Sport in Short: Cricket

CHRIS HARRIS, the New Zealand Test player, has signed for the Central Lancashire League team Rochdale this season.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Third day of four): (Melbourne): New South Wales 182 and 351 for 8 dec (M J Slater 143, M G Bevan 65, P A Emery 58; N D Maxwell 4-79); Victoria 258 and 10 for 1. (Adelaide): Western Australia 323 for 5 dec and 235 for 9 (G R Marsh 50); South Australia 334 for 8 dec (J D Siddons 108, J A Brayshaw 82, G S Blewett 80; T M Moody 4-44). (Hobart): Queensland 290; Tasmania 339 (D F Hills 110, D J Buckingham 61, S Young 53; G J Rowell 4-95.)

TOUR MATCH (Kingston, third day of four): Pakistan 319 for 4 dec (Inzamam-ul-Haq 106, Zahid Fazal 62, Basit Ali 51no); Jamaica 283 (C A Davidson 86, L R Williams 65; Mushtaq Ahmed 5-87).

BENSON AND HEDGES CUP: (Port Elizabeth): Western Province 207 for 7 (45 overs; A J Lamb 62); Eastern Province 211 for 4 (44.1 overs; D J Callaghan 82no). Eastern Province won by six wickets. (Verwoerdburg): Impalas 148 for 6 (45 overs); Northern Transvaal 149 for 1 (34 overs). Northern Transvaal won by nine wickets.