Sporting Digest: Cricket

MALCOLM MARSHALL, the Hampshire and West Indies pace bowler who retired from first-class cricket at the end of last season, has agreed to join Northern League Leyland.

FIRST TEST

Pakistan v Zimbabwe

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan have scored 185 for 5 in their first innings against Zimbabwe.

(Zimbabwe won toss)

PAKISTAN - First Innings

Shoaib Muhammad lbw b Brain. . . . . . . . . 18

Aamer Sohail c Houghton b Streak. . . . . . . 8

Inzamam Ul-Haq b Brain. . . . . . . . . . . .38

Javed Miandad b Streak. . . . . . . . . . . .20

Basit c Streak b Brandes. . . . . . . . . . .25

Asif Mujtaba not out. . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Rashid Latif not out. . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Extras: (b4 lb11 nb3 w1). . . . . . . . . . .19

Total (for 5, 75 overs). . . . . . . . . . .185

Fall: 1-29 2-33 3-99 4-101 5-131.

Bowling: E brandes 21-2-59-1; D Brain 21-4-30- 2; H Streak 15-4-41-2; G Whittal 12-5-31-0; S Peall 6-3-9-0.

FIRST TEST

Sri Lanka v West Indies

MORATUWA: Sri Lanka have scored 66 for 3 in their first innings.

(Sri Lanka won toss)

SRI LANKA - First Innings

R Mahanama c Murray b Benjamin. . . . . . . .11

D Samaraweera c Harper b Hooper. . . . . . . 16

H Tillekeratne c Lara b Harper. . . . . . . . 0

A De Silva not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

A Ranatunga not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Extras (lb2 nb2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Total (for 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Fall: 1-18 2-30 3-57.

To bat: S Jayasuriya, R Kalpage, P Dassanayake, P Wickremasinghe, D Anurasiri, M Muralidaran.

Bowling: Ambrose 6-5-2-0; Walsh 9-3-16-0; Harper 18-10-24-1; Hooper 8-3-13-1; Benjamin 6-4-9-1; Arthurton 1-1-0-0.

WORLD SERIES CUP

(One-day match)

Australia v South Africa

MELBOURNE: South Africa won by seven wickets.

(Australia won toss)

AUSTRALIA

M A Taylor b Cronje . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

M J Slater c and b Symcox. . . . . . . . . . 73

D C Boon run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

M E Waugh c Symcox b Cronje. . . . . . . . . .8

*A R Border b Snell . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

S R Waugh run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

] I A Healy not out . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

S K Warne run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

P R Reiffel lbw b de Villiers. . . . . . . . .0

C J McDermott c Richardson b de Villiers. . . 5

G D McGrath b de Villiers . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras (lb2 w2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Total (45.5 overs). . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Fall: 1-105 2-106 3-106 4-119 5-151 6-166 7-180 8-181 9-189.

Bowling: Donald 10-1-32-0; de Villiers 7.5- 0-30-3; Snell 8-0-43-1; Cronje 10-0-42-2; Symcox 10-0-40-1.

SOUTH AFRICA

*K C Wessels b McDermott. . . . . . . . . . .70

A C Hudson c Taylor b McDermott. . . . . . . .4

W J Cronje not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

D J Cullinan b Warne. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

J N Rhodes not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Extras (lb2 w1 nb2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Total (for 3, 48.4 overs). . . . . . . . . .190

Fall: 1-4 2-144 3-149.

Bowling: McDermott 10-1-31-2; McGrath 8.4-1-28-0; Reiffel 4-0-19-0; S Waugh 10-0- 37-0; Border 3-0-15-0; Warne 10-0-43-1; M Waugh 3-0-15-0.