Gayle ruled out of Twenty20 match

West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been ruled out of Sunday's Twenty20 match against England with the groin injury he sustained in the fifth Test.

The 29-year-old pulled a muscle running for the single that gave him his ton in the first innings but returned to bravely bat for 42 balls in the second.

However, he is not fit to play in Port of Spain and so wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin will take over as captain.

However, the hosts are boosted by the return of key all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.
Bravo has not featured for six months after undergoing ankle surgery in New York last August but is named in the 13-man squad and is expected to play.

Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy - all part of the Windies side that won the Stanford Super Series trophy in November - are the other players to have been included from outside the squad that won the Test series 1-0.

Daren Powell, Ryan Hinds and Brendan Nash drop out.

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West Indies Twenty20 squad:
D Ramdin (capt), L Baker, S Benn, D Bravo, S Chanderpaul, F Edwards, A Fletcher, K Pollard, D Sammy, R Sarwan, L Simmons, D Smith, J Taylor.

Stars close in on CHAN finals

Milovan Rajevac will return to the bench after a serving a one-game suspension as the Serbian attempts to steer Ghana into the finals of the African Nations Championship.
The Black Stars will come up against Senegal in Bouake on Wednesday in one of the two semi-final games of the Championship designed for locally-based footballers which started a week ago with eight sides.
A historic finals is on the cards for all four sides left in the maiden competition.
Rajevac will be pleased with his team’s efforts after Ghana finally discovered their form and how to overcome opponents after coming from behind to force draws with Zimbabwe and Libya.
But on the final day of the group matches, the Black Stars strode to a 3-0 win over DR Congo, exhibiting a performance that depicted their title credentials.
Despite their form, Ghana will be up against one of the best defending sides at the Championship with Senegal having conceded none in the group stages.
The stage will be set for the Black Stars to build on their impressive showing having peaked just about the right time as the Championship nears the business end.
Senegal have managed three clean sheets from their Group A encounters with Tanzania, Zambia and Ivory Coast.
But they will be up against a Ghana side that has found the back of the net six times with two apiece coming from Rahim Ayew and captain Edmund Owusu-Ansah, an impressive goal scoring record that no other contender for the title has.
The other semi-final will see DR Congo, who qualified alongside Ghana from Group B play Zambia in Abidjan.

Ghanaian flair or Senegalese steel?

They will encounter in the central Ivorian textile city of Bouake, while Zambia and Congo DR meet four hours later in Abidjan. After coming from behind to force draws with Zimbabwe and Libya, Ghana finally clicked to outclass Congo DR 3-0 on Sunday, and justify their position as joint-top seeds and title favourites. Midfielders Ibrahim Ayew, eldest son of former African Footballer of the Year Abedi 'Pele' Ayew, and captain Edmund Owusu Ansah have been their chief goal-getters to date, with two apiece. The Ayew brace proved particularly important as it wiped out a two-goal advantage built by outsiders Zimbabwe, while the first Owusu Ansah strike cancelled a lead Libya held for much of their match.
Now they come up against Senegal, who conceded one goal in four qualifiers against Mali and Guinea and none in Group A encounters with Tanzania, Zambia and Côte d'Ivoire. Captain and defender Sidy Ndiaye said his country carried a heavy burden into the tournament, after they failed to make the final qualifying round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™."This competition offers those of us representing Senegal with a challenge to restore the dignity of the national team after its elimination from the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup," he told reporters. Coach Joseph Koto has been upbeat since the two-week tournament kicked off: "Everything is possible as I have a young team that is disciplined and hungry for success."Zambia and Congo DR have slipped after strong starts, and both came close to not making the last four as the group phase reached a dramatic climax at the weekend. Defender Dennis Banda scored four minutes into stoppage time to deprive Tanzania of victory and lift the Zambians from third place to first in Group A, while the central Africans survived only because Zimbabwe and Libya failed to take advantage by playing to a goalless draw.Zambia's Given Singuluma and Mabi Mputu of Congo DR are proven scorers, and share a passion to play professionally in Europe. The former undid Côte d'Ivoire with a hat-trick but has not found the net since, while the latter, once linked with Arsenal, created both goals against Libya before finding the net against Zimbabwe.The most lethal attack collides with the meanest defence when Ghana and Senegal meet in the CAF African Nations Championship semi-finals, on Wednesday. The Black Stars scored six goals in the mini-league, more than any other contender for the title, while tomorrow's opponents conceded none in the maiden edition of the tournament.

Profiles of injured Sri Lanka party members

The second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was abandoned on Tuesday following the attack on the bus carrying the tourists' team in Lahore.
BBC Sport profiles the Sri Lanka players and the English assistant coach injured in the attack.
The most seriously injured player was Thilan Samaraweera, who was shot in the leg. Early reports suggest he will be unable to play cricket for between six to eight weeks.
Tharanga Paranavitana was shot in the chest. The bullet, which narrowly missed his heart, was removed by Pakistan doctors.
Mahela Jayawardene, age 31 (born Colombo)
Led his team to a 5-0 one-day whitewash of England in 2006 before scoring a Sri Lankan Test record 374 against South Africa and captaining the one-day side to the 2007 World Cup final.
His Test debut was in 1997 and he has gone on to hit 25 Test centuries, averaging 53.23. The Test against Pakistan this week was to be his last as captain, although he will continue playing.
Kumar Sangakkara, 31 (Matale)
After breaking into the side aged 22, this phenomenal wicketkeeper/batsman made his Test debut in 2000.
Now used sparingly behind the stumps, he has gone on to strike 18 Test centuries, averaging 54.99. He is likely to be Sri Lanka's next captain with Jayawardene stepping down.
Thilan Samaraweera, 32 (Colombo)
After making his Test debut in 2001 he has gone on to score nine Test centuries in 49 matches.
In 2009 he scored a double-century in the first Test against Pakistan in Karachi, and on Monday he hit 214 to become only the sixth batsman in Test history and the second Sri Lankan to hit double tons in successive Tests.
Ajantha Mendis, 23 (Moratuwa)
Has emerged as the world's most dangerous spin bowler, helped by his famous finger-snapping 'carrom ball'.
Last summer he became the first Sri Lankan to take eight wickets on his Test debut against India at Colombo, before finishing with 26 wickets to be named Man of the Series.
Tharanga Paranavitana, 26 (Kegalle)
Opening batsman and off-break bowler who made his Test debut against Pakistan in February. His first-class highest score is 236.
Chaminda Vaas, 35 (Mattumagala)
After Muttiah Muralitharan, Vaas is Sri Lanka's finest ever bowler and made his Test debut in 1994.
In 2001-02 his bowling helped Sri Lanka beat the West Indies as he became only the second fast bowler, after Imran Khan, to take 14 wickets in a match in the subcontinent. He waited 97 Tests for his maiden century against Bangladesh and in August 2008, he claimed his 400th one-day international wicket.
Suranga Lakmal, 21 (Matara)
This young right-arm seam bowler has still to make his Test debut, having played his initial first-class match at Colombo last year. Was drafted into the current Sri Lankan 15-man squad.
Paul Farbrace, 41 (Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, UK)
He is a former Kent and Middlesex wicketkeeper and batsman.
He started coaching with the England's women team, moved on to Kent and in July 2007 was appointed assistant Sri Lanka coach.

Sri Lanka cricketers arrive home

The Sri Lanka team have arrived home following the attacks on their bus by armed gunmen in Lahore on Tuesday.
Seven players were wounded in the attacks, which killed six policemen and a driver.
"None of us thought we would come alive out of the situation," said skipper Mahela Jayawardene.
Batsman Thilan Samarweera, the most seriously injured, will have surgery on his knee in a private Colombo hospital after suffering a bullet wound.
Tharanga Paranavitana, Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Suranka Lakmal, Thilan Thushara and assistant coach Paul Farbrace sustained minor injuries.
Jayawardene explained the civil war in Sri Lanka left them better able than other teams to cope with the atrocious attack.
"We have been brought up in a background of terrorist activities," he said.
"We are used to hearing, seeing these things. Firing, bombings. So we ducked under our seats when the firing began - we were screaming and hurt but couldn't help each other.
"It's about families, livelihoods, kids, wives, parents everybody," he continued.
"We need to look at the bigger picture and hopefully in the future we can make right decisions looking at all these and not just the small things.
Geethanjana Mendis, director general of the Sports Ministry medical unit said: "The boys are all suffering from trauma. But they should all be OK and can get back to cricket in a week to 10 days.
"Samaraweera, however, will need further surgery and treatment and he will need more time to recover."
Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Test and one-day cricket, added: "All the while bullets were being sprayed at our bus, people around me were shouting. I am glad to be back."
Former England batsman Chris Broad, the match referee in Lahore who shielded a wounded Pakistani umpire as his car was fired upon and the driver killed, is set to arrive back at Manchester airport on Wednesday morning.

Johnson inspires Australia to win

Mitchell Johnson led a fine performance by Australia's seam attack as the tourists secured a 162-run win over South Africa in the first Test.
The hosts had been set a record 454 for victory in Johannesburg but hopes faded soon after Hashim Amla fell to Peter Siddle for 57 an hour into play.
Jacques Kallis played on soon after and with Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Johnson on form, wickets fell regularly.
Man-of-the-match Johnson wrapped up the Proteas innings for 291 soon after tea.
It was the perfect start to the series for an inexperienced Australia side containing three new caps, having succumbed to South Africa at home in December.
Johnson was the inspiration, taking 4-112 to finish with match figures of 8-137 to add to his 96 not out with the bat in Australia's first innings.
He received excellent support from fellow seamers Siddle (3-46), Hilfenhaus (2-68) and Andrew McDonald (1-31), who all applied relentless pressure on the South African batsmen.
The writing was on the wall for the tourists when Amla clipped Siddle to midwicket, ending a determined stand between him and Kallis that had lasted over an hour in the morning session.
First-innings century-maker AB de Villiers made only three before he was trapped leg before by the persistent medium-pacer McDonald, and the key breakthrough came in the third over with the second new ball when Kallis was bowled off an inside edge by Johnson for 45.
In Johnson's previous over, Kallis was given out by umpire Billy Bowden but Kallis asked for a referral and was reprieved by television umpire Asad Rauf because the ball pitched marginally outside leg stump.
The hosts opted for all-out defence thereafter, with JP Duminy and Mark Boucher surviving for more than 20 overs before Duminy was caught at second slip off Siddle for 29.
Morne Morkel was then caught off a weak pull shot for the second time in the match, giving Johnson his third wicket of the innings, before Boucher was bowled off an inside edge by Hilfenhaus for 24.
Paul Harris followed soon after before Johnson wrapped up the win by bowling Dale Steyn.
South Africa will hope to bounce back in the second Test, which gets under way on Friday in Durban, but Johnson warned Australia will again be on their mettle.
"We'll celebrate tonight but then it's time to look forward to the next Test," he said. "This is right up there with my best Test.
"The bowlers started to click as a unit when we won (the recent third and final test against South Africa) in Sydney and we're a tight-knit group. I'm very excited about this group."
And Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes his side are starting to show their true form, saying: "We rectified most of the errors we made in the home series this week.
"I think we had the worst of the batting conditions, but it was a good team effort. We have now won the last two Tests against South Africa - this team is bouncing back."
Ponting's counterpart Graeme Smith, meanwhile, questioned his side's desire after the defeat: "In the first couple of days we got too far behind - 466 was too much for Australia in the first innings.
"We didnt reach the levels we did in the last two years. Australia were hungry and we did not match that.
"We know we can improve a lot on this performance. We want to play better in Durban. We let ourselves down here."
Meanwhile, all-rounder Albie Morkel, brother of Morne, will replace injured fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe in South Africa's 12-man squad for the second Test, which starts in Durban on Friday.
The 27-year-old was man of the series when South Africa's 4-1 win in the one-day series in Australia in January.

Second day’s play underway in Lahore Test

LAHORE: The second day’s play in the second test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is underway at Gaddafi Stadium here.
Touring Sri Lanka resumed its innings with 317-4 as Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera remained at the crease.
Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera notched brilliant hundreds to help Sri Lanka recover from early wobbles on the opening day of their second Test against Pakistan here on Sunday.
Samaraweera followed his 231 in the drawn first Test in Karachi with a superb unbeaten 133 while Sangakkara scored 104 as the tourists recovered from 35-2 to reach 317-4 after Pakistan won the toss and put their opponents in.
Pakistan had exploited the early life from a green-looking Gaddafi Stadium pitch by removing openers Malinda Warnapura (eight) and Tharanga Paranavitana (21) and then had the prized scalp of skipper Mahela Jayawardene (30).
But left-hander Sangakkara and Samaraweera settled down gradually and benefited from some sloppy work by Pakistan fielders who dropped two crucial catches - one off each batsman.
For Pakistan, pace spearhead Umar Gul (3-67) provided breakthroughs but the Sangakkara-Samaraweera pairing foiled all the home team's attempts until their 204-run stand for the fourth wicket was broken with the second new ball.
Sangakkara snicked to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal in Yasir Arafat's second over with the new ball. Sangakkara hit eight boundaries during his 334-minute stay.
Sangakkara said he was shocked at Pakistan's decision to field first.
"I was surprised to be put into bat," said the 31-year-old. "The pitch looks a good batting strip and once we lost three wickets it was a case of batting sensibly. We did that and now hope when Pakistan bats, the pitch turns more."
Samaraweera had hit 19 boundaries off 205-balls when bad light stopped play 3.2 overs early. Tillakaratne Dilshan was unbeaten on three.
When Samaraweera came to the crease, Sangakkara was unbeaten on 32 but the right-hander outscored his partner, hoisting Shoaib Malik towards mid-wicket for his 14th boundary to reach his ninth Test hundred.
An over later, Sangakkara took two runs to complete his 18th Test hundred.
Both Sangakkara and Samaraweera were lucky as Sangakkara, on 55, was dropped by close-in fielder Faisal Iqbal off Malik.
Samaraweera also benefited from a dropped catch when, on 68, he edged leg-spinner Danish Kaneria but Akmal failed to hold on to the snick.
In the first session Gul removed both the openers in the space of 19 runs. Off the last delivery of the fifth over Gul had Warnapura caught in the slip by Misbah-ul-Haq.
Gul struck again when Paranavitana, who had a miserable debut with a duck and nine in Karachi, played straight to gully where Malik took a smart catch.
Jayawardene, playing his last Test as skipper, added 61 for the third wicket with Sangakkara before Gul struck again. He had Jayawardene caught behind off a moving delivery soon after lunch.
Jayawardene, who hit 240 in Karachi, hit five boundaries.
Both teams made one change from their first Test line-up. Pakistan gave a Test debut to Mohammad Talha in place of Sohail Khan, while Sri Lanka made a tough call by excluding veteran paceman Chaminda Vaas and brought in Thilan Thushara.

Pakistan v Sri Lanka

	Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		BSM Warnapura	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	8	23	14	1	0	57.14
		NT Paranavitana	c Shoaib Malik b Umar Gul	21	41	31	4	0	67.74
		KC Sangakkara	c Kamran Akmal b Yasir Arafat	104	334	210	8	0	49.52
		DPMD Jayawardene	c Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul	30	88	61	5	0	49.18
		TT Samaraweera	not out	133		205	19	0	64.87
		TM Dilshan	not out	3		11	0	0	27.27
		Extras	(b 4, w 2, nb 12)	18
		Total	(4 wickets; 86.4 overs)	317	(3.65 runs per over)

To bat HAPW Jayawardene, T Thushara, CRD Fernando, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-16 (Warnapura, 4.6 ov), 2-35 (Paranavitana, 8.4 ov), 3-96 (DPMD Jayawardene, 26.3 ov), 4-300 (Sangakkara, 81.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Umar Gul	19.4	2	67	3	3.40	(2nb, 1w)
	Mohammad Talha	11	0	50	0	4.54	(7nb, 1w)
	Yasir Arafat	13	2	53	1	4.07	(3nb)
	Danish Kaneria	24	1	89	0	3.70
	Shoaib Malik	17	2	45	0	2.64
	Younis Khan	2	0	9	0	4.50

	Pakistan team

Khurram Manzoor, Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Talha, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria

Toss Pakistan, who chose to field first Test debut Mohammad Talha (Pakistan) Player of the match tba Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire Nadeem Ghauri Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire Ahsan Raza Close of play day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 317/4 (TT Samaraweera 133*, TM Dilshan 3*, 86.4 ov)

Match notes

• Day 1
• Sri Lanka 1st innings
• Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 0
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 55/2 in 13.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 13, DPMD Jayawardene 13)
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (KC Sangakkara 23, DPMD Jayawardene 25, Ex 5)
• Lunch: Sri Lanka - 89/2 in 24.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 30, DPMD Jayawardene 25)
• Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (176 balls), Extras 5
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 131/3 in 38.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 44, TT Samaraweera 18)
• KC Sangakkara: 50 off 96 balls (5 x 4)
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (KC Sangakkara 18, TT Samaraweera 27, Ex 6)
• Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 41.1 overs (254 balls), Extras 11
• Tea: Sri Lanka - 189/3 in 52.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 75, TT Samaraweera 40)
• 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (KC Sangakkara 46, TT Samaraweera 45, Ex 10)
• Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 54.1 overs (336 balls), Extras 15
• TT Samaraweera: 50 off 85 balls (8 x 4)
• 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 235 balls (KC Sangakkara 58, TT Samaraweera 82, Ex 10)
• Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 66.4 overs (411 balls), Extras 15
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 251/3 in 67.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 91, TT Samaraweera 86)
• TT Samaraweera: 100 off 159 balls (14 x 4)
• KC Sangakkara: 100 off 193 balls (8 x 4)
• New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 288/3 after 80.1 overs (KC Sangakkara 104, TT Samaraweera 110)
• 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 334 balls (KC Sangakkara 72, TT Samaraweera 119, Ex 10)
• Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 81.2 overs (499 balls), Extras 15
• End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 317/4 in 86.4 overs (TT Samaraweera 133, TM Dilshan 3)

Test Match Series: South Africa v Australia

Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Australia 1st Innings 466 all out (125.4 overs)	Australia 2nd Innings 207 all out (53.4 overs)
South Africa 1st Innings 220 all out (81.1 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 57 for 0 (20.5 overs)

Australia 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hughes	c Boucher	b Steyn	0	4	0	0
Katich	c McKenzie	b Steyn	3	25	0	0
Ponting		b Ntini	83	134	11	1
M Hussey	c Kallis	b M Morkel	4	21	1	0
Clarke	c Boucher	b Steyn	68	90	10	0
North	st Boucher	b Harris	117	233	12	0
Haddin	c Harris	b Ntini	63	105	9	0
McDonald	c Kallis	b Steyn	0	2	0	0
Johnson	not out		96	131	10	5
Siddle	c Kallis	b M Morkel	9	15	2	0
Hilfenhaus	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	0	1	0	0
Extras		7nb 2w 6b 8lb	23
Total		all out	466	(125.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 30.0 4 113 4 Ntini 27.0 6 71 2 M Morkel 28.4 3 117 3 Kallis 8.0 0 33 0 Harris 18.0 2 64 1 Duminy 14.0 2 54 0

Fall of wicket 0 Hughes 18 Katich 38 M Hussey 151 Ponting 182 Clarke 295 Haddin 296 McDonald 413 North 466 Siddle 466 Hilfenhaus

South Africa 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McKenzie	lbw	b Siddle	36	126	6	0
Smith	c Haddin	b Johnson	0	2	0	0
Amla	c Ponting	b Hilfenhaus	1	3	0	0
Kallis	c M Hussey	b Siddle	27	44	4	0
de Villiers	not out		104	184	9	1
Duminy	c Haddin	b Johnson	17	52	2	0
Boucher	c Haddin	b Johnson	0	3	0	0
M Morkel	c and b	Siddle	2	22	0	0
Harris	lbw	b North	1	4	0	0
Steyn	c North	b McDonald	17	49	2	0
Ntini		b Johnson	1	2	0	0
Extras		4nb 4b 6lb	14
Total		all out	220	(81.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Johnson 18.1 7 25 4 Hilfenhaus 25.0 9 58 1 Siddle 21.0 1 76 3 McDonald 10.0 4 22 1 North 7.0 0 29 1

Fall of wicket 1 Smith 2 Amla 49 Kallis 93 McKenzie 138 Duminy 138 Boucher 154 M Morkel 156 Harris 208 Steyn 220 Ntini

Australia 2nd Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hughes	c de Villiers	b Harris	75	121	11	1
Katich	c Boucher	b M Morkel	10	22	2	0
Ponting	c Amla	b Kallis	25	44	4	0
M Hussey	c Ntini	b Kallis	0	1	0	0
Clarke	c Kallis	b Harris	0	2	0	0
North		b Kallis	5	7	1	0
Haddin	c Boucher	b Ntini	37	54	1	2
McDonald	c Boucher	b Ntini	7	11	1	0
Johnson	c Kallis	b Ntini	1	12	0	0
Siddle	not out		22	36	2	1
Hilfenhaus		b Steyn	16	15	1	0
Extras		3nb 1w 5lb	9
Total		all out	207	(53.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 16.4 5 51 1 Ntini 11.0 3 52 3 M Morkel 10.0 1 41 1 Harris 11.0 0 36 2 Kallis 5.0 0 22 3

Fall of wicket 38 Katich 99 Ponting 99 M Hussey 99 Clarke 104 North 138 Hughes 145 McDonald 147 Johnson 174 Haddin 207 Hilfenhaus

South Africa 2nd Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McKenzie	not out		28	75	4	0
Smith	not out		28	51	3	0
Extras		1nb	1
Total		for 0	57	(20.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Johnson 5.0 0 17 0 Hilfenhaus 8.0 4 24 0 Siddle 4.0 1 13 0 McDonald 3.5 1 3 0

Fall of wicket

Umpires: B F Bowden, S A Bucknor
South Africa: Smith (C), McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher (W), Harris, M Morkel, Steyn, Ntini
Australia: Hughes, Katich, Ponting (C), M Hussey, Clarke, North, Haddin (W), McDonald, Johnson, Siddle, Hilfenhaus

Woods slumps to Match Play defeat

Tiger Woods lost 4&2 to Tim Clark to crash out of the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship in the second round.
But the world number one, making his comeback after major knee surgery, refused to be too downcast.
"I hit one bad eight iron and one bad drive so I'm happy with the way I was striking the ball," he said.
"Tim is a wonderful player and he made birdies while I didn't sink enough putts. I feel great, though, and I will go home to evaluate what to do next."
Woods jumped into an early lead with a birdie at the second but Clark hit back to win five and six.
The American restored parity with a birdie on seven, but his South African opponent took command with consecutive birdies on 11, 12 and 13.
Woods holed an outstanding bunker shot on 14 to reduce the gap to two, but his challenge was effectively ended by a wayward tee shot on the driveable par-four 15th.
He blocked his drive out to the right, but it bounced off a cart path into the desert and out-of-bounds.
Woods trudged back to the tee and found the middle of the putting surface with his third shot, but he missed the par putt, leaving Clark with two putts from 20 feet to go three up with three to play.
The South African then hit his tee shot on the par-three 16th to four feet while Woods missed the green to the right.
When his chip stopped 18 inches short of the hole, he removed his cap to signal the end of his comeback.
"I had to try and forget who I was playing," said Clark after his victory.
"I played him here a couple of years ago so I did know what to expect but I was a little nervous on the first tee.
"He may have been a little rusty but he was still going to be able to play some shots that I couldn't.
"He holed a great bunker shot on 14 and it was game on again, but he made a couple of mistakes near the end."
Clark will play Rory McIlroy in round three after the Northern Irishman birdied the last two holes to beat Hunter Mahan one up.
The American opened up a two-shot lead on the 12th, but McIlroy hit back on the 13th and a Mahan error on 14 levelled the match.
McIlroy finished with four threes, sinking 10 and 20 feet putts on 17 and 18 respectively, to wrap up victory.
"I was standing on 13 at two down, but I dug deep and played my best golf when I had to which was satisfying," said the world number 17.

Wilson claimed a prize scalp in American Anthony Kim

"It was a great way to finish and it gives me momentum going into the game against Tim."

Lee Westwood was the only casualty on an otherwise great day for England's golfers.

He squared his match with Stewart Cink on 17, but eventually lost on the 23rd when he made his first bogey of the tournament.

Paul Casey and Ross Fisher were the big winners.

Casey, who has a home two hours up the road in Scottsdale, won four of the first nine holes against Australia's Matthew Goggin and sank birdies on 13 and 14 to run out a comfortable 6&4 winner and set up a meeting with Sweden's Peter Hanson, who beat Canada's Stephen Ames 2&1.
Fisher birdied four of the first eight holes to go up four up on America's Pat Perez, then closed out the match with an eagle on the 13th. Fisher takes on Jim Furyk after the American overcame Germany's Martin Kaymer 4&2.
Oliver Wilson was also in impressive form, sinking eight birdies to lead by two at the turn on his way to a 3&2 win over America's world number 11 Anthony Kim. His reward is a third-round match with Justin Leonard who defeated Davis Love III with a par at the last.
Luke Donald recovered from two down with two to play to beat Vijay Singh. A Donald birdie at 17 and Singh bogey at 18 took the game down the 19th and the Fijian left his par putt short to hand victory to the Englishman who will play Ernie Els next.
The South African was never behind as he beat Steve Stricker 3&2.
Ian Poulter capped a remarkable day with a one up victory over Charl Schwartzel. The South African played a bogey-free round, but Poulter sank three birdies, including what turned out to be the crucial one on 17.
Poulter meets Sean O'Hair who defeated his fellow American Boo Weekley 2&1 in a scrappy match. The duo's combined score was nine over par after 11 holes, but O'Hair hit a couple of birdies in the closing holes to secure the win.
Elsewhere, Phil Mickelson survived a late charge from Zach Johnson to win at the last to set up a clash with fellow American Cink.
And Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez was overwhelmed by Camilo Villegas, who birdied four of the first five holes on his way to a 5&4 win. The Colombian plays Geoff Ogilvy, who beat Shingo Katayama on the 19th.

Djokovic to meet Ferrer in final

World number three Novak Djokovic claimed a hard-fought win over Frenchman Gilles Simon to reach the final of the Dubai Championships.
The Serb needed two hours and 44 minutes to beat the world number eight 3-6 7-5 7-5.
"I really believed till the end and mentally this is a very important win for me," said Djokovic afterwards.
He will face fourth seed David Ferrer in Saturday's final after the Spaniard beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-2.
Ferrer dominated throughout and Gasquet's challenge disappeared from early in the second set as the Spaniard wrapped up victory in 75 minutes.
"This was my best match in the season and I was very focused," said Ferrer, who had lost two previous semi-finals this year after being match point up.
"Playing Djokovic will be difficult of course but I shall fight a lot."
Djokovic and Simon struggled to produce their best tennis in the 100-degree heat in Dubai.
Djokovic failed to find any consistency early on and made a forehand error to trail 4-2 in the first set.
Both players had their chances to break in the second set before Djokovic broke in the final game with a forehand winner.
He then bounced back from trailing 0-2 in the decider to level at 3-3 when Simon produced a backhand error and broke again for the match, setting it up after Simon netted a low volley and then sealing the win with a smash.
"If I want to stay on top of the men's game, I have to win these matches," Djokovic added. "I made a lot of unforced errors in the first set and at the start of the second set.
"He was playing kind of solid, but only one style of tennis throughout the whole match. I needed to change something in my game so I could start winning the games and points, and that's what I did.
"I became more patient and played more from the baseline to give myself opportunities."

S Africa hit back after North ton

South Africa stabilised after a disastrous start to finish day two of the first Test on 85-3 in their reply to Australia's formidable 466.
Australia's Marcus North collected a debut Test century with 117, while Brad Haddin (63) and Mitchell Johnson (96no) also helped pushed the total on.
Graeme Smith (0) and Hashim Amla (1) were back in the pavilion as South Africa slumped to 2-2 in reply.
Jacques Kallis (27) and Neil McKenzie (35 not out) helped the hosts recover.
Australia started the day on 254-5 and never looked like exposing the weaknesses that saw them hanging on at 38-3 on the first day.
As the South Africans clung to the hope that a breakthrough would accompany the new ball, North and Haddin picked up their half-centuries in comfort.
Haddin survived four overs after its introduction before falling to Makhaya Ntini, but North shrugged off his and Andrew McDonald's (0) demise to make steady progress to three figures.
At the other end, Mitchell Johnson set about the bowling with aggression and the pair quickly racked up a century partnership, before North was lured down the track attempting to heave across the line to Paul Harris.
Johnson continued to punish Harris, crashing three sixes off one over from the left-armer, as he cantered past 61 to rack up his best-ever Test batting figures.
But the paceman found himself stranded four runs short of his first century as Morne Morkel claimed the final two Australian wickets in successive deliveries.
Dale Steyn's exploits on the first day ensured that he finished as the pick of a dispirited set of bowlers with four wickets at a cost of 113 runs.
Johnson soon found consolation as his fifth delivery drew a thick edge from Smith and a tumbling catch from Haddin.
In the following over debutant Ben Hilfenhaus tempted Amla with a full, swinging ball that was snapped up by Ricky Ponting at second slip to leave South Africa in deep trouble just eight balls into their innings.
Kallis came to the crease and, supported by McKenzie, steadied the ship in becoming only the eighth Test batsman in history to reach 10,000 runs with a push through covers.
But Mike Hussey hung onto a sharp catch at gully off the bowling of Peter Siddle to remove Kallis, silence the Wanderers and ensure the home side remain in a precarious position.

Flintoff to return home from tour

Andrew Flintoff is to return home from England's tour of the West Indies on Friday to have treatment on his injured right hip.
The 31-year-old is due to fly back out to rejoin the tour on 10 March in time for the five-match one-day series.
The all-rounder sustained a muscle strain in his hip in the drawn third Test at St John's last week.
The problem kept him out of the fourth Test currently being played in Barbados and he will also miss the fifth Test.
"Returning to England allows me to get intensive treatment back home and work with people who have helped me overcome injuries in the past," Flintoff told BBC Five Live.
"The lads don't need me hanging around the dressing room.
"With an injury like this you have to allow it to take its natural course and over the past two days I've been doing some exercises. I've been happy with the way it's going.
"I'll put this down to wear and tear - it's a bowler's injury."
Flintoff also suffered a left-side strain in the opening week of the tour, prompting the selectors to call up all-rounder Ravi Bopara from the England Lions' tour of New Zealand as cover.
Bopara has taken Flintoff's place in the side for the fourth Test, in which England amassed 301-3 in the first day, and is likely to deputise for him again for the final Test in Trinidad which starts on 6 March.
Flintoff bowled flat-out in St John's as England chased victory in vain on the final day of the third Test but he was in visible distress because of the injury.
He spent Thursday's morning session in the fourth Test receiving physiotherapy in the dressing room in a bid to get fit again.
But after lengthy management discussions, the medical staff recommended he temporarily return to the UK to receive better rehab treatment, overseen by England's chief medical officer Dr. Nick Peirce and his own fitness guru Dave Roberts.
Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, said he was hopeful that Flintoff would rejoin the tour in time for the one-off Twenty20 international on 15 March and the five-match one-day series which takes place between 20 March and 3 April.
"We're determined that we are going to do everything possible to get Andrew fit for the one-day international series which starts in a couple of weeks time," said Morris.
"It is something we have done with Andrew before when he was recovering from his ankle injury.
"Being around the England team environment can be something of a goldfish bowl and by returning home he can concentrate on receiving some intensive treatment.
"A muscle tear is a muscle tear and time is a key ingredient in this."
The longer his injury takes to heal, the more scrutiny will be placed on Flintoff's lucrative deal with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, which runs for three weeks in April.
Flintoff had earlier insisted he will recover from his injury in time to play in the IPL.
His first scheduled game is on 11 April for the Chennai Super Kings against Bangalore Royal Challengers.
Flintoff added that he wanted to return to action for England in the forthcoming limited overs series because he had "missed a lot of international cricket" stating it was "irrespective" of the IPL coming soon after.
England would prefer that the all-rounder concentrate on reaching peak fitness for this year's Ashes series against Australia rather go to India and risk suffering a relapse.
BBC Radio 5 Live cricket correspondent Arlo White said: "Flintoff would help his own cause if he could feature in the one-day international series - if he doesn't then the clamour for him to be withdrawn from the IPL would grow."
Sean Morris, chief executive of the Professional Cricketers Association has already acknowledged that the England and Wales Cricket Board would make the final decision on whether Flintoff goes to India or not.
"It is very clear that Andrew is centrally contracted, he plies his trade for England," he said.
"The central contract states that the ECB have the ability to decide where and when contacted players will play.
"The players are comfortable with that, they don't have a problem at all but ultimately if it was touch and go, common sense would prevail and we wouldn't want to take any risk whatsoever."

Flintoff expects to play in IPL

Andrew Flintoff insists he will recover from his hip injury in time to play in the Indian Premier League in April.
The England all-rounder will miss the fourth Test against the West Indies, starting on Thursday in Barbados and is a doubt for the rest of the series.
But he is confident he will be fit to join the Chennai Super Kings franchise, which bought him for £1.1m at auction, for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.
"For all intents and purposes I'll be fit," Flintoff told The Guardian.
"The IPL's still a while away so I don't think it will be touch and go."
Flintoff, who has a muscle strain in his right hip, hopes to return for the fifth Test in the Caribbean, which starts on Friday, 6 March, and the Twenty20 match and five one-day internationals that run from 20 March to 3 April.
He said: "I'm intending to go to India, but it's not really at the forefront of my thinking - I want to play Test cricket and I want to play the one-day internationals."
And he insists that it is vital for England's players to play in the IPL with the ICC World Twenty20 taking place on home soil this summer.
"As much Twenty20 cricket going into that World Cup will obviously benefit the side," he said.
"You see how the Indians have gone - it's had a knock-on effect in one-day internationals.
"Financially it's great, but to further our game and get better in that form of the game it's important we go."
Sean Morris, chief executive of the Professional Cricketers Association said playing in the IPL could be a vital part of Flintoff's pre-Ashes preparation.
"It may well fit perfectly with his rehabilitation, he's got to bowl four overs a day in the warmth, where as 15 overs in Durham in a long sweater might be slightly less beneficial," Morris said.
He acknowledged, however, that the England and Wales Cricket Board would make the final decision on whether Flintoff goes to India or not.
"It is very clear that Andrew is centrally contracted, he plies his trade for England. The central contract states that the ECB have the ability to decide where and when contacted players will play.
"The players are comfortable with that, they don't have a problem at all but ultimately if it was touch and go, common sense would prevail and we wouldn't want to take any risk whatsoever," he said.
Morris rejected any idea that there would be tension between the ECB and IPL over Flintoff.
"I can't see there being any tug of war between the franchise and England because Freddie is such a crucial part of the England set-up, he will want to perform during the summer and I know he will be working hard to make sure he is fully fit at the beginning of the summer.
"His responsibility will always be to England, he would be the first to say that, what we all want to see is Freddie fit, firing and knocking a few Aussies over.
"The reality of professional cricket is you can get injured in the nets at lords as much as you can playing in Chennai, so injury is part and parcel of the job.
"If he went out and played in a warm up match for Lancashire and got injured, people would say why is he doing that?"
The ECB has given permission for Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara and Owais Shah permission to play in the IPL.
But chief executive David Collier suggested on Sunday that Flintoff may be prevented from taking part if he is deemed a fitness risk in an Ashes year.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his deputy Michael Clarke have already pulled out of the competition in order to focus on international cricket commitments.

International Twenty20 Series: New Zealand v India

New Zealand beat India by 7 wickets

New Zealand won the toss and decided to field

India Innings 162 for 8 (20.0 overs)

New Zealand Innings 166 for 3 (18.5 overs)

India Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir		b O'Brien	6	7	1	0
Sehwag		b O'Brien	26	10	0	4
Raina	not out		61	43	2	5
R Sharma	c McCullum	b Butler	7	7	0	1
Yuvraj	lbw	b Vettori	1	3	0	0
Dhoni		b Butler	2	6	0	0
Y Pathan	c Oram	b McCullum	20	8	0	3
I Pathan	c McCullum	b Ryder	12	14	1	0
Harbhajan		b Southee	21	22	2	0
Extras		3w 3lb	6
Total		for 8	162	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Southee 4.0 0 42 1 O'Brien 4.0 0 36 2 Butler 4.0 0 29 2 Vettori 4.0 0 18 1 McCullum 2.0 0 27 1 Ryder 2.0 0 7 1

Fall of wicket 25 Gambhir 32 Sehwag 54 R Sharma 56 Yuvraj 61 Dhoni 82 Y Pathan 101 I Pathan 162 Harbhajan

New Zealand Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Ryder	lbw	b I Sharma	1	4	0	0
McCullum	not out		56	49	2	3
Guptill	lbw	b Harbhajan	41	28	4	3
Taylor		b Zaheer	31	20	1	3
Oram	not out		29	15	3	2
Extras		3nb 5w	8
Total		for 3	166	(18.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Zaheer 4.0 0 20 1 I Sharma 4.0 0 35 1 I Pathan 3.0 0 38 0 Harbhajan 4.0 0 19 1 Y Pathan 2.5 0 37 0 Yuvraj 1.0 0 17 0

Fall of wicket 2 Ryder 56 Guptill 106 Taylor

Umpires: G A Baxter, E A Watkin
New Zealand: Ryder, McCullum (W), Guptill, Taylor, Oram, McCullum, Vettori (C), Butler, Southee, Thompson, O'Brien
India: Sehwag, Gambhir, Raina, Yuvraj, R Sharma, Dhoni (C/W), Y Pathan, I Pathan, Harbhajan, Zaheer, I Sharma

Test Match Series: Pakistan v Sri Lanka

Pakistan drew with Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 644 for 7 (155.2 overs)	Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 144 for 5 (31.0 overs)
Pakistan 1st Innings 765 for 6 (248.5 overs)

Sri Lanka 1st Innings - Declared

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Warnapura	c Misbah	b Arafat	59	48	9	0
Paranavitana	c Misbah	b Gul	0	1	0	0
Sangakkara	c Misbah	b Kaneria	70	104	9	0
M Jayawardene	c Akmal	b Malik	240	423	32	0
Samaraweera		b Kaneria	231	318	31	0
Dilshan	c Akmal	b Malik	0	3	0	0
P Jayawardene		b Kaneria	18	22	2	0
Vaas	not out		12	22	1	0
Extras		9nb 1w 4lb	14
Total		for 7	644	(155.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Gul 24.0 2 92 1 Sohail 21.0 2 131 0 Arafat 26.0 2 90 1 Malik 36.0 3 140 2 Kaneria 46.2 5 170 3 Younus 1.0 0 6 0 Butt 1.0 0 11 0

Fall of wicket 3 Paranavitana 93 Warnapura 177 Sangakkara 614 M Jayawardene 614 Samaraweera 614 Dilshan 644 P Jayawardene

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Pakistan 1st Innings - Declared

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Khurram	c P Jayawardene	b Mendis	27	98	3	0
Butt	c M Jayawardene	b Muralitharan	23	70	3	0
Younus		b D Fernando	313	568	27	4
Malik	run out		56	168	7	0
Misbah	lbw	b D Fernando	42	153	3	1
Faisal	lbw	b M Jayawardene	57	141	6	0
Akmal	not out		158	184	8	5
Arafat	not out		50	129	2	2
Extras		18nb 5w 4b 12lb	39
Total		for 6	765	(248.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 36.0 10 66 0 D Fernando 39.0 2 124 2 Mendis 59.0 14 157 1 Muralitharan 65.0 14 172 1 Dilshan 19.0 3 82 0 Paranavitana 5.0 0 33 0 Sangakkara 10.0 0 34 0 M Jayawardene 6.5 0 41 1 Warnapura 9.0 0 40 0

Fall of wicket 44 Butt 78 Khurram 227 Malik 357 Misbah 531 Faisal 596 Younus

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Sri Lanka 2nd Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Warnapura	c Akmal	b Gul	2	5	0	0
Paranavitana	run out		9	19	2	0
Sangakkara	lbw	b Kaneria	65	66	10	0
Dilshan	c Faisal	b Gul	8	6	1	0
M Jayawardene	c Faisal	b Kaneria	22	38	2	0
Samaraweera	not out		24	30	4	0
P Jayawardene	not out		7	29	1	0
Extras		7nb	7
Total		for 5	144	(31.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Gul 9.0 1 41 2 Sohail 6.0 0 33 0 Arafat 6.0 0 32 0 Kaneria 9.0 1 35 2 Malik 1.0 0 3 0

Fall of wicket 2 Warnapura 32 Paranavitana 45 Dilshan 103 M Jayawardene 120 Sangakkara

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Umpires: S J Davis, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Butt, Khurram, Younus (C), Faisal, Malik, Misbah, Akmal (W), Sohail, Arafat, Gul, Kaneria
Sri Lanka: Paranavitana, Warnapura, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene (C), Dilshan, Samaraweera, P Jayawardene (W), Vaas, D Fernando, Mendis, Muralitharan