Cricket

FIRST TEST
(Lord's, London)

Third day.-

ENGLAND

First innings

M. Trescothick c Ervine b Blignaut 59M. Vaughan b Streak 8M. Butcher c Vermeulen b Price 137N. Hussain c Hondo b Friend 19R. Key c Taibu b Streak 18A. Stewart c Taibu b Streak 26A. McGrath b Ervine 69A. Giles b Blignaut 52S. Harmison c Ebrahim b Ervine 0M. Hoggard c Ebrahim b Blignaut 19J. Anderson not out 4Extras (14b, 27lb, 3w, 17nb) 61-Total (133.1 overs) 472Fall: 1/45, 2/121, 3/165, 4/204, 5/274, 6/342, 7/408, 8/408, 9/465.

Bowling: Streak 37-9-99-3 (3nb, 1w), Blignaut 26.1-4-96-3 (1nb, 1w), Hondo 14-4-45-0 (6nb, 1w), Ervine 22-5-95-2 (6nb), Friend 13-2-49-1 (1nb), Price 20-6-44-1, Flower 1-0-3-0.

ZIMBABWE

First innings

D. Ebrahim c McGrath b Butcher 68M. Vermeulen b Anderson 1S. Carlisle c Trescothick b Hoggard 11G. Flower c Key b Hoggard 3T. Taibu c Hoggard b Harmison 25S. Ervine lbw b Hoggard 4H. Streak b Anderson 10A. Blignaut c Butcher b Anderson 3T. Friend b Anderson 0R. Price not out 7D. Hondo b Anderson 0Extras (5b, 1lb, 1w, 8nb) 15-Total 147Fall: 1/20, 2/64, 3/79, 4/104, 5/109, 6/129, 7/133, 8/133, 9/147.

Bowling: Hoggard 18-8-24-3, Anderson 16-4-73-5, Harmison 16-5-36-1, Butcher 5-2-8-1.

Second innings

Ebrahim c Key b Harmison 6Vermeulen c Trescothick b Butcher 61Carlisle lbw b Butcher 24Flower c Trescothick b Harmison 26Taibu c Butcher b McGrath 16Ervine c Trescothick b McGrath 4Streak lbw b McGrath 11Blignaut b Butcher 6Friend c Giles b Butcher 43Price c Trescothick b Giles 26Hondo not out 0Extras (1b, 6lb, 3w) 10-Total 233Fall: 1/11, 2/91, 3/95, 4/128, 5/132, 6/150, 7/158, 8/168, 9/219.

Bowling: Anderson 15-4-65-0, Hoggard 15-5-35-0, Harmison 12-4-35-2, Giles 8-2-15-1, Butcher 12.5-0-60-4, McGrath 6-0-16-3.

Result: England won by an innings and 92 runs.

FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL
(Port Of Spain, Trinidad)

AUSTRALIA

A. Gilchrist b Hurley 84M. Hayden c Hurley b Drakes 44R. Ponting c Hurley b Powell 38A. Symonds b Collymore 24M. Clarke not out 55M. Bevan c Lara b Drakes 21Extras (11w, 1nb, 8lb) 20-Total for five wickets (50 overs) 286Fall: 1/78, 2/148, 3/200, 4/223, 5/286.

Bowling: M. Dillon 10-0-46-0, C. Collymore 9-1-58-1, C. Gayle 10-0-52-0, R. Hurley 10-0-58-1, V. Drakes 10-0-62-2, R. Powell 1-0-2-1.

WEST INDIES

C. Gayle lbw Harvey 84R. Powell c Ponting b Gillespie 8W. Hinds lbw Lee 3R. Sarwan lbw McGrath 16B. Lara c.Hayden b Symonds 40M. Samuels c Hogg b Harvey 27R. Jacobs run out 13R. Hurley run out 0V. Drakes lbw Gillespie 9M. Dillon not out 0C. Collymore run out 2Extras (8lb, 8w, 1nb) 17-Total (45.3 overs) 219Fall: 1/20, 2/33, 3/77, 4/146, 5/175, 6/197, 7/201, 8/217, 9/217.

Bowling: B. Lee 8-1-30-1, J. Gillespie 8-0-30-2, G. McGrath 7-0-21-1, B. Hogg 9-1-41-0, I. Harvey 9.3-0-58-2, A. Symonds 4-0-31-1.

Result: Australia won by 67 runs.

Australia lead seven-match series 4-0.

INTERNATIONAL TRI-SERIES FINAL
(Dambulla, Sri Lanka)

PAKISTAN

M. Hafeez c McCullum b Tuffey 0F. Athar c McCullum b Oram 9Y. Hameed lbw b Mills 6Y. Youhana run out 25Y. Khan not out 70S. Malik b Vettori 34A. Razzaq run out 10R. Latif c Tuffey b Oram 20M. Sami c Harris b Oram 7S. Ahmed c McCullum b Tuffey 2D. Kaneria c McCullum b Tuffey 0Extras (6lb, 6nb, 3w) 15-Total (50 overs) 198Fall: 1/0 (Hafeez), 2/11 (Hameed), 3/39 (Athar), 4/56 (Youhana), 5/113 (Malik), 6/136 (Razzaq), 7/179 (Latif), 8/194 (Sami), 9/198 (Ahmed), 10/198 (Kaneria).

Bowling: D. Tuffey 9-2-32-3 (1w, 3nb), K. Mills 8-0-36-1 (2w, 2nb), S. Styris 10-2-34-0, J. Oram 10-1-38-3 (1nb), D. Vettori 10-1-32-1, C. Harris 3-0-20-0.

NEW ZEALAND

C. Nevin c Malik b Sami 17S. Fleming c Khan b Sami 65L. Vincent run out 13S. Styris b Sami 22C. Cairns c Razzaq b Ahmed 18J. Oram c Khan b Razzaq 12C. Harris not out 5B. McCullum not out 4Extras (13lb, 6nb, 25w) 44-Total for 6 wickets (45.2 overs) 200Fall: 1/54 (Nevin), 2/113 (Vincent), 3/151 (Fleming), 4/152 (Styris), 5/170 (Oram), 6/194 (Cairns).

Bowling: M. Sami 10-0-42-3 (9w, 4nb), S. Ahmed 8.2-0-36-1 (5w, 1nb), A. Razzaq 3-0-20-1 (2w, 1nb), M. Hafeez 8-1-25-0 (3w), D. Kaneria 10-2-35-0 (6w), S. Malik 6-0-29-0.

Result: New Zealand won by four wickets.

NZ TRI-SERIES AVERAGES

NZ averages from the tri-series also involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka.-

ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division one.-

At Chelmsford: Surrey 376 and 381-7 dec (J. Batty 168no, A. Brown 64, A. Hollioake 51; Napier 4-124) bt Essex 252 and 247 (A. Habib 61; J. Ormond 5-82) by 258 runs. Essex 5 pts, Surrey 21.

At Leicester: Middlesex 201 and 142-5 dec drew with Leicestershire 198 (J. Snape 54; C. Keegan 5-61, S. Cook 4-42). Leicester 7 pts, Middlesex 8.

At Horsham: Sussex 619-7 dec and 52-0 bt Nottinghamshire 421 (K. Pietersen 166, B. Shafayat 71, G. Welton 50; M. Ahmed 6-163) and 247 (D. Bicknell 61; M. Ahmed 6-81) by 10 wickets. Sussex 22 pts, Notts 7.

At Edgbaston: Warwickshire 311 and 124-2 (M. Wagh 50no) drew with Kent 376 (M. Walker 106, G. Blewett 71, M. Carberry 58; D. Brown 5-72). Warwicks 10 pts, Kent 11.


At Chester-le-Street: Durham 317 and 149 (G. Welch 5-60) bt Derbyshire 244 (M. Di Venuto 150; D. Pretorius 4-96) and 192 (S. Afridi 67, D. Cork 52; Pretorious 4-49) by 30 runs. Durham 20 pts, Derby 4.

At Southampton: Somerset 308 and 128-4 bt Hampshire 129 (N. McLean 4-31) and 306 (D. Kenway 94, R. Smith 55; McLean 4-64) by 6 wickets. Hampshire 3 pts, Somerset 20.

At Worcester: Worcestershire 175 and 212 (A. Singh 83no; A. Smith 4-41, I. Butler 4-74) bt Gloucestershire 178 and 98 (K. Ali 4-39) by 111 runs. Worcester 17 pts, Gloucester 3.

At Headingley: Yorkshire 209 and 159-1 dec (M. Wood 73no, S. Richardson 50) drew with Glamorgan 315 (M. Wallace 94, M. Maynard 51; C. Silverwood 4-57). Yorkshire 8 pts, Glamorgan 10.