KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBL
(Dunedin)
Nelson 96 (Josh Pace 25, Faron Hand 18, Chris Daniel 13, Ed Book 13), Otago 81 (Justin Bailey 25, Jameel Pugh 11, Jamie Blake 10, Miles Pearce 10).
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CRICKET
NEW ZEALAND V SRI LANKA
(Barbados)
World Cup warmup match:
New
Zealand Innings
Lou Vincent run out (Jayawardene) 70
Stephen Fleming c Maharoof b Kulasekara 65
Ross Taylor c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 30
Scott Styris c Sangakkara b Bandara 0
Peter Fulton c Jayawardene b Malinga 59
Jacob Oram c Tharanga b Fernando 16
Craig McMillan b Malinga 3
Brendon McCullum not out 7
James Franklin run out 1
Daryl Tuffey not out 1
Extras: (3b,4lb,17w,9nb) 33
--Total: (for eight wickets) 285
Overs: 50.
Fall: 1-131, 2-175, 3-175, 4-204, 5-258, 6-272, 7-277, 8-278.
Did not bat: Shane Bond, Jeetan Patel, Michael Mason.
Bowling: Farveez Maharoof 6-0-23-0 (5nb), Dilhara Fernando 10-0-61-1 (1w), Nuwan Kulasekera 8-0-41-1, Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-64-1, Malinga Bandara, 6-0-37-1 (8w), Tillekeratne Dilshan 6-1-26-0 (3w), Lasith Malinga 4-0-26-2 (1w).
Sri Lanka Innings
Marvan Atapattu c Vincent b Bond 24
Upul Tharanga c Vincent b Oram 106
Mahela Jayawardene c Taylor b Styris 2
Kumar Sangakkara c Fulton b Styris 13
Chamara Silva lbw b Patel 40
Farveez Maharoof run out 2
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Bond 5
Russel Arnold not out 32
Malinga Bandara c Bond b Oram 6
Nuwan Kulasekera run out 5
Lasith Malinga run out 1
Extras: (4b,7lb,13w,7nb) 31
--Total: (all out)267Overs: 48.2.
Fall: 1-115, 2-121, 3-153, 4-178, 5-182, 6-200, 7-244, 8-253, 9-258, 10-267.
Bowlers: Michael Mason 7-0-31-0 (1w), Shane Bond 9.2-2-49-2 (5nb,9w), Daryl Tuffey 10-0-62-0 (2nb), Scott Styris 10-0-44-2 (1w), Jeetan Patel 10-0-55-1 (1w), Jacob Oram 4-0-26-2 (1w).
Toss: won by Sri Lanka
Result: New Zealand wins by 18 runs.
Umpires: Ian Howell, South Africa, and Steve Davis, Australia.
B.O.P. CLUB
Western BOP Premier
Mount Maunganui 250 (D Sczygiol 69, S Taylor 48, I Boyle 48; J Davie 3/68) led Tauranga Boys College 151/4 (K Williamson 52, B Sorrenson 40) after 39 overs.
HRB Te Puke 223 led IMF NZ Cadets 156/4 after 39 overs.
Lakeland Premier
Dawson Insurance Eastern Pirates 202/9 (P Elmiger 53, M Rawson 38, M Pacey 31; B Gibbons 2/29, D Fisher 2/49) defeated Rotorua BHS 183 (M Hawarth 50, M Berry 28, E Moore 25; M Rawson 4/37, P Elmiger 3/32).
Central White won by default.
NORTHLAND PREMIER GRADE
Onerahi-Central 149 (Nick Breslin 44, Shawn Doel 20, Andy Roberts 3/24, Chris Ward 2/0, Bharat Patel 2/28) def Bledisloe 65 (Bharat Patel 15, Blake Richardson 14, Shawn Doel 8/27) by 84 runs.
Kaipara Flats 158 (Tafeef Satti 40, Trevor Penny 36, Russell Garnett 23, Brett Sweeney 3/23, Lance Jessup 2/23, Andy Thompson 2/26) lost to Maungakaramea 160/4 (Ben Cochrane 84no, Andy Thompson 22, Tafeef Satti 2/42) by six wickets.
Whangarei Boys High School 172 (Jamie Lee 102, Ben Hyde 26, Gordon Drummond 3/9, Boris Jurlina 2/41, Aaron McIntosh 2/43) lost to Kamo 173/6 (Ian Page 51, Chris Page 47no, Boris Jurlina 31, Gordon Drummond 20, Jamie Lee 2/30) by four wickets.
AUCKLAND CLUB
Two-day championship, 4th round, 1st day
Major: Grafton 191 (M. Horne 66, D. Crook 57; M. Pasupati 8-58) v Takapuna 62/3 (R. Scivier 31).
Waitakere City 81 (A. Turner) v Cornwall 189 (M. Guptill-Bunce 45, M. Morrison 41; R. Hira 4-18).
University/Ellerslie 265 (S. OBrien 49, K. Kurta 44, W. Hart 75no; P. Strang 3-75) v East Coast bays 30/1.
Minor: North Shore 33 7 (H. Smith 83, D. McGuigan 98; B. Singh 4-116) v Papatoetoe.
Eden Roskill 234 (A. Mitha 71, D. Bhana 45, B. Chand 35; J. Walsh 3-51) v Parnell 1225/5 (H. Cunliffe 56no).
Howick Pakuranga 208 (B. Simpson 40, M. Craig 43; D. Eckford 5-62) v Suburbs New Lynn 88/2 (J. Rival 52no).
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CYCLING
WOMEN'S CYCLING TOUR OF NZ
(Masterton)
Day four:
Stage 4, Masterton circuit, 125.5km: Judith Arndt (T-Mobile, Germany), 3hrs 44min 38sec 1, Lorian Graham (Australia) at 1min 39sec 2, Leigh Hobson (Cheerwine, Canada) at same time 3, Oenone Wood (T-Mobile, Australia) at 3min 01sec 4, Nikki Egyed (Australian Institute of Sport) at 3min 05sec 5, Vicki Whitelaw (Australia) at 3min 08sec 6, Candice Sullivan (AIS) at 3min 11sec 7, Sarah Ulmer (NZ) at 3min 15sec 8, Catherine Cheatley (Cheerwine, NZ) at 3min 20sec 9, Betina Hold (Cheerwine, Canada) at 3min 24sec 10.
General classification after four stages: Arndt 11hrs 3min 57sec 1, Hobson at 1min 45sec 2, Graham at 2min 47sec 3, Egyed at 3min 15sec 4, Wood at 3min 29sec 5, Susanne Ljungskog (Flexpoint, Sweden) at 3min 36sec 6, Cheatley at 3min 37sec 7, Whitelaw at 3min 56sec 8, Sullivan at 3min 59sec 9, Gina Waibl (Samsung NZ) at 4min 12sec 10.
Sprint classification: Marina Duvnjak (NZ) 10 points 1, Jocelyn Loane (AIS) 9 2, Egyed 6 3, Sarah Ulmer (NZ) 5 4, Jenny Macpherson (AIS) 5 5.
Final climber's classification: Hobson 22 points 1, Graham 20 2, Arndt 12 3.
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EQUESTRIAN
PUHINUI THREE-DAY EVENT
(Puhinui)
After the showjumping phase:
Three-star:
B Newman (Palmerston North) Our Questionnaire 66.1 1, A Lloyd (Hunua) Gandalf 79.3 2, J Wood (Whangarei) Just Joop 90.3 3, L Wallace (Whitford) Tried 'n' True 94.1 4, L Jackson (Hamilton) Mystery Creek Red Stag 94.8 5.
Two-star:
C Easton (Auckland) Awakino 63.6 1, K Niederer (Taupo) Just Palliser 64.4 2, B Campbell (Coatesville) Sonic 75.4 3.
One-star: S Taylor (Kaiapoi) Judge's Decision 51 1, P Wilson (Auckland) Antric 52.2 2, K Wood (Whangarei) Scarlett O'Hara 56.2 3.
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FOOTBALL
NZFC
Waitakere United 8 bt Otago United 0; Waikato F.C. 4 bt Hawke's Bay United 2; YoungHeart Manawatu 3 bt Canterbury United 2; Auckland City 3 bt Team Wellington 2.
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GOLF
EUROPEAN PGA TOUR SINGAPORE MASTERS
(Singapore)
Scores after round two. The cut was set at 142.
133: Jyoti Randhawa (India) 65 68
134: Barry Hume (Britain) 65 69
135: Iain Steel (Malaysia) 70 65, Gary Lockerbie (Britain) 68 67
136: Liang Wen-Chong (China) 64 72, Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 66 70
137: Marcus Fraser (Australia) 64 73
138: Gaurav Ghei (India) 68 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 69 69, Andrew Coltart (Britain) 69 69
139: Angelo Que (Philippines) 66 73, Lin Wen-Tang (Taiwan) 69 70, Francesco Molinari (Italy) 69 70, Ross Bain (Britain) 69 70, Jean Van de Velde (France) 68 71, Scott Barr (Australia) 70 69, Martin Kaymer (Germany) 66 73, Mark Pilkington (Britain) 72 67, Simon Khan (Britain) 69 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (France) 69 70, Matthew Zions (Australia) 68 71, Richard Bland (Britain) 72 67, Mark Brown (US) 66 73
140: Phillip Price (Britain) 69 71, Adam Blyth (Australia) 67 73, Chinarat Phadungsil (Thailand) 69 71, Anthony Wall (Britain) 68 72, Frankie Minoza (Philippines) 69 71, Rahil Giangjee (India) 72 68, Hendrik Buhrmann (South Africa) 71 69, Graeme Storm (Britain) 66 74, David Lynn (Britain) 72 68, Simon Dyson (Britain) 71 69, Steve Webster (Britain) 71 69, David Carter (Britain) 74 66, Peter Senior (Australia) 70 70, Ross Fisher (Britain) 74 66.
US PGA PODS CHAMPS
(Florida)
USA unless noted:
136: Stephen Leaney (AUS) 69-67
137: Heath Slocum 68-69
138: Jonathan Byrd 69-69, K.J. Choi (KOR) 69-69, Daniel Chopra (SWE) 67-71, Chris DiMarco 69-69, Doug Labelle 67-71, Pat Perez 68-70, Vaughn Taylor 70-68
139: Billy Andrade 69-70, Jason Bohn 69-70, Cliff Kresge 65-74, Arron Oberholser 67-72
140: Brian Davis (GBR) 72-68, John Senden (AUS) 69-71, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 70-70
141: Gavin Coles (AUS) 70-71, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-71, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 69-72, Camilo Villegas (COL) 68-73, Charlie Wi (KOR) 72-69
142: Nathan Green (AUS) 70-72
143: Mark Hensby (AUS) 72-71, Peter Lonard (AUS) 71-72, Jesper Parnevik (SWE) 68-75
144: Richard S. Johnson (SWE) 73-71, Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 73-71
NATIONAL WOMEN'S STROKEPLAY CHAMPS
(Wellington)
Round Three:
220: Jisoo Oh (Westown) 71 75 74
222: Jane Lee (Akarana) 76 74 72
223: Larissa Eruera (Aviation) 74 74 75, Lisa Wright (Nelson) 77 74 72
224: Yeon Song Kim (Pupuke) 76 73 75
225: Tania Tare (Titirangi) 70 79 76, Dana Kim (Christchurch) 78 71 76
227: Penny Smith (Springfield) 73 81 73, Dasom Lee (The Grange) 81 75 71
228: Olivia Crispin (Ashburton) 79 75 74
230: Caroline Bn (Whangarei) 74 77 79, Jenna Hirst (Pupuke) 74 77 79, Erin Hawe (Walton) 80 75 75
232: Zoe-Beth Brake (Whakatane) 76 76 80
233: Megan Leech (Manor Park) 79 74 80
234: Eri Miyake (Coringa) 78 79 77, Lauree Southerden (Napier) 79 79 76
235: Robyn Scott (North Shore) 76 82 77
236: Ae Young Shin (Peninsula) 77 79 80
239: Pesi Sina (Trentham Camp) 81 78 80, Krystle Kearns (Rotorua) 77 85 77, Younsun Kim (Pakuranga) 88 74 77
240: Lucy Davis (Greenacres) 77 85 78, Cecilia Cho (Pakuranga) 82 81 77
241: Amy Smith (Manawatu) 78 83 80, Hayley Clinning (Manukau) 84 81 76.
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MOTOR RACING
NATIONAL MOTOR RACING SERIES
(Invercargill)
NZV8 championship
Qualifying:
Kayne Scott (Hamilton) Holden Commodore 1:02.552 1, Andy Booth (Auckland) Holden Commodore 1:02.860 2, John McIntyre (Auckland) Ford Falcon 1:02.977 3, Clark Proctor (Auckland) Ford Falcon 1:03.160 4, David Besnard (Gold Coast) Ford Falcon 1:0 3.322 5, Luke Youlden (Melbourne) Ford Falcon 1:03.419 6, Angus Fogg (Auckland) Ford Falcon 1:03.476 7, Cameron McLean (Brisbane) Ford Falcon 1:03.484 8, Nick Ross (Cambridge) Holden Commodore 1:03.647 9, Andrew Anderson (Auckland) Holden Commodore 1:03.745 10.
Race 1, 12 laps:
Scott 1, Booth 2, Fogg 3, McIntyre 4, Besnard 5, Proctor 6, Youlden 7, Ross 8, Anderson 9, Paul Manuell (Pukeko he) Holden Commodore 10.
Porsche GT3 Cup championship
Qualifying:
Craig Baird (Brisbane) Porsche GT3 59.477 1, Fabian Coulthard (Auckland) Porsche GT3 59.592 2, Jono Lester (Taupo) Porsche GT3 1:00.124 3, Graeme Cameron (Auckland) Porsche GT3 1:100.153 4, Jody Vincent (Pukekohe) Porsche GT3 1:00.200 5.
Race 1, 10 laps: Baird 1, Cameron 2, Klark Quinn (Gold Coast) Porsche GT3 3, Vincent 4, Lester 5.
Toyota Racing Series
Qualifying:
Daniel Gaunt (Auckland) Toyota Tatuus 54.726 1, Ben Harford (Lower Hutt) Toyota Tatuus 54.788 2, Matthew Hamilton (Auckland) Toyota Tatuus 54.970 3, Andy Knight (Christchurch) Toyota Tatuus 55.017 4, Shane van Gisbergen (Auckland) Toyota Tatuus 55.028 5.
Race 1, 10 laps: Gaunt 1, Harford 2, Hamilton 3, van Gisbergen 4 , Knight 5.
NZ Formula Ford championship
Qualifying:
Sam MacNeill (Palmerston North) Van Diemen 1:02.134 1, Caine Lobb (Christchurch) Van Diemen 1:02.164 2, Michael Burdett (Auckland) Van Diemen 1:02.302 3, Kurt Peterson (Auckland) Van Diemen 1:02.348 4, Daniel Jilesen (Taumarunui) Van Diemen 1:02.415 5.
Race 1, 10 laps: Burdett 1, John Whelan (Dunedin) Van Diemen 2, MacNeill 3, Jilesen 4, Peterson 5.
Mini Challenge
Qualifying:
Kevin Cantwell (Auckland) Mini Cooper S 1:08.567 1, Brent Collins (Timaru) Mini Cooper S 1:08.583 2, Anthony Pedersen (Rotorua) Mini Cooper S 1:08.676 3, Gary Johnstone (Christchurch) Mini Cooper S 1:08.786 4, Peter Scharmach (Australia) Mini Cooper S 1:08.824 5.
Race 1, 8 laps: Pedersen 1, Cantwell 2, Collins 3, Scharma ch 4, Eddie Bell (Woodend) Mini Cooper S 5.
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MOTOR RALLYING
RALLY OF MEXICO
(Mexico City)
First leg:
Sebastien Loeb (France) Citroen 1:25:14.400 1, Chris Atkinson (Australia) Subaru +00:26.300 2, Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) Ford 00:30.100 3, Daniel Sordo (Spain) Citroen 00:32.100 4, Marcus Groenholm (Finland) Ford 00:43.100 5, Manfred Stohl (Austria) Citroen 00:51.700 6, Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Ford 01:37.800 7, Matthew Wilson (Britain) Ford 04:32.800 8, Gareth Mac Hale (Ireland) Ford 05:20.600 9, Mark Higgins (Britain) Mitsubishi 07:03.600 10.
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MOTORCYCLING
NZ SUPERBIKE CHAMPS
(Pukekohe)
Superbikes
Qualifying: Scott Charlton (Australia) Yamaha 56.853sec 1, Robbie Bugden (Australia) Suzuki 57.281 2, Tony Rees (Whakatane) Yamaha 57.453 3, Andrew Stroud (Hamilton) Suzuki 57.672 4, Craig Shirriffs (Feilding) Suzuki 57.779 5.
600 Sports Production:
Qualifying: Sam Smith (Pukekohe) Yamaha 58.187 1, Scott Charlton (Australia) Suzuki 58.668 2, Jay Lawrence (Paekakariki) Kawasaki 59.144 3, Craig Shirriffs (Feilding) Suzuki 59.938 4, Andrew Stroud (Hamilton) Suzuki 59.938 5.
Formula Three:
Race one: Terry Fitzgerald (New Plymouth) Suzuki 1, Andy Bolwell (Oamaru) Kawasaki 2, Jason Nairn (New Plymouth) Suzuki 3.
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SAILING
BACARDI CUP
Hamish Pepper (NZL) [2,3,1{16},2,7] - 15 points, 1; Freddy Loof (SWE) [8,2,2,{18},3,3] - 18 points, 2; Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL) [4,9,7,2,1,{11}] - 23 points, 3; Ian Murray (AUS) [6,5,6,8,{OCS},4] - 29 points, 4; Marc Pickel (GER) [10,{48},8,10,6, 2] - 36 points, 5.
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SOFTBALL
WESTERN B.O.P SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
(Tauranga)
Premier Men:
Blockbusters A 8 bt Legends 0; T. C. Saints 7 bt Korvets 0.
Premier Women:
Rangataua 15, Blockbusters 7; Otepou 15, Rangataua 0; Cardinals 19, Stealettes 4.
AUCKLAND FASTPITCH
Men's Quarter finals: Waitakere Bears 4 Howick 1, Northcote 3 United 1. Northcote to play Ramblers and Bears to play Metro in semi finals on Saturday. Plate section semifinals: Marist 11 Glenora 0, Te Atatu Roosters 8 Otahuhu 6.
Women: Bears 2 v Otahuhu 1, Marist 12 Howick 0. Bears to play Marist on Saturday for the right to play Northcote in the final.
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SURFING
CORONA SUPER16
Open Men Finals:
Bobby Hansen (Gis), 1, Maz Quinn (Gis), 2, Daniel Kereopa (Rag), 3, Luke Cederman (Rag), 4.
Open Women
Heat one: Jessica Santorik (Rag), 1, Laura Rishworth (Mnt), 2, Kara Stephenson (Rag), 3, Michelle Langdon (Mnt), 4
Heat two: Jessica Santorik (Rag), 1, Michelle Langdon (Mnt), 2, Kara Stephenson (Rag), 3, Laura Rishworth (Mnt), 4
Heat three: Jessica Santorik (Rag), 1, Michelle Langdon (Mnt), 3, Kara Stephenson (Rag), 2, Laura Rishworth (Mnt), 4.
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TENNIS
ASB PRO CIRCUIT FUTURES
(Hamilton)
Men's Doubles final:
Dan King-Turner (NZL)/ James Cerretani (USA) bt Carsten Ball (AUS)/ Dane Fernandez (AUS) 6-7(11) 7-6(5) 6-2.
Women's semifinals:
Erika Sema (Japan) bt Dianne Hollands (NZ) 6-3 6-2, 8-Anna Smith (Britain) bt 2-Ye-Ra Lee (Korea) 6-2 6-4.
Men's semifinals:
Simon Rea (NZ) bt Carsten Ball (Australia) 6-3 6-7 6-3, 1-Nick Lindahl (Australia) bt Kyu-Tae I (Korea) 6-3 6-3.
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WATERPOLO
SOUTHERN CROSS CUP
(Auckland)
Men:
Serbia 21 Great Britain 5, Canada 19 New Zealand 7, Canada 9 Great Britain 5, United Staes 11 New Zealand 3, US 17 Great Britain 4, Italy 9 Canada 7, Russia 18 New Zealand 6.
Women:
Netherlands 22 Great Britain 1, Germany 15 New Zealand 12.