Sporting Digest: Cricket

SHARJAH TROPHY: Pakistan 313 for 3; Sri Lanka 199 for 7. Pakistan won by 114 runs.

TOUR MATCH (Newcastle, NSW): New South Wales 299 for 8 dec and 109; New Zealand 163 and 167 for 6.

MERCANTILE MUTUAL CUP (Adelaide): South Australia 226 for 4 (50 overs; J Siddons 90no); Victoria 227 for 3 (46.4; D M Jones 95no). Victoria won by seven wickets.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Perth; third day of four): Western Australia 211 and 280 for 4 (J Langer 96, D Martyn 56); Queensland 430 (T J Barsby 82, I A Healy 79, A R Border 65, C J McDermott 61). Adelaide (final day): Victoria 357 for 9 dec and 198 (M Elliott 99; T B May 5-80, P McIntyre 5-61); South Australia 430 and 127 for 1 (P Nobes 63no, J Bradshaw 54no). South Australia won by nine wickets.

CASTLE CUP (Third day of four): Verwoerdburg: Western Province 510 for 7 dec; Northern Transvaal 210 and 259 for 3 (C Lambert 119no, K Rule 68no). Bloemfontein: Orange Free State 450 for 8 dec and 61 for 1; Natal 435. Port Elizabeth: Border 322 and 151 for 1 (P Kirsten 86no); Eastern Province 457 for 9 dec (D Richardson 128, E Baptiste 97, D Callaghan 71). Stellenbosch: Boland 454 and 48 for 0; Transvaal 351 (J Cook 119, D Laing 52; A Newman 5-96).