Sporting Digest: Cricket

TIM BUZAGLO, the Marlow and former Woking footballer, was the top scorer with 49 for Gibraltar in their 134-run defeat by Malaysia in the ICC Trophy in Nairobi yesterday. The Netherlands and Kenya qualified for the quarter-finals.

ICC TROPHY (Nairobi): Netherlands bt Ireland by 70 runs. Netherlands 235 for 8 (50 overs; N Clarke 119no); Ireland 165 (48 overs; J Leemhuis 3-35). Malaysia bt Gibraltar by 134 runs. Malaysia 253 for 4 (50 overs; D Talalla 112no, E Seah 62); Gibraltar 119 for 9 (50 overs; T Buzaglo 49; Kim Heng 3-15). Israel bt Singapore by two wickets. Singapore 120 (48.3 overs); Israel 121 for 8 (46.3 overs). Kenya bt Namibia by 20 runs. Kenya 198 (48.3 overs); Namibia 178 (49.3 overs).

GAVIN ROBERTSON took a career- best 6 for 54 yesterday as New South Wales reached next month's Sheffield Shield final by beating South Australia by an innings and 70 runs with more than a day to spare in Sydney.