Leading and selected scores in the European Tour's Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates GC, Dubai, on Thursday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72): 64 - Richard Sterne (RSA) 65 - Kurt Kitayama (USA) 66 - Sergio Garcia (ESP), Justin Harding (RSA) 67 - Paul Casey, Robert MacIntyre, Adrian Otaegui (ESP), Thomas Detry (BEL) 68 - Tommy Fleetwood, Martin Kaymer (GER) 68 - Wade Ormsby (AUS), Romain Langasque (FRA), Adria Arnaus (ESP), Kalle Samooja (FIN), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Ross Fisher 69 - Lee Westwood, Scott Hend (AUS), Jeff Winther (DEN) 70 - Matthew Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Andy Sullivan, Laurie Canter, Brandon Stone (RSA), Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Marcus Kinhult (SWE), Mikko Korhonen (FIN), Alexander Levy (FRA), Shubhankar Sharma (IND), Antoine Rozner (FRA), Jayden Schaper (RSA), Takumi Kanaya (JPN), Matthias Schwab (AUT), Scott Jamieson, Joakim Lagergren (SWE) 71 - Collin Morikawa (USA), Justin Rose, Matt Wallace, Chris Wood, Sami Valimaki (FIN), Wu Ashun (CHN), Alexander Bjoerk (SWE), Thomas Pieters (BEL), Guido Migliozzi (ITA), Padraig Harrington, Sebastian Heisele (GER), Jordan Smith, Masahiro Kawamura (JPN), Richie Ramsay, Ignacio Elvira (ESP), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR), Sean Crocker (USA), Oliver Fisher Selected: 76 - Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell afp