Sporting Digest: Cricket

SHEFFIELD SHIELD First day of four (Melbourne): Victoria 291 for 4 (D M Jones 145, M Elliott 72) v South Australia.

CASTLE CUP First day of four: (Johannesburg): Border 251 (P C Strydom 117; M Vandrau 4-72); Transvaal 19-0. (Bloemfontein): Orange Free State 238 for 7 (G F Venter 83) v Northern Transvaal.