Thursday's results

CRICKET

THIRD TEST
(Lahore)

Mohammad Yousuf hit a stylish half-century as Pakistan recovered from a poor start in reply to an under-par England total in the third and final cricket test.

The middle-order batsman scored an unbeaten 84 to help his team reach 185 for four in the first innings at stumps on the second day in reply to England's modest 288 all out. Nightwatchman Shoaib Akhtar had yet to open his account when bad light stopped play with 19 overs remaining.

Stumps, second day.-

ENGLAND

1st innings

M. Trescothick c Akmal b Malik 50
M. Vaughan c Yousuf b Malik 58
I. Bell c Yousuf b Malik 4
P. Collingwood c Kaneria b Akhtar 96
K. Pietersen c Akmal b Naved 34
A. Flintoff c Akhtar b Naved 12
G. Jones b Kaneria 4
S. Udal c Kamal b Kaneria 10
L. Plunkett b Sami 9
M. Hoggard not out 1
S. Harmison c Akmal b Sami 0
Extras (5lb, 5nb) 10
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Total (94 overs) 288
Fall: 1/101, 2/114, 3/115, 4/183, 5/201, 6/225, 7/-249, 8/-280, 9/288.

Bowling: Akhtar 22-6-45-1, Naved 20-3-76-2, Sami 18-2-57-2, Malik 14-1-58-3, Kaneria 20-2-47-2.

PAKISTAN

1st innings

Shoaib Malik c Plunkett b Hoggard 0
Salman Butt c Jones b Plunkett 28
Asim Kamal lbw b Hoggard 5
Mohammad Yousuf not out 84
Inzamam-ul-Haq retd hurt 35
Hasan Raza c Flintoff b Harmison 21
Shoaib Akhtar not out 0
Extras (b1, lb5, nb5, w1) 12
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Total (for four wickets, 52 overs) 185
Fall: 1/0, 2/12, 3/68, 4/180.

Bowling: Hoggard 8-2-22-2, Flintoff 14-5-34-0, Harmison 17-2-56-1, Plunkett 8-0-37-1, Udal 3-0-19-0, Collingwood 2-0-11-0.

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CYCLING

OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Wanganui)

First day

Men

U19 10,000m scratch race: T. Bennett (Waikato) 12m 43.56s 1, J. Sergent (West Coast, North Island) 2, B. Carter (Waikato) 3.

Elite 15,000m scratch race: T. Gudsell (NZ) 17m 33.90s 1, P. Latham (NZ) 2, R. Bowker (Otago) 3.

Second day

Men

4000m team pursuit: New Zealand (T. Gudsell, M. Ryan, J. Allen, P. Latham) 4m 16.925s (new national residents' record, previous record 4m 17s) 1.(only one team featured).

Women

U19 500m time trial: M. McLean (Auckland) 39.273s 1, L. Clements (West Coast, North Island) 39.589s 2, A. Stone (Waikato) 39.839s 3.

Elite 500m time trial: A. Meares (Australia) 35.690s 1, K. Meares (Australia) 35.930s 2, L. Williams (NZ) 36.484s 3.

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SOCCER

UEFA CUP

Penultimate round

Group A

At Prague: Slavia Prague 0 Monaco 2.

At Sofia: CSKA Sofia 2 Viking Stavanger 0.

Group B

At Brondby, Denmark: Brondby 1 Espanyol 1.

At Petach-Tikva, Israel: Maccabi Petach Tikva 0 Lokomotiv Moscow 4.

Group C

At Bucharest: Steaua Bucharest 3 Halmstad 0.

At Genoa: Sampdoria 0 Hertha Berlin 0.

Group D

At Sofia: Litex Lovech 0 AZ Alkmaar 2.

At Zurich: Grasshopper Zurich 2 Dnepropetrovsk 3.

ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP

Round 4 (Roman numerals denote league): Blackburn Rovers 3 Charlton Athletic 2. Halftime: 0-1; Manchester United 3 West Bromwich Albion 1. Halftime: 2-0; Middlesbrough 2 Crystal Palace (II) 1. Halftime: 0-1; Wigan Athletic 1 Newcastle United 0. Halftime: 0-0.

ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 2 (Luis Garcia 30, Gerrard 45)

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)

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SQUASH

WORLD OPEN
(Hong Kong)

First round

Women

15-I. Stoehr (France) bt L. Briggs (England) 9-3 9-5 5-9 9-2, 2-V. Atkinson (Netherlands) bt R. El Weleily (Egypt) 9-4 9-3 9-4, 5-N. Grinham (Australia) bt R. Botwright (England) 9-1 9-0 9-3, 19-L-J. Lengthorn (England) bt S. Pierrepont (England) 9-4 9-4 6-9 9-4, 6-L. Elriani (England) bt A. Pittock (Australia) 9-3 9-1 9-4, 10-T. Bailey (England) bt K. Kronemeyer (Netherlands) 9-0 9-0 9-4, 3-N. David (Malaysia) bt E. Kheirallah (Egypt) 9-0 9-4 9-0, T. Leevey (NZ) lost to 16-A. Waters (England) 5-9 9-5 9-3 9-3, 7-V. Botwright (England) bt K. Brown (Australia) 9-4 9-0 9-3, S. Kitchen (NZ) lost to T. Malik (Wales) 9-7 9-6 9-7.

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YACHTING

SWEDISH MATCH TOUR
(Malaysia)

Monsoon Cup

Round Robin (after 9 of 17 scheduled flights): C. Dickson (NZ) BMW Oracle Racing, 4 wins 1 loss, P. Gilmour (AUS) PST, 4-1, S. Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team, 4-1, all first equal, I. Williams (GB) Williams Racing Team, 5-2 4, M. Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge, 5-2 5, D. Barker (NZ) Emirates Team New Zealand, 3-2 6, R. Coutts (NZ) Coutts Racing Team, 3-3 7, F. Bruni (ITA) Luna Rossa Challenge, 2-3 8, B. Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.Net, 2-4 9, T. Peponnet (FRA) K-Challenge, 2-5 10, C. Dunn (NZ) Mascalzone Latino Capitalia, 1-6 11, S. Barkow (US) Team 7, 0-5 12.