line-up that includes three players (Praveen Kumar, RP Singh and Piyush Chawla) with international exposure. Also, UP are packed with players well-versed in dealing with the pressures of playing quality teams in knock-out Ranji encounters, which will be a novel experience for many of Karnataka’s new boys.UP have also shown tremendous appetite for a scrap this season, bouncing back to prevail from dire situations like when they were rolled over for 62 by Bengal in Kanpur. It’s their bowling which will be their main strength, but their batsmen have put up timely, if not massive, runs to keep the season on track. “We are fighters, we don’t give up,” their captain Mohammad Kaif said on Saturday. “We don’t have any player scoring 1400 runs in a season, players averaging around 30, maximum 40-45, but we have eleven players contributing all the time.”

Form guide

(last five completed matches, most recent first)
Karnataka – DWWWD
Uttar Pradesh – DWDWD

Players to watch

A blistering century in the IPL sprung Manish Pandey from anonymity into national limelight. Making runs in the hit-and-giggle world of Twenty20s is all very well, but can he cut it in the first-class arena, the critics asked? This season, he has shown he can. First, there was the aggressive 194 against UP to rescue Karnataka from 27 for 3, then a century against Irfan Pathan and Co. but the most important innings was the assured 115 in the quarter-finals, when he shepherded the Karnataka tail past Punjab’s first-innings score.RP Singh has followed the well-worn path of Indian fast bowlers in recent times: start off mopping up plenty of wickets before gradually losing effectiveness over a few international seasons. It’s nearly two years now since RP played a Test, and his state fast-bowling mates, Praveen and Sudeep Tyagi, are ahead of him in the limited-overs pecking order. It’s been a lacklustre season so far – 20 wickets at 37.55 with no five-wicket hauls – and he doesn’t have too many more first-class games to impress the selectors.

Team news

Rahul Dravid said the final eleven won’t be chosen until he has had a look at the pitch on Sunday morning, but it will not be surprising if they retain the side that took on Punjab in the quarter-finals.Karnataka (likely) 1 Robin Uthappa, 2 KB Pawan, 3 G Satish, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Amit Verma, 7 CM Gautam (wk), 8 Sunil Joshi, 9 Vinay Kumar, 10 A Mithun, 11 S Aravind.With Praveen being available for the semi-finals, left-arm medium-pacer Shalabh Srivastava is likely to be sidelined. Chawla and Praveen Gupta will continue to share the spinning responsibilities.Uttar Pradesh (likely) 1 Tanmay Srivastava, 2 Shivkant Shukla, 3 Mohammad Kaif (capt), 4 Rohit Srivastava, 5 Parvinder Singh, 6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 7 Piyush Chawla, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Amir Khan (wk), 10 Praveen Gupta, 11 RP Singh

Pitch and conditions

The track at the Chinnaswamy Stadium is expected to be a flat one, with both captains saying they would like to bat first on winning the toss. “It will not be like Delhi,” joked the curator, Narayan Raju, referring to the abandoned one-dayer against Sri Lanka last week. He said there will be some bounce on the first day after which it will get a little slower. With both teams having plenty of batting depth, we might be in for a game similar to the one the last time these two teams faced each other at the Chinnaswamy Stadium; Karnataka piled on 511 after being sent in, only to see UP counter with 567 to take away three points from a drawn match.

Quotes

“I think they have the experience in the semi-final and final knock-out level but on current form and in this season we have the momentum and are playing a little bit better than they are.”

“One advantage we have is that we have seen their young players, like Pandey, who are coming in, playing their first season, that will help us have better plans when they come in to bat than in the first match [in Meerut].”

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Sunny Singh scored a century to give Haryana a massive lead in Rohtak before the bowlers knocked the top off the Kerala second innings to set up the possibility of an innings victory in three days. Sunny Singh, resuming on 31, went on to score 140 and, though contributions from the middle and lower order weren’t substantial, it was enough for Haryana to secure a 289-run advantage. Sreekumar Nair was the most impressive bowler, taking 4 for 14 off 14 overs, as Haryana were eventually dismissed for 382. Kerala, who were routed for 93 in the first innings, struggled again, losing the openers with the score on 14. Sachin Baby was then lbw to Amit Mishra as they ended the day on 35 for 3.
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A first-innings collapse and early hiccups in the second left Jammu and Kashmir battling for survival against Andhra in Anantapur. They folded for 147 after Andhra had ended their first-innings on 318, conceding a lead of 171. DP Vijaykumar and D shivkumar caused most of the damage, taking three wickets each, while Ian Dev Singh top-scored with 64. Ian Dev Singh failed in the follow-on, however, and was bowled by Syed Sahabuddin for 5. Hardeep Singh was then caught behind, also off Sahabuddin, reducing Jammu and Kashmir to 14 for 2. Hiken Shah scored 30 to steer his team to 53 at stumps.
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Tripura covered considerable ground on another shortened day in Agartala, dismissing Goa for 201 and then progressing to 44 for no loss in the 59.2 overs that were possible. Goa were on 91 for 2 overnight with S Sriram on 38 off 31 balls but he did not add to his score on the second day and was the first of Wilkin Mota’s three wickets. Goa were struggling at 118 for 6 at one stage before Shadab Jakati and Robin D’Souza lifted them towards 201. Tushar Saha dismissed Jakati for 26 and finished with 2 for 22. Building on his sound performance with the ball, Mota remained unbeaten on 23 at stumps.
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Twin centuries from Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Vardhan gave Jharkhand the first-innings lead on the second day in Dhanbad after their bowlers had dismissed Rajasthan on the opening day. Replying to Rajasthan’s 246, Jharkhand lost their openers cheaply to Pankaj Singh and were 18 for 2 when Tiwary joined Vardhan. They added 155 for the third wicket – Tiwary contributing 103 – and put their team in control. Vardhan was more sedate, taking 237 balls to score 103, but he remained unbeaten to continue Jharkhand’s dominance on the third day.
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Dheeraj Jadhav and Tarjinder Singh scored centuries to lead Assam’s strong progress on the second day against Vidarbha in Guwahati. Jadhav, resuming overnight on 54, went on to score 111 while Tarjinder converted his start to 117. They added 151 for the fourth wicket before Jadhav was lbw to Umesh Yadav. Tarjinder stayed firm and added valuable runs with the lower order, extending Assam’s total to 392 for 8 at stumps.

Group A

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Seamers Manpreet Gony and Love Ablish were unstoppable as Punjab skittled out Gujarat inside 45 overs on the opening day in Mohali. Opting to field, the home team struck in the very first over with Ablish removing Rikin Chauhan for a duck. But a solid second-wicket stand of 75 between Jay Desai and Niraj Patel followed, before Gony sent back Niraj. Things went downhill for the visitors from there as they lost their last nine wickets for 85 runs. Ablish was the wrecker-in-chief, ending with six wickets, while Gony accounted for the remaining four. Punjab’s laboured response was anchored by opener Ravi Inder Singh who made 35 before falling to legspinner Salil Yadav with stumps in sight.
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A strong lower-order revival initiated by captain Dinesh Karthik and continued by Ravichandran Ashwin steered table-toppers Tamil Nadu to safety against Himachal Pradesh at Dharamsala. Electing to bat, Tamil Nadu saw their plan backfire and lost half the side for 83, with fast men Vikramjeet Malik and Mohinderraj Sharma doing the early damage. Dinesh Karthik then anchored the innings through a responsible partnership of 49 with Chandrasekar Ganapathy. Once Karthik was run out with the score on 156, Ashwin took centrestage with an attractive hundred, his second first-class century. Ashwin found willing allies in Lakshmipathy Balaji, adding 50 for the eighth wicket, and Yo Mahesh, with whom he put on an unbeaten stand of 87. Himachal Pradesh will hope to regroup tomorrow and finish off the visitors early.
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A fine display by the Mumbai bowlers handed the defending champions the honours on the opening day against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium. Led by right-arm fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni and left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla, the visitors dented the Railways batting at regular intervals to keep them below 200. None of the batsmen rose to the challenge after captain Murali Kartik chose to bat – the highest of 31 came from No. 7 Marripuri Suresh – and they were bowled out in the 85th over. Both Kulkarni and Abdulla finished with three wickets apiece and were well-supported by Harmeet Singh who chipped in with two. The only blip for Mumbai was losing Ajinkya Rahane during the reply for 2.
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The home side failed to seize the advantage after winning the toss, while Orissa slowly crossed 200 on an attritional first day in Hyderabad. The hosts were given a strong start by their seamers, who claimed three wickets, before Pravanjan Mullick anchored a rescue mission. He added an even 50 with Rakesh Mohanty (42), and a more substantial 93 in the company of Halhadar Das (49) to steer Orissa to safety. Mohanty and Das failed to convert their starts, while Mullick remained unbeaten on 73, looking to carry Orissa’s hopes on day two. Hyderabad will be happy with the showing of MP Arjun who picked up three wickets in 19 miserly overs.

Group B

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R Vinay Kumar continued his fine run in this year’s tournament, picking up his second five-for in an innings to go top of the bowling charts, as Karnataka made light work of bottom-placed Maharashtra at the Poona Club Ground. Put in to bat, the Maharashtra scorecard made for dismal reading as none of the batsmen managed to cross 21. Vinay Kumar removed five of the top six batsmen and was well-partnered by right-arm fast bowler Abhinav Mithun, who took three wickets. Karnataka further strengthened their position, as they not only strode to a first-innings lead but with KB Pawan and Ganesh Satish compiling an unbeaten second-wicket stand of 114, they may well set their sights on an emphatic innings win, which in turn should keep them firm at the No. 1 spot on the points table.
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Proceedings at Eden Gardens almost mirrored that in the ongoing Test in Kanpur as the Saurashtra batsmen, like the Indians against Sri Lanka, went on the rampage against Bengal. While the openers handed them the early advantage with hundreds each, after being put in, a couple of fifties followed to give them pole position. Chirag Pathak and wicketkeeper Sagar Joigyani’s huge stand of 206 by the 43rd over had Bengal and captain Manoj Tiwary on the backfoot from the start. While Pathak’s century was laced with 17 fours and a six, Jogiyani hit 19 boundaries on his way to three figures. Even as both departed, captain Jaydev Shah and Cheteshwar Pujara kept up the momentum, getting to their fifties, and putting on 73 for the third wicket. Worryingly for the Bengal bowlers, Saurashtra’s run machine Pujara is still unbeaten, having scored a double century in his comeback match last week.
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Opener Tanmay Srivastava cracked his fourth first-class hundred as UP piled up 300 after opting to bat against Delhi in Lucknow. The early loss of Shivakant Shukla to medium-pacer Parvinder Awana was only a temporary setback, as Srivastava joined forces with Suresh Raina to add 124 for the second wicket. Awana accounted for the free-scoring Raina, but that only signalled further misery for the visitors as captain Mohammad Kaif stepped up to add 86 with Srivastava. Rajat Bhatia dismissed both batsmen towards the end of the day, but Parvinder Singh, who was unbeaten on 36, took UP safely to stumps.

ScorecardA disciplined performance by the West Indian bowlers set up an easy six-wicket win against the hosts in the first Twenty20 international in Paarl. Shemaine Campbelle, the right-arm seamer, led the way with miserly figures of 3 for 7 to restrict the South Africans to a paltry 93. After a hiccup, the visitors chased it down with nearly seven overs to spare.Stafanie Taylor, the opening bowler, got the early breakthroughs before Campbelle, on Twenty20 came in and restricted the scoring. She took the wickets of captain Trisha Chetty, Mignon du Preez and Angelique Taai. Stacey-Ann King, the left-armer, was just as miserly, conceding just ten off four overs.West Indies progressed very briskly to 48 for no loss before the innings suffered a jolt. Charlize van der Westhuizen, the left-arm spinner, struck with the wicket of Deandra Dottin, caught off a mistimed reverse-sweep and in the same over trapped Pamela Lavine lbw. Alicia Smith, the seamer, struck first ball off the next. There was more success for the home side when Cordel Jack was run out. West Indies lost four wickets for six runs and were in need of a recovery. Merissa Aguilleira and King ensured no further hiccups and reached the target in the 13th over.

Wicketkeeper Lee Goddard will return to Derbyshire next season after a gap of three years as a replacement for James Pipe, who is retiring to take up the position as the club’s physiotherapist.Goddard began his first-class career at Derbyshire in 2004 before moving to Durham in 2007. His first-team opportunities were limited at The Riverside, with the presence of Phil Mustard, and he played just one first-class and three one-day games for the county.During his previous stint at Derbyshire, Goddard made a career-best 91 against Surrey and also set a record for the largest total against Derbyshire without conceding a bye when he kept a clean sheet against Essex as they scored 580.”It’s a pleasure to be back at Derbyshire and I am already looking forward to the new season,” Goddard said. “Three years at Durham have been a good experience for me and I believe that I am returning to the County Ground a better player that when I left.”Derbyshire’s head of cricket, John Morris, said: “It is great to have another young cricketer coming in to join us as we look to continue our progression in 2010. Furthermore, Lee has joined us having spent time at a successful club, Durham, and I hope that he will bring some of that winning mentality to Derbyshire.”

David Hussey knows all too well that it took Australia only three days to crash out of the World Twenty20 tournament this year. He was part of the side that was bundled out in the first round after losing to West Indies and Sri Lanka in early June. Hussey is keen to ensure Victoria don’t suffer a similar fate in the Champions League Twenty20.The Bushrangers have arguably been the best domestic Twenty20 team in the world over the past four years, during which time they have won three Australian titles and have been beaten in only three matches in the format. Therefore it will be all the more galling if they stumble on the world stage.Victoria’s problem is that they have been drawn in a group with Delhi Daredevils, who Hussey believes are the tournament favourites. The Bushrangers play their opening match of the competition in Delhi against the Daredevils, whose squad includes destructive Twenty20 batsmen including AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan, as well as the wily spinners Daniel Vettori and Amit Mishra.”Delhi Daredevils probably are the biggest threat,” Hussey said in Melbourne, as the Victorians prepared to head to Lismore in New South Wales for a series of practice matches. “They’ve got Virender Sehwag up front with Gautam Gambhir, two matchwinners who can take away a game in any two overs. They’re also led at the front of the attack with two left-armers, Ashish Nehra and Dirk Nannes.”It is an attack so strong that Glenn McGrath, who was in the Daredevils’ preliminary squad, couldn’t even win a place in the final 15-man group. But the Victorians have their own advantages. Their coach Greg Shipperd was also in charge of Delhi during the IPL, and has handed the Daredevils over to his assistant David Saker – also an assistant with the Bushrangers – for the Champions League.They know the Delhi Daredevils spearhead Nannes, who also helped bowl Victoria into the tournament but whose, better than any other team and will feel comfortable against his pace. Then there is also the camaraderie among the Victorians, who have no foreign players in their side.”We’re going to have to play at our best to compete with them and I reckon we can cause a little bit of a surprise,” Hussey said. “We’ve got matchwinners throughout the team, great fast bowlers and great batters. Probably our strength at the moment is our batters led by Brad Hodge and our skipper Cameron White. But I think we’ve got a very well-balanced team and we know the basics very, very well.”They’ve got a lot of overseas players – a lot of the other teams have – whereas we train together, eat together, sleep together. I think that’s got a huge bearing on how we play.”The match against Delhi Daredevils is followed four days later by a game against the Sri Lankan domestic champions Wayamba, whose squad includes international stars such as Mahela Jayawardene and Ajantha Mendis. One of the three teams will fail to progress to the next round.For Hussey, there is incentive not only in the US$2.5 million prize money for the winners, and the desire for Victoria to emerge triumphant. He is also hoping to shine enough to win back his place in Australia’s one-day side.Hussey scored his maiden ODI century against Scotland in August but was dropped from the 50-over side to take on England and the Champions Trophy squad. However, he said the selectors had been clear that he could regain his position with strong domestic form.”I suppose I didn’t grab the spot with both hands,” Hussey said. “It’s really up to me now to make as many runs for Victoria as possible, and hopefully have a great Champions League and force my way back in.”They [the selectors] basically outlined a way to get back into the team. They did say there would be many more opportunities in the future and that it’s up to me to grab that opportunity and run with it for quite some time. That’s what I plan to do if I get another chance.”

Division One

Matthew Hoggard took a hat-trick to inspire Yorkshire to an extraordinary 156-run victory against Sussex at Hove as the home side folded for 83 in under 26 overs on the final afternoon. It leaves Sussex on the verge of relegation heading into their final match against Nottinghamshire next week. Yorkshire are within touching distance of safety and need five points to ensure it, while they have also pulled Lancashire a little closer to the drop zone. Sussex were already struggling when Hoggard returned for his second spell having earlier removed Joe Gatting and run-out Rory Hamilton-Brown from third man. He dismissed Andrew Hodd, Dwayne Smith and Piyush Chawla caught at second slip in three balls in Yorkshire’s first hat-trick since 1998 and Hoggard’s second after his effort against West Indies, in Barbados, in 2004. David Wainwright, the left-arm spinner, then took the final two scalps to finish with 4 for 12 as Michael Yardy was left forlornly on 13 not out. It was a dramatic turnaround after Sussex appeared to have given themselves an outside chance of victory as they chipped away at Yorkshire’s batting. Jacques Rudolph fell to the first ball of the day from Chawla, who claimed three further wickets during a lengthy spell. When Azeem Rafiq was bowled by Smith the lead was 201, but Hoggard hit 26 off 24 in a final-wicket stand of 38 with Wainwright. A couple of hours later the same pair were match-winners.Worcestershire couldn’t claim their first win of the season as Somerset fought back to secure a draw at Taunton. John Ward watched the action.

Division Two

An absorbing final day in Cardiff ended with Glamorgan one wicket short of victory for the second week running and Gloucestershire 13 runs shy of their target. In a bold move, Jamie Dalrymple declared on the overnight lead which left all day for the visitors to chase 294. Both teams needed victory to close the gap on second-placed Essex and will need a host of results to go their way next week to earn promotion. Dalrymple and Robert Croft shared six wickets, but couldn’t quite wrap up the match in time as Steve Kirby blocked out a maiden. Glamorgan struck early when James Harris removed Stephen Adshead for a duck, but Hamish Marshall sped to 35 from 29 balls before Harris struck again. At 126 for 2, Gloucestershire were well placed until Croft removed Alex Gidman for 52. Dalrymple struck twice in the middle and Croft then claimed William Porterfield for 81 from 248 balls. Despite wickets falling, Gloucestershire managed to chip away at the target as Jon Lewis made 28. Lewis fell in the penultimate over but the final pair managed to hold out.