Cabrera-Bello moves a shot clear in tight second round

Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello finished day two of the European Tour Avantha Masters a shot clear but had six players hot on his heels at the DLF Golf and Country Club in New Delhi.

Cabrera-Bello added a second-round 69 to his opening 67 - a round he completed yesterday morning - to reach the halfway point on eight-under par, with England's Robert Coles - who carded a second-round 67 - among those a stroke back alongside Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat (67), India's Shiv Kapur (65) and Denmark's Mark F Haastrup (66).

Two of Asia's biggest golfing superstars, India's Jeev Milkha Singh and Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee, were also on seven-under still with seven holes remaining of their second rounds after play was suspended for the day yesterday just after 6pm local time due to bad light.The duo were among the half of the field unable to complete 36 holes over the first two days, with Thursday's three-and-a-half-hour fog delay having set proceedings back.

Cabrera-Bello looked set to establish a more substantial advantage when he headed into his final three holes on ten-under, but he dropped a shot at the seventh and then found water on the par-5 ninth and missed his ten-foot putt for par.

Scotland's Marc Warren was just three off the lead after a second-round 70, while Scott Jamieson (two-under for the day through 14 holes) and Peter Whiteford (one-under through 11) did not get a chance to complete their second rounds.

At the Northern Trust Open in California, Corey Pavin rolled back the years with a superb display over his first 12 holes to snatch the outright lead at the Northern Trust Open before faltering at the finish.

The PGA Tour veteran bogeyed three of his last four holes in fading light for a two-under-par 69 to lie two strokes off the pace in the opening round at Riviera Country Club. Australia's Robert Allenby was top of a congested leaderboard after opening with a four-under-par 67. He joined compatriots John Senden and Aaron Baddeley in a nine-way tie for the early lead.