ROUND-UP: Seamers keep Red Rose in contention

The 121-run drubbing moved the Red Rose county to fourth in the Division One table with a game in hand to maintain their outside championship hopes, whereas Kent slip back toward the relegation scrap following their fifth defeat of the top-flight campaign.

Resuming on their overnight score of 84-2 and in pursuit of an unlikely victory target of 339, Kent added 13 runs before the start of their slide against the twin seam threat of Tom Smith and Glen Chapple that saw them lose four wickets for three runs in the space of 27 balls.

Visiting captain Chapple was first to strike, running one down the Canterbury slope and away from right-hander Martin van Jaarsveld, who edged to Paul Horton at slip.

In the next over, Sam Northeast (18) went back and across his stumps to Smith only to work across the line and go leg before then, in his next over, Smith got one to lift sharply at Geraint Jones, who feathered a catch to his counterpart Luke Sutton.

Without addition to the score Darren Stevens followed a Chapple leg-cutter to give Sutton another catch and leave Kent floundering on 100-6.

Lancashire struck again through Smith when Alex Blake, chopping down late on a short one, played the ball onto the base of off-stump.

Kent partially saved face with a sprightly eighth-wicket stand of 72 in 63 balls between left-handers James Tredwell and Matt Coles (51) before spinner Gary Keedy claimed the last three wickets.

CB 40 League: Holders Sussex Sharks kept their hopes of a third successive 40-over title alive thanks to a brilliant innings from skipper Mike Yardy which handed Somerset their first defeat of this season's competition.

The Group A leaders looked to be in an impregnable position when they made 216-7 from 20 overs in a rain-reduced contest.

In steady drizzle and worsening light Yardy took the attack to Somerset with eight fours and three sixes in his 66 from just 30 balls.

Steven Davies kept alive Surrey's hopes of clinching a semi-final place with a superb 101 off 85 balls as the Lions overcame the Unicorns by 66 runs at Wormsley.

Davies, who shared in three-figure stands with Rory Hamilton-Brown and Stewart Walters, marked his 100th one-day appearance with his fifth century in List A cricket, and his first for Surrey, as the visitors posted 273-4. In reply, the Unicorns could only muster

207-8 as Steven Cheetham picked up career-best figures of four for 32.

A two-paced ton from Moeen Ali and a blistering half-century from Gareth Andrew enabled Worcestershire to register their first victory of the competition by 178 runs against Glamorgan at New Road.

After seven consecutive defeats, Worcestershire finally broke their duck by piling up 296-5 and then dismissing the under-strength Welsh team for 118. Moeen made 46 in an opening stand of 105 in 22 overs with Vikram Solanki, then hammered 75 out of 106 in 11.1 overs with Alexei Kervezee.

Wes Durston was the star as Derbyshire thrashed Essex by 85 runs in their clash at Colchester.

Holland slipped to their seventh defeat in nine matches as Northamptonshire beat them by 32 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Rotterdam.

Scotland beat Leicestershire by 12 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method at Mannofield Park and Kent eased to a 42-run victory over Nottinghamshire in a game reduced to 16 overs a side.

An impressive bowling display from Chris Wood helped Hampshire to an eight-wicket victory over Scotland on Saturday. The 20-year-old left-armer took 4-33 as the hosts were all out for 160, before half-centuries from Jimmy Adams and Sean Ervine saw the Royals knock off the runs in a little over 31 overs.

Leeds KO Cup: The Hunters York Senior League defeated the Halifax League by seven wickets in the final of the Leeds Area Cricket Council K.O. at Sheriff Hutton Bridge.

The stars in the York side were Matt Beckett of Stamford Bridge who hit 60 and Fenner all-rounder Dominic Rhodes who claimed 3-38 and then made a rapid 50 not out to earn the man-of-the-match award.

His team-mate, Steve Walmsley of Studley Royal, received the performance-of-the-competition award for his 6-44 in the semi-final against the South Yorkshire League.