Date-stamped : 16 May95 - 10:26
SUNLG: Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Bristol, 14 May 1995

Cairns guides Notts home

Chris Cairns, New Zealand`s Test all-rounder,  hit  45  to  guide
Nottinghamshire  to  a tense four-wicket win over Gloucestershire
at Bristol. Set only 116 to win in a match reduced by rain to  33
overs, the visitors scraped home with just four balls to spare.

Gloucestershire batted poorly, with only Dean  Hodgson  (29)  and
the captain Jack Russell (20) showing sufficient application on a
tricky, dry pitch. Jon Wileman took four for 21 and  the  innings
lasted just 30.2 overs.

But there was no shortage of spirit when Russell`s men set out to
defend  their  meagre  total. But for three missed chances in the
closing stages, they might have forced an unlikely win.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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