County Cricket: Sutcliffe's best knock boosts Lancashire's title bid.LANCASHIRE and Warwickshire were forced to watch the rain ruin part of the second day of their Liverpool Victoria The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited was founded in 1843. It is incorporated under the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 and is owned by its members. The registered address for the company is County Gates, Westbourne, Bournemouth BH1 2NF. County Championship clash at Blackpool - but it was a major surprise that it did not savage the full day. The Red Rose county are desperately seeking as much play as they can at present as they search for their first four-day title since 1934. In the 37 and a bit overs which were possible, Iain Sutcliffe led a surge which added a further 179 runs to their first day total of 250-3 - with Nathan Astle Nathan John Astle (born 15 September, 1971 in Christchurch) is a former member of the New Zealand cricket team. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. and Luke Sutton chipping in with 64 and 42. Sutcliffe recorded his Lancashire best of 159 by hitting 24 boundaries in all as Naqaash Tahir picked up 4-96 for the visitors. When play started, it was clear what Lancashire's intentions were -Sutcliffe and Astle hit most of the 117 runs in 26 morning overs. In Division Two, Surrey looked to set Glamorgan a huge total to win at the Brit Oval but were halted by a trio of late wickets. After their first innings culminated for 433, Glamorgan were dismissed for just 269. The hosts were reduced to 45-3 in their second effort, but will still start day three 209 runs ahead. SUMMARIES Liverpool Victoria County Championship -Division One Hove Hove (hōv), city (1991 pop. 65,587), East Sussex, SE England. It is a modern residential seaside resort. Hampshire 347 (N Pothas 122 no, C C Benham 62, S K Warne 53) v Sussex 30-0 Blackpool Lancashire 429-6 (I J Sutcliffe 159, N J Astle 64, S G Law 61, N Tahir 4-96) v Warwickshire Scarborough Middlesex 376 (P N Weekes 128 no, S B Styris 64, E T Smith 56, G J Kruis 5-67) v Yorkshire 273-5 (J J Sayers 102 no) Liverpool Victoria County Championship - Division Two Derby Derbyshire 167 (T R Birt 63, M J Nicholson 4-12) v Northamptonshire 396-7 (L Klusener 122 no, C J L Rogers 112) The Brit Oval Surrey 433 (M A Butcher 151, Azhar Mahmood Azhar Mahmood Sagar (Urdu: اظہر محمود ساگر) is a Pakistani cricketer, born February 28, 1975 in Rawalpindi. 101, M R Ramprakash 77, J E C Franklin 5-68) & 45-3 v Glamorgan 269 (R D B Croft 71 no) New Road Worcestershire 473-6 dec (V S Solanki 122, L Vincent 114, G A Hick 104) v Essex 296-7 (J S Foster 80, V Chopra 70, R C Irani 66) NatWest Pro40 - Division Two Grace Road Leicestershire Foxes 146-7 (H D Ackerman 51) v Somerset Sabres. CAPTION(S): Glamorgan's David Harrison David Harrison may refer to:
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