Sporting Digest: Cricket

FIRST UNDER-19 TEST (Colombo, second day of four): England 287 (M Vaughan 99, N Wood 53); Sri Lanka Under-19 130 for 2.

CASTLE CUP (Final day): Cape Town: Transvaal 255 and 282 for 7 dec. Western Province 131 and 226 (C Eksteen 5-66). Transvaal won by 180 runs. Port Elizabeth: Orange Free State 309 and 251 for 2 dec (M Arthur 105no, R Steyn 88no); Eastern Province 310 for 8 dec and 226 for 9 (F Stephenson 4-57). Match drawn. East London: Northern Transvaal 146 and 230 (I Howell 5-72); Border 475 for 4 dec. Border won by an innings and 99 runs.