Last updated: 13th September 2008
Ambrose: return to form
NatWest Pro40 - Division Two
Derby
Warwickshire Bears 229-5 (T R Ambrose 111 no, D L Maddy 64) v Derbyshire Phantoms 200 (W W Hinds 84, I D K Salisbury 4-28)
Warwickshire beat Derbyshire by 29 runs
Warwickshire Bears signed off their Pro40 Division Two campaign with a 29-run victory at the Derbyshire Phantoms.
England wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose stroked an unbeaten century to lead the Bears to a total of 229-5 after they had been asked to bat.
Ambrose, batting at number five, shared a 179-run, fourth-wicket stand in 29 overs with his captain Darren Maddy to revive the innings from the depth of 42-3.
Maddy eventually departed for 64 but Ambrose could not be moved, finishing with 111 from 107 balls, including 10 fours and a six.
Former Derbyshire skipper Rikki Clarke made a brief cameo for his new club Warwickshire - he was booed on his return to the county he left less than two weeks ago and was caught off the last ball of the innings for two on the long-on boundary.
Veteran leg-spinner Iain Salisbury scalped 4-28 as Derbyshire slumped to 200 all out in 36.3 overs, despite Wavell Hinds' defiant knock of 84.
The result brought an end to a disappointing Pro40 season for both sides - Warwickshire finished sixth and Derbyshire eighth in the nine-team league.

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| Fixture |
|---|
| Saturday 4th July |
| Test Match First Test Match |
| Sri Lanka vs Pakistan |
| Tour Match Four Day Match |
| England Lions vs Australia |
| Varsity Match 1 Day Annual Varsity Match |
| Oxford UCCE vs Cambridge UCCE |
| Sunday 5th July |
| Friends Provident Friends Provident Semi Final |
| Lancashire vs Hampshire |
| Sussex vs Gloucestershire |
| One Day Int Fourth Match |
| West Indies vs India |
| Women's ODI 4th Match |
| England Women vs Australia Women |
| Monday 6th July |
| U-19 Test Series 1st Match |
| England Under 19 vs Bangladesh Under 19 |
| Tuesday 7th July |
| County Championship - Div 1 |
| Warwickshire vs Sussex |
| County Championship - Div 2 |
| Northamptonshire vs Derbyshire |
| Result |
|---|
| Friday 3rd July |
| County Championship - Division One |
| Somerset vs Yorkshire Somerset won by 4 wickets. |
| Nottinghamshire vs Lancashire Match Drawn |
| Durham vs Worcestershire Durham won by 5 wickets. |
| County Championship - Division Two |
| Middlesex vs Surrey Match Drawn |
| Kent vs Gloucestershire Kent won by 76 runs. |
| Derbyshire vs Leicestershire Match Drawn |
| Friendly Match |
| Warwickshire vs England Match Drawn |
| One Day International Series |
| West Indies vs India India won by 6 wickets. (Revised target - Duckworth-Lewis system) |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| England Women vs Australia Women England Women won by 2 wickets. |
| Tuesday 30th June |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| England Women vs Australia Women England Women won by 55 runs. |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottinghamshire | 3 | 51 |
| 2 | Lancashire | 3 | 46 |
| 3 | Hampshire | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | Durham | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Warwickshire | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Yorkshire | 3 | 29 |
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