29 Aug 2009

29.8 6AM SPORT

9:35 am on 29 August 2009

Hawkes Bay have come from behind to beat Tasman 28-26 in their Air New Zealand Cup rugby clash in Napier.

Hurricanes winger Zac Guildford scored a well executed try with less than five minutes on the clock to lift the Magpies to their second win of the season.

The Otago rugby team have shown some rare form to thrash Northland 29-7 in Whangarei.

Heavy rain on the third day of the second cricket test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand forced the players from the field with Sri Lanka at 157 for two in the second innings.

New Zealand were dismissed for 234 before lunch, in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings of 416.

Sri Lanka return to the crease in Colombo today, leading by 339 runs.