Sporting Digest: Cricket

Australia A bowled out Sri Lanka inside 26 overs and needed just 18.1 overs batting to beat the world champions in Perth yesterday. The one-day game was over so quickly that a second game took place.

TOUR MATCH: One-day (Perth): Sri Lanka 89 (S Lee 4-11; 25.1 overs); Australia A 92 for 2 (18 overs). Australia A won by eight wickets.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (third day of four): Tasmania 370 (D J Marsh 77, J Cox 77, S Young 76; M Inness 4-89); Victoria 36 for 6 (M T G Elliott 134, S A J Craig 100no).