KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBA
Atlanta 99 Charlotte 90, Cleveland 98 NY Knicks 101, Boston 103 New Jersey 106, Dallas 117 Toronto 98, Utah 83 San Antonio 75, Phoenix 102 Houston 91, Seattle 84 Orlando 94, LA Clippers 105 Memphis 90, Golden State 106 Indiana 108.
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BOWLS
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS WORLD SINGLES
(Christchurch)
Men
Division one
Round 11: G. Snyman (Namibia) bt T. Bellaart (Netherlands) 5-8 8-7 2-1, R. Lal (Fiji) bt E. Nkole (Zambia) 7-5 12-8, G. Savident (Guernsey) bt H. Gabriel (Samoa) 2-14 9-4 2-1, M. McHugh (Ireland) bt K. Jones (Spain) 8-7 10-9, I. Stamp (Kenya) bt J. Laskey (Portugal) 7-5 5-7 2-1, A. Dickson (NZ) bt S. Akil (Malaysia) 3-10 13-3 2-0.
Final standings: New Zealand 18 points (plus 17 sets), Ireland 18 (plus 14), Fiji 16, Spain 14, Malaysia 10, Samoa 10, Namibia 10, Kenya 10, Guernsey 8, Portugal 6, Zambia 6, Netherlands 6.
Division two
Round 11: D. Burnett (Scotland) bt N. Rusling (South Africa) 5-8 8-7 2-1, B. Frost (Swaziland) bt B. Boudan (Norfolk Island) 7-6 12-5, R. Garden (Zimbabwe) bt J. Rabkin (Israel) 4-15 10-6 2-0, S. Jee (England) bt K. Jones (Canada) 8-7 10-9, J. Lim (Korea) bt R.Broad (US) 8-6 9-8, D. Cameron (Japan) bt A. Shaw (Jersey) 6-13 7-6 2-0.
Final standings: Zimbabwe 20 points, Israel 18, Scotland 16, England 14, South Africa 12, Japan 12, Canada 10, USA 8, Korea 8, Norfolk Island 6, Jersey 4, Swaziland 4.
Women
Division one
Round 11: K. Okuk (Papua New Guinea) bt P. Gilham (Kenya) 6-6 14-5, R. Gandara (US) bt K. Raita (Japan) 13-3 11-3, R. Schrijber (Netherlands) bt J. Rigby (Zimbabwe) 5-5 13-3, K. Byers (Swaziland) bt N. Hashimah Ismail (Malaysia) 9-6 8-6, F. Banda (Zambia) bt R. Gilor (Israel) 4-7 8-6 2-0, J. Keegan (Australia) bt J. Saunders (England) 13-5 7-8 2-0.
Final standings: England 18 points (plus 17 sets), Australia 18 (plus 16 sets), Papua New Guinea 16, Malaysia 14, USA 12, Swaziland 12, Israel 10, Netherlands 10, Zambia 10, Japan 6, Zimbabwe 6, Kenya 0.
Division two
Round 11: S. Walker (Fiji) bt C. Webb (South Africa) 8-6 8-5, M. van der Merwe (Namibia) bt T. Gabriel (Samoa) 5-10 13-2 2-0, A. Stevenson (NZ) bt J. Dowds (Ireland) 14-6 11-2, E. Hooper (Spain) bt S. Ko (Canada) 10-9 9-3, A. M. Fletcher (Scotland) bt R. Shek (Hong Kong China) 9-4 8-7, L. Mascarenhas (Botswana) the bye.
Final standings: New Zealand 16 points, Scotland 14, Ireland 12 (plus 13 sets), South Africa 12 (plus 12 sets), Botswana 12 (plus 11 sets), Hong Kong China 10, Canada 8, Namibia 8, Spain 6, Fiji 6, Samoa 6.
Quarterfinals draw
Men: Dickson (NZ) v Jee (England), Garden (Zimbabwe) v Jones (Spain), McHugh (Ireland) v Burnett (Scotland), Lal (Fiji) v Rabkin (Israel).
Women: Saunders (England) v Webb (South Africa), Stevenson (NZ) v Ismail (Malaysia), Keegan (Australia) v Dowds (Ireland), Okuk (Papua New Guinea) v Fletcher (Scotland).
Playoffs
Men
9th/10th: Akil (Malaysia) bt Rusling (South Africa) 9-3 9-5.
11th/12th: Cameron (Japan) bt Gabriel (Samoa) 16-1 11-4.
12th/14th: Jones (Canada) bt Snyman (Namibia) 6-8 14-5 2-1.
15th/16th: Broad (US) bt Stamp (Kenya) 2-14 9-7 2-1.
17th/18th: Savident (Guernsey) bt Lim (Korea) 13-3 10-4.
19th/20th: Laskey (Portugal) bt Boudan (Norfolk Island) 8-8 9-6.
21st/22nd: Shaw (Jersey) bt Nkole (Zambia) 4-10 8-7 2-1.
23rd/24th: Frost (Swaziland) bt Bellaart (Netherlands) 10-2 11-4.
Women
9th/10th: Gandara (US) bt Mascarenhas (Botswana) 4-9 9-7 2-0.
11th/12th: Frost (Swaziland) bt Shek (Hong Kong China) 8-3 3-10 2-1.
13th/14th: Ruthie Gilor (Israel) bt Ko (Canada) 4-13 7-4 2-0.
15th/16th: van der Merwe (Namibia) bt Schrijber (Netherlands) 4-7 12-6 2-0.
17th/18th: Banda (Zambia) bt Hooper (Spain) 11-6 5-9 2-1.
19th/20th: Walker (Fiji) bt Raita (Japan) 12-2 14-1.
21st/22nd: Rigby (Zimbabwe) bt Gabriel (Samoa) 8-7 10-9.
23rd: Gilham (Kenya).
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CRICKET
TOUR MATCH
OTAGO v SRI LANKA
(University Oval, Dunedin)
Stumps, first day.-
SRI LANKA
First innings
U. Tharanga b Scott 19S. Jayasuriya b Shaw 0K. Sangakkara not out 51M. Jayawardene c Cumming b Smith 48T. Dilshan not out 14Extras (6lb, 2w, 1nb) 9--Total (for 3 wkts 36 overs) 141Fall: 1/4, 2/32, 3/116.
Bowling: Harvie 9-1-43-0 (1w), Shaw 10-2-37-1 (1w), Scott 11-4-23-1, Smith 6-0-32-1 (1nb).
FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL
(Port Elizabeth)
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Smith lbw b Zaheer Khan 0
L. Bosman b Sreesanth 0
J. Kallis c Dhoni b Kumble 49
H. Gibbs not out 93
A. de Villiers lbw b Kumble 13
M. Boucher lbw b Sehwag 29
J. Kemp c Sehwag b Tendulkar 0
S. Pollock run out (Kumble) 37
A. Hall run out (Karthik) 13
A. Nel not out 0
Extras (1b, 4lb, 2nb, 2w) 9
--Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 243
Fall: 1/0, 2/6, 3/75, 4/93, 5/154, 6/155, 7/216, 8/240.
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 1-1, Sreesanth 1-1 (2nb), Agarkar 0-0, Pathan 0-0 (1w), Kumble 0-2, Sehwag 5-0-22-1, Tendulkar 8-0-46-1 (1w)
INDIA
W. Jaffer c Smith b Ntini 10
V. Sehwag c Bosman b Ntini 18
S. Tendulkar c Boucher b Pollock 1
M. Kaif run out (Bosman) 10
D. Karthik c Nel b Kemp 17
M. Dhoni c sub (Prince) b Nel 26
I. Pathan not out 47
A. Agarkar c Hall b Kemp 6
Z. Khan c Boucher b Kallis 11
A. Kumble c Smith b Pollock 2
S. Sreesanth c De Villiers b Kemp 3
Extras (2b, 2lb, 5nb, 3w) 12
--Total (38.1 overs) 163
Falls: 1/23, 2/24, 3/38, 4/39, 5/82, 6/109, 7/128, 8/145, 9/150.
Bowling: Pollock 10-2-23-2 (1nb), Ntini 9-1-34-2 (1nb), Kallis 8-1-41-1 (1w), Nel 7-0-40-1 (3nb, 2w), Kemp 4.1-0-21-3.
Result: South Africa won by 80 runs, lead series 3-0.
THIRD TEST
(Karachi, Pakistan)
Stumps, third day.-
WEST INDIES
First innings
C. Gayle c Razzaq b Gul 40D. Ganga c Akmal b Razzaq 81B. Lara b Gul 0R. Sarwan b Gul 0S. Chanderpaul c Farhat b Kaneria 36R. Morton c Farhat b Kaneria 21D. Bravo c Akmal b Kaneria 8D. Ramdin run out 50D. Powell b Gul 1J. Taylor c Akmal b Nazir 1C. Collymore not out 8Extras: (5b, 2lb, 7nb) 14--Total: (all out, 96 overs) 260Fall: 1/51, 2/51, 3/51, 4/114, 5/153, 6/190, 7/204, 8/213, 9/216, 260.
Bowling: Gul 24-5-79-4 (3nb), Nazir 17-3-58-1 (2nb), Kaneria 35-12-62-3, Razzaq 16-5-44-1 (2nb), Hafeez 4-1-10-0.
PAKISTAN
First innings 304
Second innings
M. Hafeez not out 57I. Farhat c Ramdin b Powell 20Y. Khan lbw b Gayle 38M. Yousuf not out 1Extras: (4b, 10lb) 14--Total: (for 2 wkts, 52 overs) 130Fall: 1/43, 2/122.
Bowling: Taylor 11-4-23-0, Collymore 7-5-5-0, Powell 12-3-35-1, Bravo 10-1-24-0, Gayle 10-2-23-1, Sarwan 2-0-6-0.
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GOLF
NEW ZEALAND OPEN
(Gulf Harbour)
First round, par 71 (NZ unless stated, a= amateur).-
67: S. Strange (Australia).
68: K. Felton (Australia), J. Moseley (Australia), G. Chalmers (Australia).
69: L. S. James (England), M. Fraser (Australia), M. Long, N. Dougherty (England), P. Senior (Australia), C. Parry (Australia), S. Scahill, S. Wakefield (England), M. Purser.
70: D. Lucas (England), D. Bransdon (Australia), D. McGrane (Ireland), B. Bunny (Australia), C. Suneson (Spain), T. Christie, M.Millar (Australia), T. Price (Australia), E. Porter (Australia), E. Egloff (US), D. Griffiths (England), J. Heath (England), R. Haller (Australia), S. Webster (England), D. Batty .
71: J. Norris (Australia), M. Duncumb, K. Barnes (Australia), J. Sandelin (Sweden), M. Campbell, N. Green (Australia), T. Carolan (Australia), T. Milford (England), D. McKenzie (Australia), J. Nitties (Australia), B. Rumford (Australia), D. Lutterus (Australia), B. Chant (Australia), M. Leishman (Australia), A. Raitt (England), D. Vancsik (Argentina).
72: D. Walker (Australia), A. Price (Australia), A. Crawford (Australia), J. Wade (Australia), M. Pearce, W. Ormsby (Australia), P. O'Malley (Australia), R. Green (Australia), S. Dyson (England), A. Tschudin (Australia), P. Lawrie (Ireland), S. Jones (Australia), D. Holloway, T. Wilkinson.
73: L. James (a), J. Gill (a), P. Wilson (Australia), A. Porker (Australia), R. Cabrera Bello (Spain), A. Butterfield (England), T. Pilkadaris (Australia), E. Walters ( Australia), G. Paddison, N. Kent (Australia), S. Henderson (Scotland), L. Hickmott (Australia), M. Zions (Australia), D. Kinney (Australia), S. Jeffress (Australia), A. W Johnson (Australia), B. Kennedy (Australia), S. Nash (Australia).
74: J. Hepworth (England), J. Nortje (a), R. Schmidt (Australia), M. Boe (a), B. Lamb (Australia), M. Higley (England), A. Duffin (Australia), G. Storm (England), G. Flint (Australia), T. Ropiha (a), D. Chopra (Sweden), B. Andrews (Australia), A. Townsend (Australia), B. Burge (Australia), J. Geary, J. Foret (France), K. Budden (a).
75: G. Moorhead, T. McFadyean (Australia), G.Emerson (England), M. Wright (Australia), R. Ball (Australia), M. Doyle (Australia), B.Iles, A. Black (Australia), N. Stivala (Australia), A. Bland (Australia), S. Thompson, G. Coles (Australia), N. Sarkies (Australia), S. Wightman (a), M. Milne (Australia), M. Brown, H. Epstein (Australia), S. Ha (a), M. Foster (England).
76: C. Carmichael (Australia), L.McKechnie (Australia), S. Draper (Australia), M. Ecob (Australia), S. Alker, B. Lane (England), C. Downes (Australia), S. Hend (Australia), H. Robertson, M. Tumata (a).
77: J. Lomas (England), C. Nilsson (Sweden), K. Chun, R. Hodgetts (Australia), K. Stadler (US), A. Brown (Australia), A. Tait, M. Holten.
78: C. Percy (Australia), P. Tataurangi.
79: G. Zanol (Australia), D. Lee (a), M. Pettigrew, M. Ballard (Australia), M. Wheelhouse, R. Wright (a), G. Joyner (Australia), P.Nolan (Australia).
80: D. Vera (Australia), P. Fowler (Australia).
81: M. Cain (Australia), M. Hendry, T. Karjalainen (Finland), D. Diaz (Australia), G. Simpson (Australia).
82: A. Green (a), R. Fox (a).
83: B. McIntosh (Australia), S. Collins (Australia), J. Dittmer (a), C. Gray (Australia).
84: C. Perks, J. An.
85: P. Spearman-Burn (a).
NH WOMEN'S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
(South Head GC)
Silver (36 holes): S. Doherty (Peninsula) 158 1, J. Hirst (Pupuke) 159 2, C. Mitchell (Omaha Beach) 162 3.
Bronze (36 holes): I. Costello (North Shore) 1, S. Larkin (Huapai) 2, E. Lofts (South Head) 3.
Veterans: K. Peacock (Helensvilel/RNZAF) 85 1, H. Dodunski (North Shore) and A. Odlin (Warkworth) 86 2 equal.
9 hole: C. Peter (Pupuke).
Rose Bowl teams champions: North Shore
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Nashville 3 Philadelphia 2, San Jose 2 Minnesota 1, Chicago 2 Dallas 1.
