Durham's Riverside will host its second day/night one-day international when England take on New Zealand next June.

The English Cricket Board yesterday confirmed that Michael Vaughan's men will take on the Black Caps at Chester-le-Street in a floodlit NatWest Series encounter on June 29.

The match will be the only international staged at the Riverside in 2004 as Durham misses out on a Test match as part of the ECB's rotation programme. The game is likely to see Durham's Paul Collingwood in international duty on his home ground.

England will move on from Durham to take on the West Indies at Headingley on July 1, also under floodlights.

* Yorkshire will today shut out the disappointment of their National League relegation and focus their attention on trying to beat the Championship's second division leaders, Worcestershire, in the game beginning at New Road, writes David Warner.

Nothing less than victory in their last two games of the season can bring Yorkshire promotion - but it is a tall order with both Glamorgan and Gloucestershire also going for third spot.

Yorkshire clash with Gloucestershire at Headingley next week.

Although Yorkshire may have temporarily lost third place over the past couple of days they can be sure of filling it again if they grab near to maximum points in their last two matches.

"It is entirely up to us and we are very much focused on the job in hand," said coach, Kevin Sharp. "It didn't feel good to lose to Essex Eagles and suffer relegation but we cannot dwell on that.

"The next eight days of Championship cricket have become the most important of the season."

Australian Damien Martyn is not yet fit to play after breaking his nose, but should be fit next week.

Yorkshire (from): Wood, White, McGrath, Lumb, Craven, Taylor, Blakey, Dawson, Silverwood, Gough, Kirby, Hoggard.

* Sussex moved one step closer to the first championship title in their history despite another hundred for Lancashire's Stuart Law.

Heavy drizzle delayed the start of the second day until 3pm - and, although Lancashire lost only three more wickets, the draw Sussex need seems increasingly likely.

Lancashire refused the offer of bad light at 340 for three - and Law, having completed his seventh century of the summer, took them to a first-innings 368 for five.