Sporting Digest: Cricket

SOMERSET have announced a record pre-tax profit of pounds 342,533 for the year ending 30 September.

TOUR MATCH (Launceston, Tasmania, second day of four): Tasmania 306 for 9 dec (S Young 77, M N Atkinson 69; C L Cairns 5-105); New Zealand 152 for 5 (A H Jones 67).

SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Second day of four) Brisbane: Queensland 257. New South Wales 245 for 6 (M E Waugh 61). Melbourne: Western Australia 322 (J L Langer 144; A I C Dodemaide 5-85); Victoria 154 for 3 (B Hodge 79no).