CRICKET

WEST INDIES A IN ENGLAND

DAY II, LEICESTER ? Leicestershire 205 & 1/0. West Indies A 349 (L. Simmons 100, R. Morton 86; R. Cummins 4/46, C. Henderson 4/138)

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DIVISION I, DAY I, EDGBASTON ? Warwickshire 329/7 (T. Ambrose 63 .., N. Knight 123) vs Sussex DAY II, SOUTHAMPTON ? Yorkshire 195 & 2/1. Hampshire 493 (M. Carberry 99, J. Crawley 173, C. Benham 56; M. Lawson 6/150) LORD’S ? Durham 407 (G. Breese 110; C. Keegan 5/90, C. Silverwood 3/83) Middlesex 176 (N. Compton 56; G. Onions 5/45) & 10/1 TRENT BRIDGE ? Nottinghamshire 397 & 94/5 Lancashire 200 (R. Sidebottom 3/57, A. Harris 3/46) DIVISION II, DAY II, CHESTERFIELD ? Derbyshire 351 Worcestershire 384/5 (S. Davies 59 .., S. Moore 63, V. Solanki 140) CHELTENHAM ? Glamorgan 647/7 decl (D. Hemp 102, M. Powell 299, R. Watkins 59, J. Franklin 94) Gloucestershire 122/1 (C. Spearman 84 ..) NORTHAMPTON ? Northamptonshire 660/5 decl (D. Sales 225, L. Klusener 124 ..; J. Middlebrook 3/174) Essex 113/3 (A. Flower 51 ..)

GOLF

PLAYERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

GUT KADEN, Round I ? 63 Lee Westwood (GBR) 64 Retief Goosen (RSA), Robert Karlsson (Swe) 65 Gregory Havret (Fra), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Ian Woosnam (GBR) 66 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Stephen Gallacher (GBR), Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Garry Houston (GBR) 67 Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Luke Donald (GBR), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Simon Khan (GBR), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Matthew Millar (Aus), Christian Nilsson (Swe), Gary Orr (GBR), Graeme Storm (GBR) 68 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 Shiv Kapur (Ind)

OMAEZAKI OPEN

Round II ? 132 Soushi Tajima 65 67 135 S. K. Ho 67 68, Tomokazu Yoshinaga 68 67 136 Thammanoon Srirot 70 66 137 Satoru Hirota 71 66, Paul Sheehan 66 71, Wen-Chong Liang 67 70 138 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 68, Chris Campbell 69 69

TENNIS

ATP LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL

Round II ? Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Scott Oudsema (US) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-2 Robby Ginepri (4, US) bt Kenneth Carlsen (Den) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4 Dmitry Tursunov (8, Rus) bt Sam Querrey (US) 7-5, 6-4 Dominik Hrbaty (7, Svk) bt Lars Burgsmueller (Ger) 7-5, 6-4

ATP CROATIAN INTERNATIONAL

Round II ? Carlos Moya (5, Esp) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-2, 6-1 Novak Djokovic (4, SCG) bt Stefano Ianni (Ita) 6-3, 6-4 Juan Pablo Guzman (Arg) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Jiri Vanek (Cze) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

ATP KITZBUEHEL INTERNATIONAL

Round III ? Gaston Gaudio (4, Arg) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-0 Mikhail Youzhny (8, Rus) bt Edgardo Massa (Arg) 6-4, 6-1 Juergen Melzer (Aut) bt Andrei Pavel (16, Rom) 7-5, 6-3 Agustin Calleri (9, Arg) bt Nicolas Massu (6, Chi) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-3, 6-3 Juan Ignacio Chela (7, Arg) bt Dusan Vemic (SCG) 6-4, 6-0 Philipp Kohlschreiber (13, Ger) bt Jarkko Nieminen (3, Fin) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Fernando Verdasco (5, Esp) bt Max Mirnyi (10, Blr) 6-4, 7-5

WTA STANFORD CLASSIC

Round II ? Nicole Vaidisova (3, Cze) bt Sybille Bammer (Aut) 6-1, 6-4 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (4, Ger) bt Vasilisa Bardina (Rus) 6-3, 7-5 Patty Schnyder (2, Sui) bt Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 6-1, 6-4 Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0

BUDAPEST GRAND PRIX

Women, Round II ? Lourdes Dominguez (5, Esp) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 7-6, 6-4 Eva Birnerova (Cze) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-2, 6-4 Catalina Castano (1, Col) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-7 (9-11), 6-1, 6-3 Romina Oprandi (Ita) bt Iveta Benesova (4, Cze) 7-5, 6-4

For the book

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed bin Hammam has told Lebanon to move their Asian Cup qualifiers to a neutral venue if the safety of visiting teams is at risk because of the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah. Lebanon are due to host Bahrain on September 6 in Beirut.