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On This Day in Sport (17 September 2011): 1948: Legendary Australian Don Bradman played his last innings on British soil in Aberdeen, scoring 123 against Scotland. 1998: Croatia World Cup star Robert Jarni abandoned a £2.6million move to Coventry after previously agreeing to join the Highfield Road club, and signed a three-year contract with Real Madrid. 1999: Peter Nicol became Britain's first men's world squash champion following his victory over Ahmed Barada in the final of the Al-Ahram Men's World Open Championship in Egypt. 1999: Hampshire signed Australian leg-spin wizard Shane Warne as their overseas player in one of the most lucrative contracts ever agreed in county championship history. 2000: The British cycling team, including 1km time trial gold medallist Jason Queally, won silver in the sprint at the Sydney Olympics. 2004: Jaguar announced they would be pulling out of Formula One at the end of the season after deciding they could "no longer make a compelling business case" for participation. 2006: Essex won the NatWest Pro40 title despite losing to Durham by six wickets 2010 Nottinghamshire snatch the LV County Championship First Division title away from Somerset on a thrilling final day of the season Headlines (17 September) : Bairstow shines in England win Jonny Bairstow made an impressive international debut to help England wrap up a 3-0 NatWest Series victory over India in Cardiff on Friday. United in no rush over flotation Manchester United may put their Singapore flotation plans on hold until volatility in Stock Market conditions starts to ease. AVB plays down Fergie encounter Andre Villas-Boas has played down the importance of Chelsea's clash with Manchester United, saying the outcome of it "won't mean anything". All Blacks annihilate Japan New Zealand coasted to their second successive World Cup bonus point victory as they outclassed Japan 83-7 at Hamilton's Waikato Stadium. Moody returns for England Lewis Moody has been declared fit to captain a new-look England team for Sunday's Rugby World Cup match against Georgia. Narrow lead for GB and Ireland Continental Europe trail Great Britain and Ireland by a single point after the second day of the Vivendi Seve Trophy at St-Nom-La-Breteche. Big Bash tempting Warne Shane Warne has said he is ready to return from retirement to take part in Australia's Twenty20 competition the Big Bash. Federer battles past Hewitt Roger Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt in three sets on Friday as Switzerland took on Australia in the Davis Cup. Leg injury sidelines Commander Imperial Commander has been ruled out for the season after suffering a tendon injury. Open star Lewis turns pro Tom Lewis, silver medal winner at The Open, has announced that he has turned professional and signed with sports management company IMG. International Results Roundup Dateline 16 September 2011 CRICKET Sri Lanka v Australia Test Series : Third Test at Colombo (SSC) Sri Lanka 125 - 2 45.4 ovs Australia 316 all out 104.3 ovs In Progress England v India The Swalec Stadium 1-Day International Fifth Match England beat India by 6 wickets. Overs reduced to 34 RUGBY UNION WORLD CUP World Cup Pool A New Zealand (38) 83 Japan (0) 7 GOLF Vivendi Trophy Collated results of the Saturday morning greensomes of the The Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros, Saint-Nom-La-Breteche, Paris, France(Continental Europe names first): Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) & Matteo Manassero (Ita) lost to Jamie Donaldson & Simon Dyson 2 & 1 Peter Hanson (Swe) & Alexander Noren (Swe) v David Horsey & Darren Clarke match halved Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) & Thomas Bjorn (Den) lost to Ian Poulter & Ross Fisher 2 & 1 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) & Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) lost to Lee Westwood & Scott Jamieson 4 & 3 Latest score: Continental Europe 5 Great Britain & Ireland 9