Windies on back foot as rain rules

Rain wrecked much of the second day of the second Test between the West Indies and India in Barbados. Ishant Sharma took two wickets in an over to put the West Indies on the back foot, but with Marlon Samuels and the crab-like Shiv Chanderpaul still there, they will be hoping to get withing touching distance of India’s modest 201.

In Harare, remarkably, an ODI series is taking place in midwinter, and Australia A drubbed a Zimbabwe XI. Australia A tackle South Africa A today.

Elsewhere, Alviro Petersen underscored his growing stature as a fighting captain with 93 against Derbyshire.

Test match

– India 201 (Laxman 85). West Indies 98/5.

Unofficial ODI

– Australia A 232/8 (Maddinson 63, Ferguson 52). Zimbabwe XI 142 (Masakadza 57; Lyon 4/22). Australia A won by 90 runs.

County championship

– Derbyshire 367 (Durston 106, Redfern 88; Allenby 5/44). Glamorgan 213 (Petersen 93; Clare 5/50) and 250/7 (Powell 87, Wallace 66*).

– Sussex 251 (Goodwin 79*, Joyce 73*). Warwickshire 58/0.

– Gloucestershire 459/9 dec (Cockbain 127, Lewis 71, Dent 61, Taylor 52). Middlesex 283/7 (Rogers 125*).

Friends Life t20

– Northamptonshire 129/9 (Saeed Ajmal 4/14). Worcestershire 130/4 (Solanki 62*, Mitchell 40*). Worcestershire won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

– Yorkshire 144 (Gale 67). Leicestershire 147/2 (McDonald 59*, Cobb 44). Leicestershire won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining). – Staff Reporter, SportsCentral