Yorkshire claimed a first innings lead of 132 runs in their Frizzell County Championship Division Two promotion battle against Gloucestershire at Headingley.

But the Tykes' position would have been even stronger but for a fighting innings by one of their former players, Ian Fisher, and Jon Lewis.

Released by his native county two years ago, Fisher returned to make a dogged 71 with 10 fours from 102 balls, in the process saving his team from the possibility of following on.

Replying to Yorkshire's 476 all out, the visitors had slipped to 247-8, but Fisher was in determined mood and found stubborn support from former Swindon man Lewis, the pair adding 97 in 23 overs to take their side beyond the follow-on target of 327.

Yorkshire's attack faded, though Chris Silverwood finished with 5-75, and the home side were hampered by an injury to paceman Steve Kirby, who limped off in the 60th over.

Silverwood took over to bowl the remaining delivery and dismissed left-hander Phil Weston to end a partnership of 93 in 80 overs with Australian Ian Harvey.

Weston's 84 occupied 170 balls, and Harvey went on to make 70 from 94 balls with 11 boundaries before being bowled by skipper Anthony McGrath, who finished with 3-26.

After removing Tim Hancock, Jonty Rhodes, Matt Windows and Weston, Silverwood returned with the second new ball to bowl Lewis for 36, made from 78 balls with seven fours.

Having reduced Gloucestershire to 116-5, Yorkshire will feel that they should have driven home their advantage, but they were skilfully thwarted by Fisher, whose 71 represented his first 50-plus score of the season.

But with a healthy lead and two days to go Yorkshire should still be in pole position on a wearing pitch.

Murray Goodwin's highest-ever Sussex score left him feeling in awe and humbled as he and his teammates celebrated their county's first-ever county championship title yesterday.

The former Zimbabwe Test batsman hit the runs which confirmed Sussex's maiden title in their 164-year history and for good measure ploughed on to an unbeaten 335 against Leicestershire at Hove.

That eclipsed KS Duleepsinhji's 333 73 years ago and left Goodwin struggling to come to terms with what he and Sussex had achieved.

Cheered to the rafters by a 3,000-plus capacity crowd who stayed behind to continue the celebrations, Goodwin said: "This is just awesome. It is right up there with anything I have ever achieved in cricket Test match victories and all."

Fourth One Day International

Rawalpindi: Bangladesh 222-8, Pakistan 226-5 (Yousuf Youhana 94 no). Pakistan won by 5 wkts.

Frizzell County Championship

Division One Canterbury: Kent 594 (E T Smith 213, M J Walker 121, A Symonds 88, R W T Key 54, D P Fulton 51, I J L Trott 7-39), Warwickshire 200-3 (M J Powell 61, I J L Trott 52 no). Trent Bridge: Notts 376-9 dec (J E R Gallian 83, R J Warren 75, D J Bicknell 75, K P Pietersen 52) & 16-1 v Lancashire 219 (S G Law 51, G J Smith 5-61). The AMP Oval: Surrey 318 (J N Batty 87, N Shahid 67, B J M Scott 58 no, J D Middlebrook 4-93), Essex 464 (A Flower 201 no, A N Cook 84, M L Pettini 70). Hove: Leics 179 (D L Maddy 55, Mushtaq Ahmed 4-71) & 38-2, Sussex 614-4 dec (M W Goodwin 335 no, C J Adams 102, T R Ambrose 82, P A Cottey 56).

Division Two Derby: Derbyshire 317 (Hasan Adnan 84, A I Gait 63, J R C Hamblin 6-93), Hants 458-6 (S M Katich 122, D A Kenway 68, J R C Hamblin 61 no, J H K Adams 60, J P Crawley 59). Riverside: Glamorgan 270 (M A Wallace 121, J P Maher 63) & 296-4 (M J Powell 156 no, M P Maynard 102), Durham 247 (G J Pratt 59, V J Wells 58 no, P D Collingwood 50, M S Kasprowicz 4-65). Northampton: Northants 196 (J W Cook 57, G J Batty 4-53) & 379-9 (M E K Hussey 79, G P Swann 69, G L Brophy 60, S A Khalid 4-131), Worcs 172-8 dec (S D Peters 69, G P Swann 6-66). Headingley: Yorks 476 (D R Martyn 238, M J Wood 116) & 4-0, Gloucs 344 (W P C Weston 84, I D Fisher 71, I J Harvey 70, C E W Silverwood 5-75).