Zimbabwe in India

Second Test, Delhi, day four (stumps):
India 354 & 36-3 v Zimbabwe 329 & 146

Spin bowlers traded blows as Zimbabwe were skittled for 146 and India lost three cheap wickets chasing 122 for victory in the second Test in Delhi.

At stumps on an exciting day - on which 17 wickets fell - the home side were 36 for three, needing a further 86 runs to take the series 2-0.

Harbhajan Singh finished with figures of six for 62 for India and Anil Kumble took four for 58 on a pitch offering vicious turn.

Top-scorer Grant Flower was the last wicket to fall, appropriately caught by Harbhajan at midwicket off Kumble for 49.     Match report | Statistics

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Indian middle-order batsman Virender Sehwag will miss the rest of the current Test against Zimbabwe and the first three one-day internationals after injuring his shoulder.

The announcement comes a day after the news that Sachin Tendulkar would miss the series in order to rehabilitate from a knee problem.

"He is not available for the next two weeks because of a shoulder injury," Indian cricket board vice-president C. K. Khanna said in a statement.

Sehwag, who on Saturday smashed 74 at his home ground in Delhi, suffered the injury attempting a diving catch to Grant Flower during the Zimbabwean second innings.

Australia in South Africa

Mark Waugh has been left out of Australia's one-day squad to play South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Waugh's twin brother Steve was axed from the side last month, which means that it will be the first time in 16 years that neither will be part of an Australian one-day team.

Twenty-year-olds Nathan Hauritz and Shane Watson were both called into the expanded 15-man squad.

Queensland batsmen Matthew Hayden and Jimmy Maher are both recalled while Shane Waugh, whose position had been thought to be in doubt, keeps his place.

England in New Zealand

Adam Parore is to hold talks with New Zealand Cricket chief Martin Snedden next week, hoping to secure his selection for the Test series against England.

The 30-year-old wicketkeeper, veteran of 75 Tests, had decided to take a break from the domestic game after being dropped for the one-day series against the tourists.

But his abrupt about-turn when told that he could be ruled out of the three Tests that follow was not viewed sympathetically by provincial side Auckland, who dropped him for their next match.

"The purpose of this meeting is to assess myself whether Adam Parore is committed to playing Test cricket again," Snedden said.

Miscellaneous

Former Australia fast bowler Paul Reiffel has made a comeback to the cricketing arena, this time as an umpire. Reiffel started the 2001-02 domestic campaign as captain of Victoria but retired in January after struggling with injury.

The 35-year-old then registered under another name to umpire a Victoria club competition match in Melbourne on Saturday, to avoid attracting attention.

Reiffel said he would draw on his playing experience in his new role as an umpire.

"I know all the tricks because I've tried them all," he told Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun newspaper.

Women's cricket

Rose Bowl, match five, Lincoln:
Australia Women 218-5 beat New Zealand Women 200-8 by 18 runs.

A century partnership - the first of the series - between captain Belinda Clark and Karen Rolton took Australia women to an 18-run victory over New Zealand in the fifth match of the Rose Bowl series.

The Southern Stars made 218 for five - the highest total of the series so far - having opted to bat first.

Victory gave them an unassailable 4-1 lead over the World Cup champions with one game to play.

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