Mark Waugh too late on his stroke was lbw Healy also late diverted the ball back into his stumps from the inside

Mark Waugh, too late on his stroke, was lbw, Healy, also late, diverted the ball back into his stumps from the inside edge.This exposed young Greg Blewett and the tail-enders and the challenge of rebuilding the innings proved beyond them. In the following over Ambrose, charging in all menace and aggression from the same Pavilion End from which he had engineered England’s all-out 46 last year, removed Mark and Ian Healy with deliveries that cut back sharply. Ambrose finished with 4 for 20 and match figures of 9 for 65, earning him the man of the match award.Steve Waugh, having taken a painful blow on the forearm in the same over, edged a low catch to second slip off Kenny Benjamin. At the opposite end Boon cut Walsh hard and straight to gully.The Waughs had put on 29 when Kenny Benjamin and Ambrose settled the outcome of the match with their demolition of the middle order. The tourists’ captain, Mark Taylor, and David Boon, in his 100th Test, pushed the total past 50 but were then dismissed in successive overs. The left- handed Taylor took two fours in Kenny Benjamin’s first over but then had no answer to a perfectly pitched ball delivered from round the wicket that left him to touch the outside edge. But they were routed by the traditional West Indian strength: hostile and incisive fast bowling that reduced them to 105 all-out just after lunch.Their confidence firmly re-established, the West Indies then brushed aside the not altogether straightforward task of 98 to win with a volley of boundaries – 17 in all – in 20 overs and the loss of a solitary wicket.It was yet another astonishing example of the West Indies resilience that has maintained a sequence of 29 unbeaten Test series since 1980, levelling the contest at 1-1 and setting up an enthralling finale in the final Test in Jamaica starting on Saturday.Australian hopes of a reasonable second-innings score were undermined in one stunning period just before lunch when Curtly Ambrose and Kenny Benjamin dismissed five batsmen in the space of 15 balls while only two runs were added.Ambrose, who had devastated the Australian first innings for 128 with 5 for 45, was belatedly introduced into the attack by the captain, Richie Richardson, after an hour and 20 minutes, by which time Australia had accumulated 79 for 3 and the Waugh twins, Mark and Steve, were batting with comparative freedom.It was the bounce which accounted for the opener Michael Slater after 10 minutes when he gloved a catch to third slip off Courtney Walsh.

Already Hamilton has had to rule out Gary Fleming, Phil Gray, Jim Magilton, Michael O’Neill and Gerry Taggart.. THIRD TEST: West Indies level the series on the third day after unleashing a 15-ball bowling blitz before lunch

reports from Port of Spain
Australia 128 and 105West Indies 136 and 98 for 1(West Indies win by nine wickets)Their long-standing superiority in Test cricket under distinct threat, the West Indies turned a tense, low-scoring and even match into emphatic victory by nine wickets before tea on the third afternoon of the third Test against Australia in Trinidad yesterday.Australia resumed at 20 without loss, in the lead by eight and with the prospect of an improving pitch under the hot tropical sun. Arsenal’s Steve Morrow has an ankle injury and will have his fitness checked over the next 24 hours. Wilson, has been left out since he appeared as a substitute in the 4-0 defeat by the Republic of Ireland in Belfast last November.
There is also recall for the St Johnstone striker George O’Boyle, while the Wrexham central defender Barry Hunter comes into the squad for the first time.Hamilton could be forced to look for another replacement. The 34-year-old striker returns after five players withdrew from Bryan Hamilton’s original squad because of injuries. Kevin Wilson, the veteran Walsall player whose Northern Ireland international career seemed to be over, is back in his country’s squad for Wednesday’s Group Six European Championship game in Latvia.

Ally McCoist pulled out after feeling some pain in his ankle when kicking a ball.. “Pat will earn his 25th cap for us and that will qualify him for the silver medal from the Scottish Football Association,” Brown said. “I’ve checked on his form with Tranmere and I believe he will help us break down San Marino.”Brown says he is also “sorely tempted” to recall the Aberdeen striker Duncan Shearer for the Group Eight match. The Celtic midfield player Paul McStay withdrew from the squad on Saturday because of his ankle injury but Motherwell’s Rob McKinnon had already been drafted in.Nevin is a survivor from the side, then managed by Andy Roxburgh, which struggled to a 2-0 win over San Marino in a European Championship qualifier four years ago.Andy Goram, the Rangers and Scotland goalkeeper, began his comeback after a calf operation in January when he played the full 90 minutes in yesterday’s friendly at Queen of the South, which ended 2-2. SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

Pat Nevin’s stop-start international career enjoys another revival on Wednesday when he wins his 25th cap for Scotland in the European Championship qualifying match against San Marino in the Serravalle stadium.
Craig Brown, the Scottish coach, believes the 31-year-old Tranmere player can help unlock a packed defence.

Milan completed a good week by thrashing Torino 5-1 last night in Bologna.. Ruud Gullit scored twice for Sampdoria but Gabriel Batistuta – with his 22nd of the season – and Francesco Baiano struck back. The Dutch striker, Michel Kreek, scored the game’s only goal in the 77th minute with a stunning free-kick.Juventus’s fifth defeat of the season allowed second-placed Parma to keep their fading championship hopes alive with a 3-0 victory over in- form Internazionale.Sampdoria, beaten in the Cup-Winners’ Cup semi-final by Arsenal after leading 3-1, again let a two-goal advantage slip in a 2-2 draw against Fiorentina. There was trouble after the match: two policemen suffered stab wounds as fans clashed outside the Olympic stadium.Juventus’s pursuit of their first title since 1986 suffered a rare setback with a shock 1-0 defeat at home to struggling Padova. ITALIAN FOOTBALL

Paul Gascoigne sat through 76 minutes of the Rome derby yesterday before coming on as a substitute, by which time his Lazio team-mates had already established a winning 2-0 lead.
A first-half goal from Pierluigi Casiraghi and a penalty after the interval from Giuseppe Signori consigned Roma to defeat, and four minutes after Gascoigne’s arrival the Roma captain, Giuseppe Giannini, ignored Pope John Paul II’s pre-match appeal for sportsmanlike behaviour by earning a red card.