Harrington had just 23 putts in his second round

SECOND ROUND LEADERBOARD:
GB & Ire unless stated
-12 P Harrington, G Orr
-11 I Poulter
-10 I Garrido (Sp), R Gonzalez (Arg), J Francois-Lucquin (Fra), C L Nilsson (Swe)
Selected:
-6 T Bjorn (Swe)
-3 JM Olazabal (Spa)

Irish Ryder Cup player Padraig Harrington and Scot Gary Orr both shot second rounds of 65 to share the lead of the Madrid Masters on 12 under.

England's Ian Poulter is a shot behind with overnight leader Jean-Francois Lucquin among a quartet on 10 under.

Darren Clarke carded a 72 after struggling with his putting and is tied for 35th place on four under.

His Spanish Ryder Cup team-mate Jose Maria Olazabal is three under after a round of 70.

Harrington picked up five birdies in his front nine and then recovered from back-to-back bogeys to finish birdie-birdie-eagle.

I had lots of chances but the putter is just not working Darren Clarke

The 34-year-old, who ended his round with a 43-foot putt from off the green, had just 23 putts in his round.

"The putts have certainly dropped for me the first two days," he said.

"I feel like I can play better but then I would hole less putts."

Clarke, who dropped two shots in the opening four holes, recovered for a level-par round but admitted his putting was out of sorts.

"I am delighted with the way I am hitting the ball from tee to green," said the 38-year-old, who is playing his first tournament since the death of his wife last month.

"I only missed four fairways and five greens again today. I had lots of chances but the putter is just not working."