Sport in Short: Cricket

GEOFF BOYCOTT has failed to gain a place on the reduced Yorkshire County Cricket Club committee for this year. The former England batsman, who has been commentating in India on the England tour, finished fourth in the West district, with only the leading three being elected. But Boycott gained some consolation when, along with Ray Illingworth, he was elected an honorary life member at Yorkshire's annual meeting in Leeds yesterday.

RED STRIPE CUP: (Bridgetown, second day of four): Barbados 79 and 152 for 2 (R Holder 78no, S Campbell 60no). Trinidad and Tobago 178 (O Gibson 5-48). (Georgetown, first day of four): Jamaica 181 (C Davidson 52). Guyana 61 for 2. (Castries, St Lucia, first day of four): Windward Islands v Leeward Islands no play because of rain.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Second day of four): (Adelaide) South Australia 362 (G Blewett 119, J Brayshaw 91, T Nielsen 64). Victoria 249 for 4 (W Phillips 110no, D Jones 67). (Perth) Queensland 381 (S Law 116, P Anderson 63; B Julian 5-103). Western Australia 234 for 5 (M McPhee 59).

ENGLAND A face a long struggle against New South Wales in Sydney to avoid a second successive defeat by a Sheffield Shield side. Mike Bevan punished them with a career-best 170 to take his side to 421 for 6 declared in their first innings - a lead of 183. England reduced the deficit to 123 by the end of the third day's play, but lost Mike Roseberry, Tony Middleton and Mark Lathwell.

(Third day of four: England won toss)

ENGLAND A First Innings - 238 (M N Lathwell 103, G D Lloyd 60; D Freedman 6-89, G Matthews 4-40).

NEW SOUTH WALES - First Innings

(Overnight: 295-3)

M Bevan c Boiling b Millns170

T Bayliss b Caddick52

B McNamara not out22

P Emery c Russell b Such15

G Matthews not out6

Extras (lb10 w1 nb6)17

Total (for 6 dec)421

Fall: 1-5 2-110 3-194 4-356 5-387 6-412

Did not bat: D Freedman, W Holdsworth, G McGrath.

Bowling: Millns 32-3-103-1; Caddick 36-11-68-3; Capel 19-3-45-0; Such 39-10-84-1; Boiling 47-11- 111-1.

ENGLAND A - Second Innings

T C Middleton c Emery b Freedman20

M A Roseberry lbw b Holdsworth5

M N Lathwell lbw b Holdsworth0

P J Prichard not out25

J Boiling not out0

Extras (b1 lb7 nb2)10

Total (for 3)60

Fall: 1-15 2-17 3-54.

To bat: G D Lloyd, D J Capel, * R C Russell, A R Caddick, D J Millns, P M Such.

Bowling: Holdsworth 8-0-23-2; McGrath 5-0-

12-0; Matthews 12-8-9-0; Freedman 10-6-8-1.

AUSTRALIA ran through New Zealand's brittle middle order to restrict them to 328 on the third day of the second Test in Wellington yesterday.

(Third day: Australia won toss)

NEW ZEALAND - First Innings

(Overnight: 237 for 3)

* M Crowe b McDermott 97

K Rutherford c Healey b Hughes 32

T Blain b Hughes 1

C L Cairns c Border b McDermott 13

D N Patel not out 13

D K Morrison c Warne b McDermott 2

W Watson c Taylor b Warne 3

M B Owens b Warne 0

Extras (w2 nb10 lb11 b7) 30

Total (all out) 328

Fall: 1-111 2-120 3-191 4-286 5-288 6-306 7-307

7-313 8-313 9-328.

Bowling: McDermott 31-8-66-3; Hughes 35-9-99- 3; Reiffel 23-8-55-2; S Waugh 15-7-28-0; Warne 29-9-59-2; M Waugh 2-1-3-0.

AUSTRALIA - First Innings

D C Boon c and b Morrison 37

M A Taylor run out 50

J L Langer not out 8

M E Waugh not out 0

Extras (lb9 nb3) 12

Total (for 2) 107

Fall: 1-92 2-105.

To bat: S R Waugh, * A R Border, I A Healey, M G Hughes, P R Reiffel, S K Warne, C J McDermott.

Bowling: Cairns 13-2-28-0; Morrison 8-3-24-1; Watson 17-8-27-0; Owens 8-2-15-0; Patel 1-0-4-0.