Cricket: Best men

Run-makers

B C Lara (Warwickshire) 1,471 G A Gooch (Essex) 1,214 J P Crawley (Lancashire) 1,147 C L Hooper (Kent) 973 M W Gatting (Middlesex) 942 D Byas (Yorkshire) 909 G A Hick (Worcestershire) 891 R G Twose (Warwickshire) 886 W Larkins (Durham) 837 J E Morris (Durham) 810

Wicket-takers

M M Patel (Kent) 63 J E Benjamin (Surrey) 61 C A Walsh (Gloucestershire) 57 P A J DeFreitas (Derbyshire) 49 Mushtaq Ahmed (Somerset) 45 S J E Brown (Durham) 43 D J Millns (Leicestershire) 43 T A Munton (Warwickshire) 43 M Watkinson (Lancashire) 41 J E Emburey (Middlesex) 39

Wicketkeepers

R J Blakey (Yorkshire, 44ct 2st) 46 S J Rhodes (Worcestershire, 34ct 5st) 39 S A Marsh (Kent, 33ct 2st) 35 R C Russell (Gloucestershire, 35ct) 35 P A Nixon (Leicestershire, 32ct 1st) 33 K R Brown (Middlesex, 33ct) 33