Defending champions Windalco defeated hosts St Ann Bauxite 4-1 in men's action during the Inter-Bauxite Table Tennis competition on Thursday.

Defending singles champion George Hyman secured Windalco's first victory, beating Richard Thomas 11-4, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7 (3-1), then former singles champion Mark Gregory overpowered Oral Brown 11-6, 5-11, 16-18, 11-9, 11-8 (3-2). Justin Allen stopped Gregory Linton 11-7, 11-6, 11-2 (3-0) in single or a 3-0 lead.

Hyman and Aird turned back Brown and Courtney Dunkley 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 12-10 (3-1) in doubles to complete Windalco's four wins, while Dunkley stopped Aird 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 (3-1) to pull one back for St Ann Bauxite.

The competition continues next Thursday with St Ann Bauxite hosting Alpart, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Pietersen hits ton

LONDON (AP):

England captain Kevin Pietersen hit his 14th Test century Friday and tailender Steve Harmison had his highest Test score to boost the hosts' chances of winning the fourth Test against South Africa at The Oval.

At stumps on day two, South Africa, holding an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, had moved to 37 for one in their second innings. They trail England by 85 runs.

The homeside were all out for 316 with Pietersen becoming the fourth England player to score a century in his first match as captain. South African opening bowler Makhaya Ntini took 5-94 to claim his 18th five-wicket haul.

James Anderson dismissed South African skipper Graeme Smith for a duck with the fifth ball of the innings.

Earlier in the evening session, Anderson had shared in a 53-run stand for the ninth wicket with Harmison. Harmison followed up his blistering bowling performance on Thursday with an aggressive 49 not out yesterday.

Mendis rocks India

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP):

Spinner Ajantha Mendis impressive start to his Test career continued with five wickets yesterday as Sri Lanka bowled out India for 249 in its first innings on day one of the third and series-deciding Test.

In reply, Sri Lanka were 14-1 at stumps, with opener Michael Vandort on three and night-watchman Chaminda Vaas yet to score.

After winning the toss and getting a promising platform from its openers, India's feared batting line-up was picked apart by the inexperienced pair of debutant paceman Dammika Prasad, who snared three wickets in the morning session, and Mendis.

Prasad (3-82), brought into the side to replace the omitted Nuwan Kulasekara, snared the prized wickets of Virender Sehwag (21), Rahul Dravid (10) and Sachin Tendulkar (6) after India's opening pair Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag shared 51 runs for the first wicket.

Lehmann quits

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP):

Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is retiring from Germany's national team.

The 38-year-old veteran decided to end his international career after a two-hour talk yesterday with Germany coach Joachim Loew and goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke, the German football federation (DFB) said.

The former Arsenal goalkeeper decided it was time to give a younger player the chance of playing at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the federation said. Lehmann left Arsenal after last season to join Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.

"I could not give the coach any guarantee that I would continue to play football when my one-year contract with Stuttgart ends," Lehmann said. "That's why I told them that they should not plan with me any longer for the national team.