Gooch breaks new ground for Essex

Friday 02 August 1996 23:02 BST

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ROUND-UP

Graham Gooch broke yet another record and Paul Grayson hit a career- best 140 as Essex dominated Middlesex in the County Championship at Lord's yesterday. Essex finished on 385 for 5, 121 ahead

Gooch's typically belligerent 92, containing 13 fours and two sixes, made him Essex's all-time leading run-scorer. He surpassed the 29,434 of Keith Fletcher, now the county's cricket consultant. Nasser Hussain also confirmed his recovery from a cracked finger in time for next week's Test.

Steve James led a rousing Glamorgan response to Nottinghamshire's first- innings of 371 at Worksop. James struck his third century of the season and became the first Glamorgan batsman to pass 1,000 firstclass runs for the summer as his side reached a highly promising 231 for 2 by the close.

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