Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas hit a top score of 79 as Middlesex piled up 361 runs in their first innings on the second day of their English County championship match against Glamorgan continued at Lord’s yesterday.
Vaas hoisted one six and struck eleven boundaries while facing a total of 95 deliveries.
Middlesex: 361 (B. A. Goodleman 38, N. R. D. Compton 67, O. A. Shah 24, E. C. Joyce 51, B. J. M. Scott 65, C. Vaas 79, H. T. Waters 2 for 73, A. G. Wharf 4 for 77, D. A. Cosker 3 for 62) v Glamorgan
Murali 5/53 vs Lancs
Sri Lanka’s champion off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan captured five wickets for 53 runs as Lancashire dismissed Sussex for 274 runs in their first innings on the second day of their English County championship match continued at Liverpool yesterday.
Muralitharan also hit a breezy 28 from 22 deliveries with the help of four boundaries as Lancashire took a good first innings lead while scoring 301 runs.
Sussex: 274 (C. D. Nash 75, M. H. Yardy 47, M. W. Goodwin 74 n.o, D. G. Cork 2 for 66, G. Chappele 3 for 60, M. Muralitharan 5 for 53)
Lancashire: 301 (S. Law 95, A. Flintoff 34, S. J. Croft 25, G. Chapple 29 n.o, M. Muralitharan 28, J. D. Lewry 4 for 81, N. Ul Hasan 3 for 99, M. Ahmed 2 for 81)
