Cricket

Gloucestershire have decided against holding their NatWest quarter- final with Northamptonshire at Cheltenham. Philip August, their chief executive, said: ''We feel that Bristol is the better venue because we can accommodate a crowd of 5,000 or so more comfortably at the County Ground."

NATWEST TROPHY Quarter-final draw: (Headingley) Yorkshire v Lancashire. (Cardiff) Glamorgan v Middlesex. (Derby) Derbyshire v Warwickshire. (Bristol) Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire. (Ties to be played 1 August).