AAMIR SOHAIL has been dropped from the first Pakistan squad picked under the captaincy of Wasim Akram. The 16-man squad will play in the Sharjah Cup and a one-day tournament in South Africa.

PAKISTAN SQUAD: Wasim Akram (capt), Waqar Younis (vice-captain), Javed Miandad, Salim Malik, Rameez Raja, Shoaib Mohammad, Aaqib Javed, Mushtaq Ahmad, Zahid Fazal, Rashid Latif (wicketkeeper), Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ataur Rehman, Asif Mujtaba, Ghulam Ali, Saeed Anwar, Arshad Khan.

MATTHEW DOWMAN scored an undefeated 126 as England Under-19 reached 246 for 2 on the opening day of the first Youth Test against India in Ghaziabad.

WORCESTERSHIRE made a pounds 51,349 profit last season, more than double the previous year.

RICKY PONTING, aged 18, became the youngest Tasmanian and sixth youngest Australian to score a first-class century when he made 125 against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney yesterday.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Sydney, second day of four): Tasmania 292 (R Ponting 125). New South Wales 213 for 5 (M Slater 79, M Bevan 76). (Brisbane, first day of four): Queensland 201. Victoria 27 for 0.

GEDDES GRANT TROPHY (Guaracara Park, Port-of-Spain): Trinidad and Tobago 154 for 9 (46 overs), Windward Islands 147 for 2 (38.2 overs). Windward Islands won on faster scoring rate after rain-reduced match.