Sporting Digest: Cricket

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (First day of four): Melbourne: Victoria 223 for 7 v Queensland. Perth: Western Australia 388 for 5 (J L Langer 191no, M R J Veletta 66) v Tasmania.

ICC TROPHY Plate results (50-over matches): Papua New Guinea bt Argentina by seven wickets. Argentina 166; Papua New Guinea 168 for 3 (38 overs, G Rarava 105no). Namibia bt Fiji by eight wickets. Fiji 139 (J Rouse 61no); Namibia 142 for 2 (37 overs, D Keulder 78, D Karg 54no). United States bt Malaysia by 170 runs. United States 262 for 8 (A Texeira 43, R Denny 42); Malaysia 92 (31 overs, H Barrett 4-25). Denmark bt Israel by 10 wickets. Israel 45 (O Mortensen 7-19); Denmark 46 for 0.