MANOJ PRABHAKAR RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

Cricket

Manoj Prabhakar announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday and complained about the way he had been treated by the national selectors. Prabhakar, who played 39 tests and 96 one-day internationals, was dropped from the Indian team on Saturday for the limited-over tournaments in Singapore and Sharjah and also dropped from the team half-way through the World Cup.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (final day of four) Sydney: South Australia 383 (G Blewett 106, D Lehmann 82) and 234 (B Johnson 90); New South Wales 267 (M Bevan 87, M Waugh 57) and 323 for 9 (M Bevan 57; P McIntyre 6-133). Match drawn. Melbourne: Queensland 142 and 338 (M Love 88; T Dodemaide 5-70); Victoria 255 (D Jones 69, M Kasprowicz 5-74) and 226 for 5 (W Ayres 100). Victoria win by five wickets. Hobart: Tasmania 357 for 9 dec (M DiVenuto 93, D Boon 91) and 183 (S Young 51no). Western Australia 357 (J Langer 120) and 184-5 (D Martyn 62no). Western Australia win by five wickets.

P W D L Pts

South Australia 10 5 2 3 34

W Australia 10 3 4 3 30

Queensland 10 4 3 3 26

Tasmania 10 3 3 4 23

NSW 10 3 4 3 22

Victoria 10 3 3 4 21.4

South Australia to play Western Australia in the final in Adelaide from 30 March-3 April.

PAKISTAN SQUAD (One-day tournaments, Singapore and Sharjah, April): Aamir Sohail (capt), Shahid Anwar, Salim Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Basit Ali, Ramiz Raja, Rashid Latif, M Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Aqib Javed, Mohammed Akram, Ataur Rehman, Saqlain Mushtaq.