Thursday's results

ATHLETICS

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

Men: A. Haigh, C. Gillies, S. Heeney, M. Mildenhall, S. Bucknell, J. MacFarlane (Auckland), A. Nazar, B. Smith, J. Coom, K. Fowler, H. McLaren, B. Loh, R. Musgrave, T. Jones (Canterbury), S. Nicol (Hawkes Bay-Gisborne), D. Natusch, C. Hayton, G. Benic, T. Satherley (Manawatu-Wanganui), D. Bozzone, S. Manson, W. Maber, A. Hodgson, B. Smith (North), F. Morris-Clarke, D. Thompson (Otago), D. O'Shea (Southland), K. Manu (Tasman), K. Fitzpatrick, R. Roselli (Tasman), A. Salad, S. Buckley, J. Robertson (Waikato-BOP), M. Hurdle, T. Hodge, A. Underwood, S. Fogel, T. Ejigu, N. Kalivati (Wellington).

Women: R. Coster, V. Hurley (Auckland), G. Richards, A. Smit, H. Thomas, A. Webster, A. Coates, R. Croft, P. Lester, K. Newitt, J. Brown, F. Morrison, B. Farrow (Canterbury), E. Baker, A. Aitken (Hawkes Bay-Gisborne), S. Paterson, S. Tatton, V. Torr, R. Higgie, M. Clifford, L. Dewes, M. Parkhill (Manawatu-Wanganui), S. Linderboom, T. Lambrechs, G. Hamlin, K. Leydon, C. Malone, J. Charlesworth (North), N. Hely, C. Goodwin, A. Harvey, H. Blair (Otago), M. Coulton, J. Fabish (Taranaki), E. Patchett, M. Aitkenhead, S. Francois (Tasman), H. Peters, R. Smith, A. Aldridge , A. Given, T. Ikinofo, K. Adams, M. Murrihy, K. Olson, C. Osborne, S. McSweeney (Waikato-BOP), H. Green, L. Fayen, H. McEwan (Wellington).

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Chicago White Sox 7 Los Angeles Angels 10, Boston Red Sox 3 Baltimore Orioles 9, Detroit Tigers 6 Texas Rangers 4, Washington Nationals 4 Atlanta Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 10 San Francisco Giants 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 9 Florida Marlins 1, New York Mets 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Houston Astros 4 Cincinnati Reds 1, Kansas City Royals 3 New York Yankees 1, Minnesota Twins 6 Cleveland Indians 2, Colorado Rockies 6 St Louis Cardinals 8, Oakland Athletics 11 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2, Seattle Mariners 3 Toronto Blue Jays 0, San Diego Padres 2 Milwaukee Brewers 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 Chicago Cubs 9.

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BOWLS

HIGH-PERFORMANCE SQUAD

Level one: R. Brassey (North Harbour), P. Girdler (Dunedin), G. Lawson (Canterbury), R. Meyer (Australia), J. Edwards (Nelson), J. Khan (Canterbury), S. Sims (Manawatu), V. Smith (Nelson).

Level two: A. Forsyth (Nelson), J. Goodwin (North Harbour), J. Hill (Auckland), G. McDonald (Canterbury), S. Posa (Waikato/North Harbour), P. Skoglund (Manawatu), M. Campbell (Bay of Plenty), K. Coombe (Wanganui), L. Dickson (North Harbour), M. Khan (Waikato), D. Schumacher (Waikato), J. A. Law (Bay of Plenty).

Level three: R. Girvan (Australia), S. McIlroy (Gisborne-East Coast), K. Scott (Canterbury), D. Wilson (Canterbury), C. Earl (Nelson), C. Fleming (Taranaki), J. Malcolm (Waikato), S. Matthews (Auckland), M. Preston (Southland), M. Timoti (Northland).

Level four: M. Gallop (Marlborough), A. Kelly (North Otago), J. Lindsay (Auckland), G. Baildon (Waikato), K. Scott (Nelson), J. Uren (Marlborough).

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CRICKET

ASHES TOUR

Australian test squad: R. Ponting (captain), A. Gilchrist, M. Clarke, J. Gillespie, B. Haddin, M. Hayden, B. Hodge, M. Kasprowicz, S. Katich, J. Langer, B. Lee, S. MacGill, D. Martyn, G. McGrath, S. Tait, S. Warne.

One-day squad: Ponting, Gilchrist, Clarke, Gillespie, Haddin, Hayden, Hodge, M. Hussey, Kasprowicz, Katich, Lee, Martyn, McGrath, A. Symonds, S. Watson.
TEST RATINGS

Australia 132 points, 1, England 110, 2, India 107, 3, Pakistan 102, 4, Sri Lanka 100, 5, South Africa 100, 6, New Zealand 97, 7, West Indies 73, 8, Zimbabwe 41, 9, Bangladesh 6, 10.

ENGLISH COUNTY

First day of four. -

First division, at Swansea: Glamorgan v Sussex, no play due to rain.

At Maidstone: Gloucestershire 178-9 v Kent.

At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, no play due to rain.

At Whitgift: Surrey 214-4 (R. Clinton 84) v Warwickshire.

*Deducted eight points for ball-tampering.

Second division, at Chelmsford: Derbyshire 246-5 (S. Stubbings 92) v Essex.

At Old Trafford: Lancashire v Northamptonshire, no play due to rain.

At Oakham School: Leicestershire v Somerset, no play due to rain.

At New Road: Worcestershire v Durham, no play due to rain.

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HOCKEY

SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP
(Kuala Lumpur)

Pakistan 3 (A. Zakir 8, R. Butt 11, A. Ali 28) India 2 (D. Thakur 50, S. Michael 52). HT: 3-0.

New Zealand 3 (P. Burrows 2, D. Kosoof 50, B. Collins 55) Malaysia 1 (S. Kuhan 43). HT: 1-0.

Australia 8 (E. Matheson 2, R. Hammond 20, T. Brooks 25, J. Dwyer 26, 70, M. McCann 28, B. Livermore 56, G. Schubert 57) South Africa 3 (E. Smith 9, J. McInroy 20, R. Gay 58). HT: 5-1.

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TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
(Paris)

Men's singles, quarter-finals (prefix denotes seeding): M. Puerta (Argentina) bt 9-G. Canas (Argentina) 6-2 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-4, 12-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt 15-T. Robredo (Spain) 3-6 6-1 6-2 4-6 6-4.

Women's doubles, quarter-finals: C. Black (Zimbabwe)/L. Huber (South Africa) bt Li Ting (China)/Sun Tiantian (China) 6-3 6-4, 8-C. Morariu (US)/P. Schnyder (Switzerland) bt 3-L. Raymond (US)/R. Stubbs (Australia) 6-4 6-3, 5-N. Petrova (Russia)/M. Shaughnessy (US) bt 13-S. Asagoe (Japan)/K. Srebotnik (Slovakia) 2-6 6-3 6-2, 1-V. Ruano Pascual (Spain)/P. Suarez (Argentina) bt 12-E. Loit (France)/N. Pratt (Australia) 6-4 4-6 6-4.

Mixed doubles, quarter-finals: D. Hantuchova (Slovakia)/F. Santoro (France) bt 5-L. Huber (South Africa)/K. Ullyett (Zimbabwe) 6-2 4-6 6-1, 6-M. Navratilova (US)/L. Paes (India) bt C. Morariu (US)/J. Palmer (US) 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3.