1.   A one-run Opening Day loss to Boston in which the Angels blew a three-run ninth inning lead.

2.   But his Trinidad and Tobago side surrendered a first innings lead to Barbados.

3.   New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming said he wants to post a big first innings lead and hopes to bowl England out without having to bat again.

4.   Ponting hooked medium paceman Peter Martin for six over long leg as Australia took a first innings lead.

5.   Sri Lanka hit back with two quick wickets Saturday as South Africa tried to build on its first innings lead in the first cricket test at Newlands.

6.   Sri Lanka raised its highest ever total against Pakistan to gain a commanding first innings lead.

7.   The Healy-Robertson partnership, a record in India-Australia test games, put paid to Indian hopes of taking a first innings lead.

8.   The Leeward Islands were in sight of first innings lead against Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday after a second day of fluctuating fortunes in the Red Stripe Cup final.

9.   The Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands both took a first innings lead and seemed set for outright victories in other matches.

10.   Zimbabwe earlier took a useful first innings lead as its lower-order scored impressively.