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After taking three quick wickets just before lunch to reduce the home side to 119 for 5, the England bowlers took another 90 minutes to make their next breakthrough.Rao, who was unbeaten on 83 at tea, and Maninder Singh added 101 for the sixth wicket and comfortably took the Rest of India past England's first innings total of 210.Having seen his bowlers disappoint, none more so than the spinner Monty Panesar, the England captain Ian Bell brought himself on and took a wicket with his fourth ball of off-spin, finding the edge of Maninder's bat for the wicketkeeper Mark Wallace to take a simple catch.Three overs later the spinner Robert Ferley took his fourth wicket when he trapped Gagandeep Singh leg before for nine. England bowled and fielded poorly, although Ferley emerged with credit, ending with figures of 4 for 71. Before the close, England lost the opener Gary Pratt, bowled for a duck by the off-spinner Mulewa Dharmichand, who also trapped the nightwatchman Andrew McGarry leg before when he offered no stroke.Nottinghamshire have stepped in for Northamptonshire's Richard Logan after the seam bowler turned down a new contract with the Second Division champions.The former England Under-19 bowler played the first six games in Northamptonshire's promotion-winning campaign last year but failed to hold down a place in the second half of the season.The Nottinghamshire assistant cricket manager, Mick Newell, confirmed they were interested in taking the player on. He said: "We have offered Richard a move to Trent Bridge and he has gone away to think about it over the weekend. We are expecting his answer early next week."* Recurring knee injuries mean the New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will miss the third and deciding one-day international against Zimbabwe in Auckland tomorrow "I'm uncertain what is next for me," Cairns said. "I'll be seeing the medical panel next week and they will assess what is required to deal with the injuries.". Eyebrows have been raised, fingers pointed and a few grumbles uttered.

However, until now the ages of India's emerging teenage cricketing talent have never been publicly questioned That is about to change. Eyebrows have been raised, fingers pointed and a few grumbles uttered. However, until now the ages of India's emerging teenage cricketing talent have never been publicly questioned. That is about to change. With England's under-19 side ready to take the field in the first of three Tests against their Indian counterparts in Bombay next week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has ordered the home side's squad to undergo a medical exam to verify the ages of all 14 players.The medical test involves an X-ray of the forearm, which is said to be able to determine precisely the a level of bone development which only occurs beyond the age of 20.

Such extreme measures have been decided upon following the discovery that the Haryana Under-19 team won the national youth championship last month with six players over the age limit.There has also been considerable suspicion surrounding the ages of certain players representing the Rest of India Under-19 in the current match against England in Bombay, with some unsubstantiated reports in India claiming that three Rest of India players are over 19.The England Under-19 camp have been quick to distance themselves from the controversy.Their manager, Graham Saville, said: "We are pleased that the Indian board are taking this matter so seriously and we will abide by whatever conclusions they reach. But we are happy to play whatever side is selected for the Test matches because ultimately our players will gain from every experience they have on the field during this tour."In many developing and Third World countries birth certificates are difficult to attain. Famously, the former, feared world heavyweight boxing champion, the American Sonny Liston, once told police that his real age was 20. Their many records gathered on him over his troubled years suggested he was closer to 22 Liston himself could not be sure.

The only record of the true date of his birth (and that of his many siblings) had been carved on a tree in the family's yard - and the tree had since been chopped down.. Shane Warne pressed his claims for an Australian recall with a haul of 4 for 53 in his first-class comeback game in Perth yesterday. The leg-spinner, out of action since breaking a finger in October, was playing for Victoria in their interstate match against Western Australia. Shane Warne pressed his claims for an Australian recall with a haul of 4 for 53 in his first-class comeback game in Perth yesterday. The leg-spinner, out of action since breaking a finger in October, was playing for Victoria in their interstate match against Western Australia. Warne, hoping to return for Australia in the forthcoming limited-overs series against West Indies and Zimbabwe, swung the match Victoria's way after Western Australia appeared to be gaining the upper hand.His four wickets helped Victoria dismiss the hosts for 235. Victoria were 146 for 3 in their second innings at the close, 165 ahead with two days remaining.India's police, whose investigations into match-fixing rocked cricket last year, said yesterday they were planning to send officers to Britain and South Africa for further investigations."We have proposed names of officials to go to UK and South Africa.

We are awaiting approval from the government," a Delhi police spokesman said.Last April Delhi police charged the then-South African captain Hansie Cronje and three team-mates with "cheating and fraud". Cronje admitted to accepting money from bookmakers, but denied fixing matches, and has been banned for life. The spokesman said the police team heading to South Africa would try to interview Cronje and attempt to get a voice sample from the cricketer which would aid the investigation as the original allegations were based on tape recordings.Kapil Dev, the former India all-rounder and coach, is likely to be interviewed by a match-fixing investigator in Delhi next week, the inquiry official said yesterday. K Madhavan, a former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint director, said Dev had been scheduled to meet him today but had put the interview off until next Wednesday.Another former captain and coach, Ajit Wadekar, was scheduled to meet Madhavan on Monday, a day later than originally planned.Sri Lanka were given the day off yesterday despite their crushing innings and 229 runs second Test defeat by South Africa 24 hours earlier. The three-day thrashing was Sri Lanka's heaviest ever but South Africa's most emphatic, surpassing the innings and 219 runs victory against Zimbabwe in Harare in 1999.The off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was among those who took the chance to head down to Cape Town's for some relaxation. In spite of the woeful display by his team he was determined to remain positive about the rest of the tour. "Of course we were all really disappointed when we got back in the dressing room," Muralitharan said."It was a bad performance, but we are a young side and have left some of our more experienced players at home.