Pollock returns as Pietersen cuts loose in England

The return of Shaun Pollock to Warwickshire after the Morocco Cup saw the South African captain demolish Somerset with both bat and ball. After taking 4-36 in his nine overs Pollock went on to score an undefeated 43 to see his team home by eight wickets in this 45-over match.

Earlier in the week Warwickshire drew with Somerset in the 4-day version with Neil Carter putting on an undefeated 42 run partnership for the last wicket denying Somerset the win. Carter scored 17 not out in the first innings and then took 4/46 before his 27 not out in the second innings.

Kevin Pietersen has had a two week period in England that most cricketers can only dream of. Three hundreds in as many matches was added to when he scored 116 in a win against Gloucestershire. In the same match Greg Smith took 1/31 and 3/45.

Pietersen, at an invitation from Nottinghamshire and Clive Rice, left South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal in 2001 after becoming disillusioned with the South African system. By way of his mother, Pietersen qualifies to play for England in 2004. He has committed himself fully to England only visiting South Africa on holiday.

Hampshire was on the losing end with Nic Pothas scoring 58 and 24 and Neil Johnson scoring 15 and 32. The win sees Surrey move closer to winning the championship.

For Andrew Gait (3 and 8), Sven Koenig (1 and 0) and Mark Davis (8 and 5*) it was not a good week.

Across in the Lancashire League Martin van Jaarsveld scored 84 and 47 for Enfield who will have to settle for second place in the league after Bacup clinched the title.

Andrew Hall continued his form with a 58 not out and a 32 with the bat and a 2/68 and 1/61 with the ball.

Jacque Rudolph scored 30 while Andre Seymore's run of fifties came to an end with a 14.

Claude Henderson made a major impact on his debut taking 7/42 but only scoring two.