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Sporting Digest: Cricket

ALLAN LAMB, the Northamptonshire captain, faces a pre-season fitness quest after undergoing surgery in France for a burst appendix. The 39-year-old former England batsman was taken ill during a family trip to Paris last weekend.

TOUR MATCH (Chandigarh, Ind): Sri Lanka 341 for 7 dec (H P Tillakaratne 176no, D P Samaraweera 89); Punjab 234 for 3 (V Rathore 143no, Bhupinder Singh Jnr 52no).

TOUR MATCH (Napier, NZ) First day of four: New Zealand XI v Pakistan (No play - rain).

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Sydney) Third day of four: Western Australia 379 (T M Moody 115, J Angel 84no); New South Wales 409 (M G Bevan 203no).

RED STRIPE CUP (Port of Spain) First day of four: Trinidad and Tobago 366 for 3 (B Lara 185no, P Simmons 62, K Mason 56) v Barbados.

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