Sporting Digest: Cricket

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Melbourne) (First of four days): New South Wales 58 for 2 (M Slater 41no) v Victoria.

BENGAL'S DIAMOND JUBILEE FIVE-TEAM TOURNAMENT (Guwahati, India): South Africa 214 for 7 (K Wessels 53) v Sri Lanka 136 (Snell 4-12). South Africa won by 78 runs.

TOUR MATCH (Adelaide) First day of four: South Australia 158 (J Scuderi 51); New Zealand 8 for 1.