Cricket

WOMEN'S TRIANGULAR SERIES FINAL
(Chester-Le-Street, England)

NZ 161 (K. Pulford 55; I. Guha 3-28) bt England 98 (A. Mason 3-20) by 63 runs.

FIRST TEST

SRI LANKA v BANGLADESH
(Colombo)

Lunch, first day.-

BANGLADESH

First innings

A. Hannan Sarker lbw b Jayasuriya 55Al-Shahriar lbw b S. de Silva 13E. Hoque b D Fernando 2H. Bashar lbw b Muralitharan 24A. Khan not out 2Extras (4b, 2lb, 9nb) 15-Total (for 4 wkts) 111Fall: 1/32, 2/50, 3/107, 4/111.

Bowling: B. Fernando 6-1-33-0, S. de Silva 7-1-24-1, D. Fernando 6-2-29-1, S. Jayasuriya 1-0-1-1, M. Muralitharan 5.4-1-18-1.

TOUR MATCH
(Southampton)

Stumps, day 1 of 3: India 236 (R. Dravid 78; S. Udal 5-59). Hampshire 33-1.

ENGLAND SQUAD

Squad for first test against India starting at Lord's this week: N. Hussain (captain), M. Butcher, D. Cork, J. Crawley, A. Flintoff, D. Gough, A. Giles, M. Hoggard, S. Jones, A. Stewart, G. Thorpe, M. Vaughan, C. White

ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Day 2 of 4, division one. -

Kent 374 and 174-6. Surrey 225 (A. Hollioake 122no; M. Saggers 5-66, A. Khan 4-91).

Somerset 270. Sussex 589-7 (R. Martin-Jenkins 171no, A. Cottey 120).

Yorkshire 515-5 dec (D. Lehmann 187, A. McGrath 165). Lancashire 89-2.

Division two. -

Derbyshire 353. Nottinghamshire 182-8 (K. Pietersen 72no, U. Afzaal 58).

Gloucestershire 438. Glamorgan 204-4.

Northamptonshire 387. Worcestershire 273-3 (B. Smith 104no, V. Solanki 91no, A. Singh 51).

Day 3 of 4, division two. -

Middlesex 538 (S. Koenig 113, D. Nash 81no, P. Weekes 71, B. Hutton 65; T. Philips 4-102) and 116-1 (A. Strauss 55no). Essex 441 (R. Irani 182no; A. Razzaq 7-133).