LONDON, Thursday – South African Simon Harmer took nine wickets as Essex beat Middlesex on Thursday while Afghan teenager and fellow spinner Hamidullah Qadri had a debut to remember as his second-innings five-wicket haul led Derbyshire to their first County Championship victory for two years.
Harmer took nine for 95 as Essex beat Middlesex by an innings and 34 runs to extend their lead at the top od the First Division table to 29 points on the final day of the inaugural round of day-night fixtures.
Middlesex appeared to be heading for a draw at Chelmsford with former England batsman Nick Compton making 120 and putting on 153 with Ireland's Paul Stirling.
But Harmer removed Stirling to spark a collapse that saw Middlesex lose their last seven wickets for just 58 runs to be dismissed for 262 under the lights.
Harmer removed Steven Finn in the penultimate over to complete Essex's victory and take his wicket tally to 28 for 300 runs in the last two matches.
In the Second Division, Qadri, born in Kandahar, had a stunning debut.
The 16-year-old, the youngest player to feature for Derbyshire in the Championship, took five for 60 from 26.3 overs to skittle out hosts Glamorgan for 172 as the Midlands side secured a 39-run win in Cardiff.
The first county cricketer to have been born in the 21st Century, Qadri's haul saw Derbyshire complete their first Championship victory for 710 days.
English county scores on Thursday
County Championship (final day of four):
FIRST DIVISION
+At Chelmsford: Middlesex 246 (P Stirling 77, S Eskinazi 66, D Malan 60; S Harmer 5-77) and 262 (N Compton 120, P Stirling 55; S Harmer 9-95) v Essex 542-3 dec (N Browne 221, A Cook 193, V Chopra 100 no)
Essex (24pts) beat Middlesex (1pt) by an innings and 34 runs
+At Southampton: Hampshire 211-9 dec (L Dawson 53) and 96-5 dec v Somerset 147 (I Holland 4-16, G Berg 4-28) and 88-8
Hampshire (9pts) drew with Somerset (8pts)
+At Edgbaston: No play Thursday due to rain
Lancashire 273 (S Chanderpaul 117 no) & 178-4 (A Davies 79) v Warwickshire 321 (A Umeed 113, J Trott 56, J Patel 50; J Clark 4-81)
Warwickshire (6pts) drew with Lancashire (5pts)
+At Headingley: No play Thursday due to rain
Surrey 516-7 dec (K Sangakkara 180 no, R Burns 90, J Roy 87) v Yorkshire 27-1
Surrey (10pts) drew with Yorkshire (7pts)
SECOND DIVISION
+At Chester-le-Street: No play Thursday due to rain
Durham 197 (J Tongue 4-41) v Worcestershire 367 (B D'Oliveira 122, M Ali 58; M Wood 5-54, R Pringle 4-73)
Durham (8pts) drew with Worcestershire (12pts)
+At Cardiff: Derbyshire 288 (W Madsen 70, T Milnes 53) and 160 (L Reece 55) v Glamorgan 237 (N Selman 50, A Palladino 4-36) and 172 (Hamidullah Qadri 5-60)
Derbyshire (24 pts) bt Glamorgan (4pts) by 39 runs
+At Northampton: Northamptonshire 261 (B Duckett 112, M Holden 92; D Klein 6-80) and 289-7 dec (A Wakely 112, R Keogh 105 no) v Leicestershire 157 & 391 (C Ackermann 105, M Cosgrove 76, M Pillans 56; R Gleeson 4-109)
Northamptonshire (21pts) beat Leicestershire (3pts) by 2 runs
+At Trent Bridge: Kent 180 (D Bell-Drummond 84 no) and 265-9 (A Milne 51) v Nottinghamshire 371 (S Mullaney 168, A Hales 85)
Nottinghamshire (12pts) drew with Kent (8pts)
+At Hove: Sussex 358-9 dec (L Wright 118, B Brown 52, C Jordan 50) and 142-1 dec (H Finch 74 no) v Gloucestershire 150-1 dec (C Bancroft 69 no) and 212-6 (J Taylor 69 no, Hankins 51)
Sussex (9pts) drew with Gloucestershire (8pts) – AFP
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