Sporting Digest: Cricket

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE have dismissed their team manager Mike Hendrick, claiming that 'his man-management was not suited to bringing the best out of the players'.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Second day of four) Adelaide: Queensland 330 (M L Hayden 165); South Australia 295 for 5 (P C Nobes 140); Sydney: New South Wales 353 for 5 dec; Tasmania 274 for 6 (D F Hills 88, N C P Courtney 55, M Divenuto 53; G R J Matthews 4-75).

CASTLE CUP (Second day of four) Pretoria: Northern Transvaal 274 and 136 for 5; Boland 149. Port Elizabeth: Western Province 188 and 69 for 3; Eastern Province 231 (P Amm 64, E Baptiste 58; A Martyn 4-60). East London: Border 392 (S Palframan 123, P Kirsten 73, A Lawson 60; N Johnson 5-114); Natal 114 for 4.

TOUR MATCH (Peshawar, Pak; first day of three): Zimbabwe 212 for 4 v Bank of Khyber XI.