Cricket
Vitality T20 Blast: North group
Derbyshire v Birmingham Bears
Derby (Birmingham Bears won toss):
Birmingham Bears (2pts) beat
Derbyshire Falcons by three runs
Birmingham Bears (balls)
P R Stirling c McKiernan
b Conners 29 (17)
J G Bethell c Reece b Scrimshaw 14(13)
†A L Davies c Guest b McKiernan 29(25)
S R Hain st Guest b Watt 11 (13)
A J Hose c McKiernan b Conners 55(31)
C Benjamin not out 43 (18)
C R Brathwaite c Khan
b Conners 10 (3)
H J H Brookes not out 0 (0)
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 5) 9
Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 200
D R Briggs, C N Miles and J B Lintott did
not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-40, 2-61, 3-76, 4-89,
5-187, 6-197.
Bowling Kerr 4-0-55-0; Watt 4-0-45-1;
Conners 3-0-33-3; McKiernan 4-0-21-1;
Scrimshaw 4-0-31-1; Madsen 1-0-11-0.
Derbyshire Falcons (balls)
S M Khan c Brathwaite b Briggs 12 (7)
L M Reece c Davies b Brookes 3 (4)
H R C Came c Bethell b Miles 23 (13)
J L du Plooy c Bethell b Lintott 22 (14)
W L Madsen c Brathwaite b Briggs 20(12)
†B D Guest c Bethell b Miles 54 (34)
H Kerr run out 8 (10)
M H McKiernan b Lintott 26 (15)
M R J Watt not out 17 (13)
S Conners not out 1 (1)
Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 6) 11
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 197
G L S Scrimshaw did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-6, 2-31, 3-55, 4-81, 5-88,
6-99, 7-147, 8-195.
Bowling Stirling 2-0-20-0; Brookes 2-0-
33-1; Briggs 4-0-30-2; Brathwaite 4-0-41-
0; Miles 4-0-41-2; Lintott 4-0-30-2.
Lancashire v Yorkshire
Emirates Old Trafford (Lancashire
Lightning won toss): Lancashire
Lightning (1pt) tied with Yorkshire
Vikings (1)
Lancashire Lightning (balls)
†P D Salt run out 59 (41)
K K Jennings c Lyth b Revis 19 (14)
S J Croft c Brook b Rashid 13 (17)
L S Livingstone c Brook
b Thompson 23 (16)
T H David c Malan b Thompson 35(18)
D J Vilas c Khan b Rauf 5 (5)
D J Lamb b Rauf 14 (8)
L Wood not out 1 (1)
T Hartley not out 4 (1)
Extras (lb 3, w 5, nb 2) 10
Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 183
R J Gleeson and M W Parkinson did not
bat.
Fall of wickets 1-44, 2-73, 3-118, 4-129,
5-144, 6-171, 7-179.
Bowling Rauf 4-0-39-2; Bess 1-0-12-0;
Khan 4-0-33-0; Revis 3-0-26-1; Rashid
4-0-26-1; Thompson 4-0-44-2.
Yorkshire Vikings (balls)
A Lyth b Wood 21 (13)
D J Malan c Salt b Wood 5 (4)
†T Kohler-Cadmore run out 67 (50)
J E Root c Wood b Parkinson 3 (5)
H C Brook lbw b Gleeson 72 (48)
S Khan not out 5 (2)
Extras (lb 3, w 3, nb 4) 10
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 183
J A Thompson, D M Bess, M L Revis,
A U Rashid and H Rauf did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-14, 2-42, 3-56, 4-171,
5-183.
Bowling Livingstone 4-0-27-0; Wood
3-0-36-2; Hartley 4-0-38-0; Gleeson 4-0-
38-1; Parkinson 3-0-20-1; Lamb 2-0-21-0.
Northants Steelbacks v Durham
Northampton (Northants Steelbacks
won toss): Northants Steelbacks (2pts)
beat Durham by 31 runs
Northants Steelbacks (balls)
C A Lynn c Trevaskis b Coughlin 83(46)
B J Curran c Coughlin b Turner 71 (43)
S A Zaib c Bedingham b Turner 0 (1)
J J Cobb c Borthwick b Trevaskis 12 (8)
R I Keogh not out 36 (21)
†L D McManus not out 3 (4)
Extras (lb 5, w 7, nb 6) 18
Total (4 wkts, 20 overs) 223
T A I Taylor, G G White, M L Kelly, B W
Sanderson and F J Heldreich did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-149, 2-149, 3-181, 4-192.
Bowling Coughlin 4-0-44-1; Carse 4-0-31-
0; Turner 2.2-0-24-2; Trevaskis 4-0-40-1;
Raine 1.4-0-20-0; Borthwick 4-0-59-0.
Durham (balls)
G Clark c McManus b Heldreich 54(30)
M A Jones c Zaib b Kelly 26 (12)
A J Turner retired hurt 21 (7)
D G Bedingham c Curran
b Heldreich 31 (20)
P Coughlin b White 0 (3)
B A Carse c Heldreich
b Sanderson 17 (13)
E J H Eckersley c Cobb b Heldreich 0 (1)
L Trevaskis not out 18 (12)
†O G Robinson c White b Cobb 2 (4)
B A Raine c Keogh b Cobb 1 (2)
S G Borthwick c McManus
b Sanderson 14 (11)
Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 4) 8
Total (9 wkts, 18.5 overs) 192
Fall of wickets 1-60, 2-114, 3-117, 4-150,
5-150, 6-158, 7-161, 8-163, 9-192.
Bowling Kelly 3-0-48-1; Cobb 3-0-20-2;
Sanderson 3.5-0-42-2; Taylor 3-0-37-0;
White 2-0-21-1; Heldreich 4-0-22-3.
Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire
Trent Bridge (Notts Outlaws won toss):
Notts Outlaws (2pts) beat
Worcestershire Rapids by four wickets
Worcestershire Rapids (balls)
B L D’Oliveira c Moores
b Christian 7 (6)
E J Pollock c Hales b Fletcher 19 (9)
J A Haynes c Moores b Ball 15 (14)
C Munro c Patel b Fletcher 66 (43)
J D Libby c Mullaney b Christian 15(15)
*†O B Cox c Harrison b Fletcher 20(14)
E G Barnard c Moores b Fletcher 5 (7)
M J Waite c Hales b Ball 2 (4)
J Baker c and b Fletcher 5 (6)
D Y Pennington not out 1 (1)
C A J Morris not out 2 (1)
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7
Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 164
Fall of wickets 1-20, 2-39, 3-56, 4-103,
5-137, 6-148, 7-154, 8-161, 9-162.
Bowling Carter 4-0-25-0; Fletcher
3-0-32-5; Ball 3-0-24-2; Christian
3-0-22-2; Patel 3-0-23-0; Harrison
2-0-18-0; Mullaney 2-0-16-0.
Notts Outlaws (balls)
J M Clarke c Munro b D’Oliveira 52(34)
A D Hales c Baker b Pennington 2 (3)
B M Duckett c Pollock b Morris 29 (14)
S R Patel c Morris b D’Oliveira 4 (9)
†T J Moores c Cox b Waite 47 (31)
*D T Christian not out 23 (19)
S J Mullaney c Pennington b Waite 0 (2)
C G Harrison not out 8 (6)
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (6 wkts, 19.4 overs) 168
M Carter, L J Fletcher and J T Ball did not
bat.
Fall of wickets 1-12, 2-66, 3-72, 4-116,
5-159, 6-159.
Bowling Baker 4-0-36-0; Pennington
2-0-18-1; Morris 3.4-0-34-1; Waite 3-0-28-
2; Barnard 3-0-27-0; D’Oliveira 4-0-24-2.
South group
Gloucestershire v Sussex
Bristol (Sussex Sharks won toss):
Gloucestershire (2pts) beat Sussex
Sharks by 41 runs
Gloucestershire (balls)
M A H Hammond run out 7 (2)
†J R Bracey c Ward b Rawlins70 (45)
I A Cockbain c Philippe b Finn 9 (10)
G D Phillips c Finn b Bopara 27 (22)
R F Higgins not out 39 (22)
*J M R Taylor c Ward b Finn 21 (10)
B A C Howell c Rizwan
b Crocombe 13 (6)
T M J Smith run out 2 (3)
D A Payne not out 0 (1)
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 2) 5
Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 193
P A van Meekeren and N Shah did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-7, 2-21, 3-95, 4-127, 5-159,
6-174, 7-177.
Bowling Rawlins 3-0-27-1; Finn 4-0-15-2;
Garton 4-0-46-0; Crocombe 4-0-42-1;
Beer 2-0-22-0; Lenham 1-0-18-0; Bopara
2-0-21-1.
Sussex Sharks (balls)
†M Rizwan c Bracey
b Van Meekeren 58 (43)
L J Wright b Payne 25 (22)
J R Philippe c Higgins b Payne 35 (31)
*R S Bopara b Shah 6 (9)
G H S Garton c Taylor b Shah 1 (4)
D M W Rawlins run out 3 (5)
H D Ward c Phillips
b Van Meekeren 9 (7)
W A T Beer c Van Meekeren
b Payne 0 (1)
A D Lenham not out 0 (0)
H T Crocombe not out 1 (1)
Extras (lb 1, w 7, nb 6) 14
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 152
S T Finn did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-52, 2-128, 3-134, 4-139,
5-140, 6-143, 7-143, 8-151.
Bowling Payne 4-0-22-3; Shah 4-0-27-2;
van Meekeren 4-0-30-2; Smith 2-0-23-0;
Howell 4-0-19-0; Higgins 2-0-30-0.
Hampshire v Middlesex
Ageas Bowl (Hampshire Hawks won
toss): Middlesex (2pts) beat Hampshire
Hawks by ten runs
Middlesex (balls)
*S S Eskinazi c Ellis b Wheal 5 (5)
M D E Holden st McDermott
b Dawson 40 (33)
J B Cracknell c McDermott
b Wheal 4 (5)
M K Andersson b Wood 0 (3)
J L B Davies b Ellis 47 (38)
†J A Simpson c McDermott
b Wheal 41 (26)
L B K Hollman not out 11 (8)
C J Green not out 8 (2)
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7
Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 163
T S Roland-Jones, T N Walallawita and
B C Cullen did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-9, 2-13, 3-14, 4-91, 5-123,
6-155.
Bowling Wood 4-1-20-1; Wheal 4-0-46-3;
Ellis 4-0-30-1; Fuller 2-0-12-0; Crane
3-0-31-0; Dawson 3-0-20-1.
Hampshire Hawks (balls)
†B R McDermott c Walallawita
b Cullen 28 (21)
A H T Donald c Hollman b Green 14(12)
*J M Vince c Green b Andersson 47(38)
J J Weatherley c Holden
b Hollman 10 (9)
L A Dawson lbw b Hollman 0 (2)
R A Whiteley c Holden b Hollman 27(16)
J K Fuller c Hollman
b Roland-Jones 20 (14)
N T Ellis not out 4 (6)
C P Wood c Green b Roland-Jones 1 (2)
Extras (w 2) 2
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 153
M S Crane and B T J Wheal did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-41, 2-43, 3-58, 4-58,
5-106, 6-140, 7-150, 8-153.
Bowling Roland-Jones 4-0-19-2;
Andersson 3-0-24-1; Cullen 3-0-31-1;
Green 3-0-21-1; Walallawita 3-0-24-0;
Hollman 4-0-34-3.
Kent v Essex
Canterbury (Kent Spitfires won toss):
Essex Eagles (2pts) beat Kent Spitfires
by four wickets
Kent Spitfires (balls)
Z Crawley lbw b Harmer 40 (29)
D J Bell-Drummond b Nijjar 31 (21)
J L Denly c and b Sams 35 (24)
*†S W Billings not out 48 (31)
J A Leaning c Harmer b Critchley 2(4)
G F Linde not out 23 (11)
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 2) 5
Total (4 wkts, 20 overs) 184
J M Cox, Q A Kamawal, M E Milnes,
F J Klaassen and M R Quinn did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-62, 2-81, 3-121, 4-128.
Bowling Sams 4-0-47-1; Nijjar 4-0-26-1;
Cook 4-0-47-0; Allison 2-0-15-0;
Critchley 3-0-16-1; Harmer 3-0-30-1.Essex Eagles (balls)
W E L Buttleman c Crawley
b Kamawal 37 (24)
†A M Rossington b Klaassen 29 (16)
M S Pepper c Klaassen b Linde 6 (8)
M J J Critchley b Milnes 18 (11)
P I Walter not out 47 (32)
D R Sams c Leaning b Klaassen 3 (6)
T Westley run out 15 (10)
*S R Harmer not out 21 (11)
Extras (lb 7, w 5) 12
Total (6 wkts, 19.4 overs) 188
A S S Nijjar, B M J Allison and S J Cook did
not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-48, 2-76, 3-83, 4-112,
5-120, 6-157.
Bowling Denly 1-0-16-0; Klaassen
4-0-35-2; Milnes 3.4-0-43-1; Linde
4-0-30-1; Quinn 2-0-23-0; Kamawal
4-0-24-1; Leaning 1-0-10-0.
Surrey v Glamorgan
Kia Oval (Surrey won toss): Surrey
(2pts) beat Glamorgan by four wickets
Glamorgan (balls)
*D L Lloyd c Overton b Worrall 3 (8)
S A Northeast c Roy b Topley 65 (51)
M Labuschagne c Topley
b Overton 20 (14)
K S Carlson c Topley b Narine 9 (11)
†C B Cooke c Worrall b Curran 46 (27)
D A Douthwaite not out 11 (5)
J M Cooke not out 10 (6)
Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 4) 9
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 173
M G Neser, W J Weighell, P Sisodiya and
M G Hogan did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-20, 2-47, 3-75, 4-138,
5-158.
Bowling Topley 4-0-48-1; Curran
4-0-25-1; Worrall 2-0-19-1; Overton 3-0-
35-1; Narine 4-0-17-1; Jordan 3-0-27-0.
Surrey (balls)
J J Roy c Carlson b Hogan 15 (9)
W G Jacks c Douthwaite b Hogan 6 (6)
†O J D Pope c Northeast b Hogan 62(46)
L J Evans c Neser b Douthwaite 23(16)
S M Curran c Northeast b Hogan 36(22)
J Clark c Carlson b Hogan 17 (14)
J Overton not out 6 (4)
*C J Jordan not out 3 (4)
Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 4) 6
Total (6 wkts, 19.5 overs) 174
S P Narine, D J Worrall and R J W Topley
did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-22, 2-23, 3-67, 4-129,
5-165, 6-166.
Bowling Hogan 4-0-18-5; Neser 3.5-0-31-
0; Weighell 3-0-31-0; Douthwaite 4-0-33-1;
Sisodiya 3-0-44-0; Labuschagne 2-0-16-0.
Tour match: First Class
Counties XI v New Zealanders
Chelmsford (second day of four): New
Zealanders, with all second-innings
wickets in hand, are 115 runs ahead of
First Class Counties XI
New Zealanders First Innings
(overnight 298-8)
C D Fletcher not out 50
M J Henry retired out 65
A Y Pater not out 36
Extras (b 2, lb 8, nb 3, w 6) 19
Total (9 wkts dec, 100 overs) 362
J A Duffy, R Ravindra, B M Tickner and
K S Williamson did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-15, 2-24, 3-91, 4-117,
5-154, 6-192, 7-203, 8-219, 9-298.
Bowling Porter 25-4-69-0; Gibbon
19-6-80-2; Blatherwick 18-3-75-2; James
10-1-36-1; Bamber 10-2-32-0; Patterson-
White 18-2-60-3.
Second Innings
*T W M Latham not out 0
W A Young not out 0
Total (no wkt, 1 over) 0
Bowling Patterson-White 1-1-0-0.
First Class Counties XI First Innings
B G Compton c Fletcher b Tickner 39
*D P Sibley c Young b Henry 27
T J Haines c Blundell b Patel 42
N R T Gubbins lbw b Jamieson 3
R S Patel c De Grandhomme b Patel 11
L W James b Duffy 52
@M G K Burgess lbw b Jamieson 8
L A Patterson-White c Bracewell
b Patel 12
J Blatherwick c Blundell
b De Grandhomme 10
J M Porter b Tickner 31
B J Gibbon not out 0
Extras (b 4, nb 8) 12
Total (74.2 overs) 247
E R Bamber did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-46, 2-87, 3-94, 4-117,
5-144, 6-158, 7-181, 8-199, 9-243.
Bowling Henry 17-3-32-1; Jamieson
16-2-76-2; De Grandhomme 11-6-19-1;
Jacob Duffy 6-2-26-1; Tickner 7.2-0-50-2;
Patel 16-3-32-3; Bracewell 1-0-8-0.
Players per side: 15 (11 batting, 11
fielding).
Umpires B Debenham and R White.
Tour match
Taunton (Sri Lanka Cricket
Development XI won toss): Somerset
194-4 (20 overs: G A Bartlett 82 not out);
Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI 128
(17.3 overs). Somerset won by 66 runs.
Second Test match
Mirpur: Final day of five Bangladesh
365 (Mushfiqur Rahim 175 not out, Liton
Das 141; C A K Rajitha 5 for 64, A M
Fernando 4 for 93) and 69 (Shakib Al
Hasan 58, Liton Das 52; A M Fernando 6
for 51); Sri Lanka 506 (A D Mathews 145
not out, L D Chandimal 124, F D M
Karunaratne 80, D M de Silva 58, B O P
Fernando 57; Shakib Al Hasan 5 for 96,
Ebadat Hossain 4 for 148) and 29-0. Sri
Lanka won by ten wickets.
Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Leading positions: 19th stage (Marano
Lagunare to Santuario di Castelmonte,
178km): 1, K Bouwman (Neth, Jumbo-
Visma) 4hr 32min 55sec; 2, M Schmid
(Switz, Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl Team)
same time; 3, A Tonelli (It, Bardiani-CSF-
Faizan) at 3sec behind. Overall 1, R
Carapaz (Ec, INEOS Grenadiers) 81:18:12;
2, J Hindley (Aus, BORA-hansgrohe) at
3sec; 3, M Landa (Sp, Bahrain Victorious)the times | Saturday May 28 2022 2GS 13
Sport
Beeb’s Long Wave goodbye
General Synopsis had an excellent
Ashes in 2010-11, even better than
Captain Strauss. Three times — at
Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney
— England’s moment of victory
was missed by listeners of Radio 4
Long Wave because the BBC had
cut away to the 00.48 Shipping
Forecast bulletin. Dogger, Fisher
and Bailey stole the thunder from
Swann, Bresnan and Tremlett. It
was a remarkable hat-trick.
“Welcome back to our Long
Wave listeners to the news that
England have just won,” Jonathan
Agnew explained, again. Some
grumbled at the interruption —
though there were gale warnings
in 11 sea areas that night so it had
an important purpose — but for
many it was merely pleasure
deferred. It had been 24 years
since England had won the Ashes
in Australia, what was a few
minutes more?
That could be coming to an
end. This week’s BBC review
proposed phasing out Long Wave
and with it the need to cut away
from Edgbaston to North Utsire
midway through the morning
session. Of course, almosteveryone these days can listen
online or on digital radio, but
some of us find the gentle
rhythms of the Shipping Forecast a
highlight of Test Match Special,
not an inconvenience.
The attraction of Test cricket is
the ebb and flow. Allowing your
mind to wander is part of its
loveliness, and if that means you
sometimes miss a bit of action, so
be it. Nor has it always been
General Synopsis’s fault. When
Graham Gooch reached his triple
hundred against India in 1990,
BBC television had cut away to
the 4.05 at Ascot.
The Shipping Forecast is part of
our national soundtrack, which is
why it accompanied Elgar at the
start of the 2012 Olympic opening
ceremony. Rather than divorcing
it from Test cricket with the end
of Long Wave, I vote the BBC
inserts it into the digital
commentary to offer a change of
pace, like bringing on a spinner
before lunch. They even have a
similar rhythm. “Broad: overs 7 to
8, fast to medium-fast, veering off,
good, occasionally moderate,
losing swing before tea.”New Zealand’s
knockout blow
I wrote last week about the end of
a 20-year qualifying streak in
tennis. An even longer run came
to an end in Toulouse as New
Zealand’s rugby players failed to
reach the knockout stage of a
World Sevens Series event for the
first time since it began in 1999.
They won two of their three pool
matches but a 29-14 defeat by
Australia meant that they were
pipped by them and the United
States on points difference.
New Zealand, who had won 13
of the previous 22 World Series
titles, seem to be suffering from
Covid rustiness. Because of travel
restrictions they couldn’t play last
season and missed the first four of
seven events so far this
year. They come to
Twickenham today below
Spain in the standings and
just above Kenya. It
won’t last, of course, and
few would bet against
them in the
Commonwealth Games,
where they have won gold
five times out of six, but
let’s enjoy a fumbling giant
while we can.THETAILENDER
Patrick Kidd
Sour taste from
Olympic deal
Mayors from 11 Olympic host
cities met in Athens on Tuesday
to sign an agreement committing
the movement to promoting
health and physical activity. At
the same time, Team GB and Aldi
announced an extension to their
partnership that seeks to educate
children about healthy eating.
All laudable, of course, but it
sits uncomfortably with another
announcement this week that
Hershey, the American
confectionary giant, has signed a
deal to be the “domestic food
partner” of the 2028 Games in
Los Angeles. Ten years after the
London Games were called a
“carnival of junk food” for having
McDonalds, Coca-Cola and
Cadburys as its sponsors, the
Olympics still can’t resist sugary
income. Obesity crisis, what
obesity crisis?
Meanwhile, here comes the
ECB’s snack-sponsored
Hundred again with the Trent
Skips vs the Welsh Hula
Hoops. Oh for the days when
cricket was a healthy sport
promoting the likes of Tetley
Bitter and Benson & Hedges.PIC OF THE WEEK
As Liverpool prepared
for tonight’s
Champions League
final, Jürgen Klopp was
not getting carried
away by the prospect
of a third trophy this
season. His branded
mug proclaimed the
manager to be “The
Normal One”, a
contrast with other
bosses who have
trumpeted their
FIXTURES specialness.RESULTS AND SCOREBOARDS
Today
Football
Champions League final Liverpool v
Real Madrid (8.0, at Stade de France).
Sky Bet League Two play-off final
Mansfield Town v Port Vale (4.0, at
Wembley Stadium).
Vanarama National League play-offs
Semi-final Wrexham v Grimsby (12.30).
Cricket
Vitality Blast: North group: Leicester
Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire
Falcons (2.30).
Tour match: Chelmsford: Third day of
four: Chelmsford First Class Counties XI
v New Zealanders (11.0).
Rugby league
Betfred Challenge Cup final
Huddersfield v Wigan (3.0, at
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium).
1895 Cup final Featherstone Rovers v
Leigh (midday, at Tottenham Hotspur
Stadium).
Rugby union
Heineken Champions Cup final
Leinster v La Rochelle (4.45, at Stade
Vélodrome, Marseille).
Tomorrow
Football
Sky Bet Championship play-off final
Huddersfield Town v Nottingham
Forest (4.30, at Wembley Stadium).
Vanarama National League play-offs:
Semi-final Solihull Moors v Chesterfield
(12.30).
Cricket
Vitality Blast (2.30 unless stated): North
group: Edgbaston Birmingham Bears v
Durham. Old Trafford Lancashire
Lightning v Worcestershire Rapids.
Notts Outlaws v Northants Steelbacks
(3.0). Headingley Yorkshire Vikings v
Leicestershire Foxes (3.0). South
group: Radlett Middlesex v Glamorgan.
Taunton Somerset v Essex Eagles (4.0).
Hove Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires.
Tour match: Chelmsford: FInal day of
four: Chelmsford First Class Counties XI
v New Zealanders (11.0).1:05; 10, H Carthy (GB, EF Education-
EasyPost) 17:10.
Golf
DP World Tour Dutch Open
Cromvoirt: Leaders after two rounds
(Great Britain and Ireland unless stated):
134 R Gouveia (Por) 68, 66. 135 Li
Haotong (China) 72, 63. 136 A Meronk
(Pol) 68, 68; M Wallace 69, 67. 137 R Fox
(NZ) 70, 67; V Perez (Fr) 67, 70; M
Korhonen (Fin) 67, 70; G Migliozzi (It) 69,
68; J Senior 69, 68. 138 A Bjoerk (Swe)
68, 70; J Smith 68, 70; M Schneider (Ger)
67, 71. 139 S Soederberg (Swe) 71, 68; S
Hend (Aus) 70, 69; K Broberg (Swe) 68,
71; R Mansell 68, 71; R Fisher 68, 71; E
Pepperell 66, 73.
US PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge
Fort Worth, Texas: Leading first-round
scores (United States unless stated): 66
C Davis (Aus), B Hossler, C Kirk, P Reed,
S Scheffler, W Simpson, N Taylor (Can), H
Varner III. 67 D Frittelli (SA), K Na, P
Perez, D Riley, A Smotherman, S
Stallings, C Villegas (Col). 68 C
Bezuidenhout (SA), B Haas, C Hoffman, R
Knox (Scot), A Long, D McCarthy, M
McGreevy, C Reavie, B Todd, M Trainer.
Rugby league
Betfred League One London Skolars 38
Oldham 16.
Rugby union
European Challenge Cup final Lyon 30
Toulon 12.
Tennis
French Open
Roland Garros, Paris (seeds in brackets):
Men: Singles: Third round (1) N Djokovic
(Serbia) bt A Bedene (Slovenia) 6-3, 6-3,
6-2; R Nadal (Sp) bt B van de Zandschulp
(Neth) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; (15) D Schwartzman
(Arg) bt (18) G Dimitrov (Bul) 6-3, 6-1, 6-2;
(9) F Auger Aliassime (Can) bt F
Krajinovic (Serbia) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2), 7-5;
B Zapata Miralles (Sp) bt (23) J Isner (US)
6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3; (3) A Zverev
(Ger) bt B Nakashima (US) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3,
7-6 (7-5); (21) K Khachanov bt (10) C
Norrie (GB) 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4; (6) C Alcaraz
(Sp) bt (27) S Korda (US) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles: Second round M McDonald
(US) and T Paul (US) bt (10) J Murray (GB)
and B Soares (Br) 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-3; L
Glasspool (GB) and H Helioevaara (Fin)
bt A Behar (Uru) and G Escobar (Ec) 6-4,
6-2; (1) R Ram (US) and J Salisbury (GB) bt
M Kecmanovic (Serbia) and N Monroe
(US) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); J O’Mara (GB) and J
Withrow (US) bt L Sonego (It) and A
Vavassori (It) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-4). Women:
Singles: Third round (27) A Anisimova
(US) bt K Muchova (Cz) 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 3-0
ret; M Trevisan (It) bt D Saville (Aus) 6-3,
6-4; (17) L Fernandez (Can) bt (14) B
Bencic (Switz) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; S Stephens
(US) bt D Parry (Fr) 6-2, 6-3; (18) C Gauff
(US) bt K Kanepi (Est) 6-3, 6-4; A
Sasnovich bt (21) A Kerber (Ger) 6-4, 7-6
(7-5); (31) E Mertens (Bel) bt V Gracheva
6-2, 6-3; (23) J Teichmann (Switz) bt (15) V
Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-5). Doubles:
Second round M Kostyuk (Ukr) and G
Ruse (Rom) bt S Murray (GB) and H
Watson (GB) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6). Mixed
doubles: First round (4) D Krawczyk
(US) and N Skupski (GB) bt S Aoyama
(Japan) and H Nys (Mont) 6-3, 6-1.