1.   Pakistan fast bowler Muhammad Sami took a hat-trick Friday against Sri Lanka on the third day of the Asian Test Championship cricket final at Gaddafi Stadium.

2.   England went out to bat needing exactly five runs an over to win the final cricket match Friday of their five week tour of Zimbabwe.

3.   Former test batsman Damien Martyn led a Western Australia fightback before rain interrupted day two of the Sheffield Shield cricket final against Queensland on Saturday.

4.   Heavy rain has again interrupted the fourth day of the Asian Test Championship cricket final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Lahore, Pakistan.

5.   India won the toss and decided to bat in the Asia Cup cricket final against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

6.   Looking almost invincible, South Africa takes on India in a triangular series cricket final on Wednesday in the west coast city of Bombay as a favorite.

7.   Sri Lanka made a bold decision to send Australia into bat first Sunday in the World Cup cricket final at the Gaddafi Stadium.

8.   Steve Waugh said Friday he had risked injury to play in the final cricket test but his responsibilities as captain took precedent over everything else.

9.   Tasmania squandered a flying start on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield cricket final against Western Australia at the WACA ground Friday.

10.   The Australians left Monday for the southern city of Bangalore where they will play the last and final cricket test against India starting March.