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.