Friday results

Athletics

NZ team for 100km world champs, Seoul, October 8: M. Lukes (Christchurch), J. Koenen (Auckland), G. Hannah (Mosgiel), S. Cooper (Auckland).

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Baseball

Major League

Detroit 6 Kansas City 4, Baltimore 1 Texas 15, Boston 4 Oakland 5 (11 innings), Florida 1 Houston 5, Cincinnati 9 Colorado 7, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 6, St Louis 3 LA Dodgers 2 (14 innings).

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Billiards

NZ Championships

(Christchurch)

Quarter-finals: G.Oliver (Canterbury) 1108 bt G.Lilly (Canterbury) 781, W. Carey (Auckland) 1178 bt B. Good (Auckand) 467, T. Stephens (Auckland) 1205 bt D. Boyce (Waikato) 750, P. De Groot (Canterbury) 758 D. Gibb (Capital City) 499.

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Cricket

First Test

England v Pakistan

(Lord's)

Stumps, first day. -

England

First innings

M. Trescothick c Akmal b Gul 16
A. Strauss lbw b Razzaq 30
A. Cook not out 101
K. Pietersen lbw b Razzaq 21
P. Collingwood not out 109
Extras (8b, 11w, 13nb) 32

Total for 3 wkts, 90 overs) 309

Fall: 1/60, 2/60, 3/88.

Bowling: M. Sami 3-69-0 (3nb, 1w), U. Gul 19-3-76-1 (6nb, 2w), Abdul Razzaq 17-2-60-2 (1nb), Danish Kaneria 29-1-73-0 (1nb), Shahid Afridi 7-0-23-0 (1nb).

English County Championship

Division one

At Hove: Sussex 355-8 (M. Yardy 126no, M. Goodwin 82) v Kent.

Division two

At Bristol: Gloucestershire 355-8 (A. Gidman 87, C. Spearman 70, S. Adshead 68) v Essex.

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Cycling

Tour De France

11th stage, 206km from Tarbes to Pla de Beret: D. Menchov (Russia/Rabobank) 6h 6m 25s 1, L. Leipheimer (US/Gerolsteiner) same time 2, F. Landis (US/Phonak) 3, C. Evans (Australia/Davitamon-Lotto) at 17s 4, C. Sastre (Spain/Team CSC) 5, M. Boogerd (Netherlands/Rabobank) 1m 04s 6, H. Zubeldia (Spain/Euskaltel) 1.31 7, F. Schleck (Luxembourg/Team CSC) 8, A. Kloeden (Germany/T-Mobile) 9, C. Moreau (France/AG2R) 2.29 10, G. Totschnig (Austria/Gerolsteiner) 3.06 11, M. Rogers (Australia/T-Mobile) 12, M. Fothen (Germany/Gerolsteiner) 13, I. Parra (Colombia/Cofidis) 14, J. Azevedo (Portugal/Discovery Channel) 4.10 15, G. Simoni (Italy/Saunier Duval) 16, D. Arroyo (Spain/Caisse d'Epargne) 17, C. Dessel (France/AG2R) 4.45 18, P. Caucchioli (Italy/Credit Agricole) 19, T. Valjavec (Slovenia/Lampre) 20.

General classification: Floyd Landis (US/Phonak) 49:18.07 1, C. Dessel (France/AG2R) at 8sec 1, D. Menchov (Russia/Rabobank) 1.01 3, C. Evans (Australia/Davitamon-Lotto) 1.17 4, C. Sastre (Spain/Team CSC) 1.52 5, A. Kloeden (Germany/T-Mobile) 2.29 6, M. Rogers (Australia/T-Mobile) 3.22 7, J. M. Mercado (Spain/Agritubel) 3.33 8, Christophe Moreau (France/AG2R) 3.44 9, M. Fothen (Germany/Gerolsteiner) 4.17 10, H. Zubeldia (Spain/Euskaltel) 4.26 11, P. Sinkewitz (Germany/T-Mobile) 5.38 12, L.Leipheimer (US/Gerolsteiner) 5.39 13, M. Boogerd (Netherlands/Rabobank) 5.54 14, I. Landaluze (Spain/Euskaltel) 6.33 15, G. Totschnig (Austria/Gerolsteiner) 6.47 16, V. Karpets (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) 6.48 17, J. Azevedo (Portugal/Discovery Channel) 7.27 18, I. Parra (Colombia/Cofidis) 8.11 19, F. Schleck (Luxembourg/Team CSC) 8.37 20.

Points classification: R. McEwen (Australia/Davitamon-Lotto) 217 1, T. Boonen (Belgium/Quick-Step) 188 2, O. Freire (Spain/Rabobank) 181 3, D. Bennati (Italy/Lampre) 165 4, E. Zabel (Germany/Milram) 148 5, T. Hushovd (Norway/Credit Agricole) 134 6, B. Eisel (Austria/Francaise des Jeux) 127 7, Luca Paolini (Italy/Liquigas) 126 8, I. Isasi (Spain/Euskaltel) 97 9, D. Kopp (Germany/Gerolsteiner) 94 10.

Team classification: T-Mobile 148:04.07 1, Gerolsteiner at 46s 2, AG2R at 5m 0s 3, Team CSC 7.52 4, Rabobank 9.17 5, Saunier Duval 16.03 6, Caisse d'Epargne 23.07 7, Lampre 24.57 8, Phonak 24.58 9, Discovery Channel 27.05 10.

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Golf

Corning Classic

(Ohio)

First round (US unless noted).-

65: L. Neumann (Sweden).

66: Sung Ah Yim (Korea), R. Ranking, M. Estill.

67: P. Creamer, L. Davies (GB), N. Gulbis, K. Weiss, D. D'Alessio, A. Bunch.

Also:

79: T. Clelland (NZ).

John Deere Classic (Silvis, Illinois)

First round, par 71 (US unless noted).-

64: JP Hayes, Z. Johnson, J. Senden (Australia), D. Chopra (Sweden).

66: BJ Staten, J. Schultz.

67: P. Azinger, B. Watson, R. Palmer, M. Gogel, S. Jones, J. Gore, J. Riegger, C. Warren, D. Wilson, B. Hurley III, H. Bjornstad (Norway), W. MacKenzie, M. Small.

Also:

76: P. Tataurangi (NZ).

Scottish Open

(Loch Lomond)

First round (Britain and Ireland unless stated).-

65: D. Drysdale, J. Edfors (Sweden).

66: D. Clarke, M. Tunnicliff.

67: D. Bransdon (Australia), A. Butterfield, J. M. Olazabal (Spain), R. Russell.

68: L. Donald, J. Donaldson, G. Houston, H. Irwin (US), R. Jacquelin (France), B. Lane, J. M. Lara (Spain), J-F. Lima (Portugal), D. McGrane, S. O'Hara, W. Ormsby (Australia), C. Pettersson (Sweden), J. Randhawa (India), C. Schwartzel (South Africa).

69: P. Broadhurst, G. Clark, T. Clark (South Africa), N. Colsaerts (Belgium), B. Dredge, G. Fernandez-Castano (Spain), G. Havret (France), David Howell, S. Khan, T. Lehman (US), J. Lomas, P. McGinley, M. Siem (Germany), L. Westwood.

70: D. Carter, R-J. Derksen (Netherlands), S. Dyson, E. Els (South Africa), R. Finch, M. Foster, S. Gallacher, R. Goosen (South Africa), D. Griffiths, S. Henderson, S. Jeppesen (Sweden), J. Kingston (South Africa), S. Kjeldsen (Denmark), P. Lawrie, S. Little, D. Lynn, J. McCreadie, P. O'Malley (Australia), I. Poulter, J. Milkha Singh (India), J. Spence, R. Sterne (South Africa), D. Vancsik (Argentina), S. Wakefield.

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Netball

NZ Age Group Championships

(Invercargill)

Under-21 final: Waikato 32 Otago Gold 31, 3rd/4th - Canterbury 32 Auckland Waitakere 29, 5th/6th - Otago Blue 37 Western 36, 7th/8th - North 38 Wellington 33, 9th/10th - Eastern 37 Auckland Waitakere 2 21.

U21 player of the tournament: Hayley Stockman (Waikato)

Under-19

First grade final: Southland 29 Auckland Waitakere 27, 3rd/4th - North Maroon 36 Wellington 34, 5th/6th - Mid Canterbury 31 Waikato Red 28, 7th/8th - Christchurch 33 Otago Gold 28.

Second grade final: Tasman 35 South Canterbury 30, 3rd/4th - Manawatu 33 BOP Gold 29, 5th/6th - Counties Manukau 29 Otago Blue 23, 7th/8th - Waikato Black 33 Taranaki 32.

Third grade final: North Blue 41 Eastern 29, 3rd/4th - Canterbury Country 40 Auckland Centre 28, 5th/6th - Southland Invitation 33 BOP Blue 20.

Under-19 player of the tournament: A. Thatcher (North Maroon).

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Hockey

Champions Trophy Results

(Amsterdam)

Germany 3 New Zealand 0, Argentina 3 Australia 2, Netherlands 1 China 1.

Germany43011069Netherlands4220828China4211867Argentina4202886Australia4022352New Zealand40130101 NATIONAL U15 BOYS TOURNAMENT

(Albany)

Thames Valley 0 Counties Manukau 3, Wanganui 3 Northland 5, Bay of Plenty 4 Hawkes Bay 7, Manawatu 1 Tauranga 2, Wairarapa 3 Canterbury 2, North Harbour 0 Waikato 1, Auckland 3 Otago 0, Nelson 0 Wellington 4. Bottom 4 crossover: South Canterbury 5 Taranaki 5, Southland 3 Mid Canterbury 2.

Points

A: North Harbour 12, Nelson 9, Bay of Plenty 6, Wanganui 3, Southland 0. B: Otago 10, Canterbury 9, Tauranga 7, Counties Manukau 3, South Canterbury 0. C: Auckland 12, Wairarapa 9, Manawatu 4, Thames Valley 3, Taranaki 1. D: Waikato 10, Wellington 9, Hawkes Bay 7, Northland 3, Mid Canterbury 0. Bottom 4 crossover: South Canterbury 4, Taranaki 4, Southland 3, Mid Canterbury 0.

National U15 girls tournment

(Tauranga)

Manawatu 1 Wellington 2, Wairarapa 2 Nelson 0, Northland 4 Tauranga 2, Taranaki 1 Counties Manukau 0, Canterbury 3 North Harbour 2, Hawkes Bay 4 Otago 2, Waikato 1 Auckland 0, Bay of Plenty 1 Eastern 0. Bottom 4 crossover: Poverty Bay 0 South Canterbury 2, Mid Canterbury 0 Marlborough 2.

Points

A: Canterbury 12, Waikato 9, Wairarapa 6, Bay of Plenty 3, Poverty Bay 0. B: Auckland 10, Wellington 10, Eastern 4, Nelson 4, Mid Canterbury 0. C: Northland 9, Manawatu 9, Taranaki 6, Hawkes Bay 6, Marlborough 0. D: North Harbour 12, Tauranga 7, Otago 3, Counties Manukau 2, South Canterbury 2. Bottom 4 crossover: South Canterbury 4, Marlborough 4, Mid Canterbury 1, Poverty Bay 1.

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Soccer

UEFA Cup Qualification

First round first leg: Hibernians (Malta) 0 Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) 4, Brondby (Denmark) 3 Valur (Iceland) 1, Rijeka (Croatia) 2 Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) 2, Glentoran (Northern Ireland) 0 Brann Bergen (Norway) 1, Portadown (Northern Ireland) 1 FBK Kaunas (Lithuania) 3, Rhyl (Wales) 0 Suduva Marijampole (Lithuania) 0, Atvidabergs FF (Sweden) 4 Etzella Ettelbrueck (Luxembourg) 0, Basel (Switzerland) 3 Tobol Kostanai (Kazakhstan) 1, Videoton (Hungary) 1 Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan) 0, Koper (Slovenia) 0 Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) 1, Skala (Faroe Islands) 0 IK Start (Norway) 1, Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria) 2 Makedonija Skopje (Macedonia) 0, Rapid Bucharest (Romania) 5 Sliema Wanderers (Malta) 0, APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) 3 Murata (San Marino) 1, Lyn Oslo (Norway) 1 Flora Tallinn (Estonia) 1, Gefle IF (Sweden) 1 Llanelli (Wales) 2, IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) 0 Derry City (Ireland) 1, Randers FC (Denmark) 1 IA (Iceland) 0, Ujpest (Hungary) 0 FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) 4, Zimbru Chisinau (Moldova) 1 Garabagh Agdam (Azerbaijan) 1, Ameri Tbilisi (Georgia) 0 Banants Yerevan (Armenia) 1, BATE Borisov (Belarus) 2 Nistru Otaci (Moldova) 0, FC Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia) 2 WIT Georgia Tbilisi (Georgia) 0, FK Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 3 FC Ranger's (Andorra) 0, HJK Helsinki (Finland) 1 Drogheda United (Ireland) 1, Jeunesse Esch (Luxembourg) 0 Skonto Riga (Latvia) 2, Vardar Skopje (Macedonia) 1 SV Roeselare (Belgium) 2, Varteks Varazdin (Croatia) 1 SK Tirane (Albania) 1, Dinamo Tirana (Albania) 0 CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 1, FC Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) 2 Haka Valkeakoski (Finland) 0, FK Ventspils (Latvia) 2 GI (Faroe Islands) 1, Zaglebie Lubin (Poland) 1 Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) 1, FK Karvan Evlakh (Azerbaijan) 1 Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) 0, MIKA Ashtarak (Armenia) 1 Young Boys (Switzerland) 3, Orasje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0 Domzale (Slovenia) 2.

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Mountain Biking

World Orienteering Champs

(Finland)

Leading results

Men: Finland 2h 56m 12s 1, Russia 3h 00m 47s 2, Switzerland 3h 02m 47s 3. Also: New Zealand 3h 40m 11s 17.

Women: Russia 3h 10m 06s 1, Finland 1 3h 16m 02s 2, Finland 2 3h 23m 43s 3. Also: New Zealand 4:19.12 14.

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Tennis

National Indoors 14/U

(Dunedin)

Boys quarter-finals: T. Smellie (OT) bt O. Te (HB) 6-1 6-0, T. Johnson-Maurenbreacher (CB) bt Thomas Abbott (CB) 6-1 7-5, M. Durie (MW) bt A. Vassiliev (CB) 6-1 6-4, R. Hornby (CB) bt T. Asafu-Adjaye (HB) 6-2 6-0.

Girls quarter-finals: A. Calder (NB) bt T. Wheelock (NH) 3-6 6-3 6-1, R. Chapman (CB) bt L. Woods (CB) walkover, M. Clarke (CB) bt C. Jan (NB) 6-0 6-1, S. ODell (CB) bt J. Lamont (NB) 6-3 6-4.

Boys doubles semifinals: R. Creffier/O. Te (HB) bt J. Southon (HB)/M. Durie (MW) 6-1 7-6(1), B. McGillivray /R. Hornby (CB) bt A. Hunt (NB)/G. Wigley (SC) 7-5 6-1.

Barry Mcmillian Shield

Australia U/12 10 bt New Zealand U/12 2.

Boys singles (Aust names first): 1-L. Saville bt 1-T. Durie 3-6 6-3 6-3, 2-J. Thompson bt 2-A. Van der Vyver 6-0 6-1, 3-T. Ristic bt 3-T. Sizeland 6-2 6-3, 4-E. Dadds bt 4-M. Westrupp 6-0 3-6 6-3.

Girls singles: 1-N. Catovic bt 1-L. Beattie 1-6 6-3 7-5, 2-M. Tobias bt 2-E. Fanning 6-4 6-1, 3-A. Myers lost to 3-D. Haami 2-6 2-6, 4-K. Dunser Beat (4) Leah Woods 6-2 6-3

Boys doubles: 1-Saville/Ristic bt 1-Durie/Westrupp 6-0 6-0, 2-Thompson/Dadds bt 2-Sizeland/ Van der Vyver 6-4 6-2.

Girls doubles: 1-Catovic/Dunser bt 1-Beattie/ Fanning 6-0 6-2, 2-Tobias/Myers lost to 2-Haami/Woods 2-6 0-6.

World Finals

The NZ junior team for the world finals in the Czech Republic next month has been named. The team comprises French-based Sebastian Lavie, formerly of North Harbour, Cantabrian Barrett Franks and Southland's Ben McLachlan. Former Kiwi Davis Cup player Dan Willman will travel with the team as captain.

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Trampolining

Indo Pacific Championships

(Pretoria, South Africa)

Double mini mens 15-16 years final: L. Friesen (Canada) 69.50, 1, K. Tuhi (NZ) 69.00, 2, J. Penny (Australia) 68.00.

Trampoline mens final: T.Y. Swadling (Australia) 36.2, 1, R. Fujike (Japan) 35.7, 2, M. Bryde (Canada) 35.2, 3, L. Henry (NZ) 32.5, 4.

Trampoline womens final: R. Matsuoka(Japan) 32.3, 1, B. Sugden (NZ) 32.3, 2, D. Ayrton (Australia) 32.2, 3. Also: K. Wallace (NZ) 30.5, 6.

Tumbling womens final: P. Dwyer (NZ) 52.90, 1.

Tumbling womens 13-14 years final: B. Budler (South Africa) 31.00, 1, L Ensworth (Canada) 29.2, 2, J. McLean (NZ) 29.2, 3.