AXA Equity & Law Sunday League - Sunday 19th September 1993
KENT v GLAMORGAN: Canterbury
Viv Richards bid farewell in grand style at Canterbury steering
Glamorgan to the first AXA Equity and Law title with a six wicket
win over Kent. The former West Indies Test ace hit an unbeaten
46 as Glamorgan cruised to the 201 victory target with 14 balls
left. Earlier Carl Hooper (60) and Matthew Fleming (44) had
threatened but the hosts' late order wilted reaching a disap-
pointing 200 9 in their 50 overs.
DURHAM v SOMERSET: Hartlepool
Durham finished the Sunday League season with their sixth succes-
sive win beating bottom club Somerset by seven wickets with 15
overs to spare. Victory was never in doubt once Wayne Larkins
had blasted a 40 ball half century after Somerset had struggled
to 164 7. After being put in the visitors were unable to come
to terms with the slow pitch Giles White top scoring with 40.
NOTTS v WARKS: Trent Bridge
Seamer Mickey Bell produced one day best figures of 5 21 to ruin
Derek Randall's farewell party in the Trent Bridge clash. Bell
sent Notts tumbling to a 160 run defeat on the day Randall ended
his 21 year career with the county. The former England star was
dismissed by Tim Munton for three as the home side were shot out
for 116 in reply to Warwickshire's 276 9.
LEICS v DERBYS: Grace Road
A career best unbeaten 97 off 98 balls from Ben Smith steered
Leicestershire to a 14 run win over Derbyshire. Smith hit 11
fours and a six sharing a seventh wicket stand of 112 in 19
overs with Gordon Parsons rescuing the home team from a rocky
134 6. He and Parsons hammered 75 off the final 10 overs with
Smith scoring his last 47 runs off just 26 balls as they fin-
ished on 246 6.
SURREY v YORKS: The Oval
Surrey beat Yorkshire by five wickets to clinch third place
their highest Sunday finish for 24 years. After being put in the
visitors could only manage 185 all out in 49.1 overs with Richard
Blakey and Craig White both scoring 41. Alistair Brown led
Surrey's reply with a positive 52 before Andy Smith and Adam
Hollioake steered them home with 15 deliveries to spare.
ESSEX v HANTS: Chelmsford
John Stephenson and Peter Such combined to lead Essex to a crush-
ing 99 run victory over Hants. Stephenson hit an unbeaten 148
ball 102 including an opening stand of 128 with Paul Prichard
(71) as Essex reached a commanding 287 4. Hampshire were never
seriously in the hunt subsiding to 188 all out with England spin
reject Peter Such grabbing 5 33 as Essex cruised home.
WORCS v MIDDX: Worcester
Mike Gatting was a relaxed spectator as Middlesex wound up their
Sunday League campaign with a six wicket victory over Wor-
cestershire at New Road. He handed over the captaincy to John
Carr and was not called on to bat as Carr hit an unbeaten 38 to
guide the visitors home with two balls to spare. Facing a total
of 197 Middlesex were given a solid start by Toby Radford 21
who made 38 on his county debut.
SUSSEX v GLOUCS: Hove
Franklyn Stephenson starred as Sussex clinched fourth place in
the Sunday League beating Gloucestershire by 32 runs at Hove.
The West Indian all rounder top scored with 81 as the home side
were bowled out for 224 in 49.3 overs. He then grabbed 3 30 as
the visitors were dismissed for 192. Simon Hinks hit a fine 60
before the last six wickets tumbled for just 51 runs.
LANCS v NORTHANTS: Old Trafford
Northants all rounder Kevin Curran hit the winning run against
Lancashire to give his side a three wicket victory with one ball
to spare. Rob Bailey (93) and Russell Warren (56) swung the game
the visitors' way adding 117 in 16 overs to lift Northants from
110 3. Lancashire earlier reached 246 7 in their 50 overs with
Graham Lloyd (69) and Nick Speak (63 no) leading the way.
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Randall denied glory
While Viv Richards signed off in style at Canterbury, Derek
Randall's final Sunday League game for Nottinghamshire at Trent
Bridge ended on a losing note with the former England Test
player making only three runs in a 160- run defeat by Warwick-
shire.
Warwickshire built up a commanding 276 for 9, thanks to a
fourth-wicket stand of 95 in 12 overs between Asif Din and Paul
Smith. Mickey Bell, the Warwickshire seamer, then produced his
best one-day figures of 5 for 21 to help dismiss Nottinghamshire
for 116.
Surrey beat Yorkshire by five wickets at The Oval to finish in
third place behind Glamorgan and Kent - their highest finish in
24 years of Sunday League cricket.
At Old Trafford, Rob Bailey (93) and Russell Warren (56) helped
Northamptonshire make history when they beat Lancashire for the
first time there in a limited overs match. The only century of
the day came from John Stephenson, whose unbeaten 102 set up
Essex's 99-run victory over Hampshire.
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