Sport in Short: Cricket

IAN BOTHAM has undergone an operation on his right shoulder at the Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow and is expected to be discharged today.

SHARJAH TROPHY (United Arab Emirates, 43 overs): Sri Lanka 266 for 5 (C Hathurusinghe 66, R Mahanama 62). Zimbabwe 236 for 9 (E Brandes 55). Sri Lanka won by 30 runs and play Pakistan in Thursday's final.

TOUR MATCH (Canberra): Australian Capital Territory, following on with eight wickets standing in their second innings, are 186 runs behind England.

ENGLAND A - First Innings

(Overnight: 326 for 5)

R C Russell c McNamee b McLeod 67

D G Cork b Bush 13

A R Caddick not out 25

J Boiling not out 10

Extras (b9 lb9 w2 nb12) 32

Total (for 7 dec, 132 overs) 379

Did not bat: M C Ilott, P M Such.

Fall (cont): 6-343 7-343.

Bowling: Killen 30-13-55-0; McLeod 25-6-72-2; Irvine 18-5-51-1; Bull 22-4-81-3; Bush 28-6-75-1; Maxwell

9-1-27-0.

ACT - First Innings

M Frost b Ilott 4

S McNamee b Caddick 0

* P Solway c Middleton b Ilott 0

N J Speak c Middleton b Ilott 0

S Maxwell not out 22

J Bull c Russell b Caddick 0

G Irvine c Russell b Ilott 7

C Killen c Caddick b Cork 4

S King c Lloyd b Caddick 7

K W McLeod c Moxon b Caddick 0

G E W Bush c Russell b Cork 7

Extras (lb5 w5 nb4) 14

Total (33.2 overs) 65

Fall: 1-4 2-6 3-6 4-7 5-12 6-26 7-39 8-56 9-56.

Bowling: Ilott 12-4-12-4; Caddick 11-8-14-4; Cork

9-1-31-2; Such 1-0-3-0.

ACT - Second Innings

M Frost lbw b Caddick 2

S McNamee lbw b Cork 9

* P Solway not out 50

N Speak not out 44

Extras (lb12 w1 nb10) 23

Total (for 2, 40.3 overs) 128

Fall: 1-2 2-22.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (First day of four): Melbourne: Victoria 258 for 4 (W Phillips 91) v South Australia. Sydney: Western Australia 268 for 7 (T Moody 78) v New South Wales.