Tuesday's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Baltimore 5 Oakland 10 (12 innings), Pittsburgh v Cincinnati, postponed, Atlanta v Washington, postponed, Florida 1 St Louis 6, Cleveland 10 Detroit 8, Texas 7 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Kansas City 1 Minnesota 3 (10 innings), Boston 10 Tampa Bay 6, San Francisco 1 Colorado 2, San Diego 5 Arizona 7, Seattle 4 New York Yankees 7.

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CRICKET

TRI-SERIES
(Harare)

INDIA

S. Ganguly c Ewing b Ireland 20
Y. Rao c Taibu b Streak 0
M. Kaif c and b Ewing 65
R. Dravid b Utseya 14
Y. Singh not out 53
M. Dhoni c Mahwire b Ireland 56
A. Agarkar c Streak b Ireland 0
J. Yadav not out 0
Extras (1nb, 6lb, 11w) 18
--Total (for 6 wkts) 226
Fall: 1/3, 2/55, 3/95, 4/121, 5/224, 6/225.

Bowling: Streak 10-1-32-1 (4w), Mahwire 4-0-19-0, Ireland 9-0-47-3 (6w), Blignaut 9-1-54-0 (1w), Utseya 10-0-44-1 (1nb), Ewing 8-0-25-1.

ZIMBABWE

B. Taylor b Pathan 3
S. Carlisle lbw b Pathan 9
V. Sibanda c and b Agarkar 7
H. Masakadza lbw b Agarkar 0
T. Taibu c Ganguly b Pathan 4
H. Streak not out 18
C. Coventry b Pathan 0
A. Blignaut lbw b Agarkar 0
G. Ewing b Pathan 0
N. Mahwire b Agarkar 4
P. Utseya c Dravid b Harbhajan 11
Extras (1nb, 8w) 9
--Total (24.3 overs) 65
Fall: 1/7, 2/17, 3/17, 4/24, 5/30, 6/30, 7/35, 8/36, 9/43.

Bowling: Pathan 10-3-27-5 (3w), Nehra 3-0-11-0 (4w), Agarkar 9-2-18-4 (1nb, 1w), Singh 2.3-0-9-1.

* India won by 161 runs.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND SHIELD

Draw for the 2005-6 season.-

State Championship, round one, Dec 5-8: Canterbury v Wellington, QEII Park, Christchurch; Central Districts v Auckland, McLean Park, Napier; Northern Districts v Otago, Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne.

Round two, Dec 12-15: Otago v Wellington, University Oval, Dunedin; Canterbury v Auckland, QEII Park, Christchurch; Central Districts v Northern Districts, McLean Park, Napier

Round three, Dec 19-22: Wellington v Central Districts, Basin Reserve, Wellington; Otago v Canterbury, QEII Park, Christchurch; Auckland v Northern Districts, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland.

Round four, Feb 20-23: Wellington v Northern Districts, Basin Reserve, Wellington; Canterbury v Central Districts, QEII Park, Christchurch; Auckland v Otago, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland.

Round five, Feb 27-March 2: Central Districts v Otago, Pukekura Park, New Plymouth; Northern Districts v Canterbury, Westpac Park, Hamilton; Wellington v Auckland, Basin Reserve, Wellington.

March 11-14, round six; March 18-21, round seven, March 26-29, round eight. April 3-7, final.

The draw for rounds six, seven and eight will be finalised at the completion of round five.

State Shield, Dec 29: Otago v Auckland, Molyneux Park, Alexandra.

Dec 30: Canterbury v Wellington, to be confirmed (Christchurch); Central Districts v Northern Districts, Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

Jan 4: Central Districts v Otago, Pukekura Park, New Plymouth; Northern Districts v Canterbury Owen, Delany Park, Taupo; Wellington v Auckland, Basin Reserve, Wellington.

Jan 6: Northern Districts v Otago, Westpac Park, Hamilton.

Jan 7: Auckland v Canterbury, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland; Wellington v Central Districts, Basin Reserve, Wellington.

Jan 10: Auckland v Northern Districts, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland; Canterbury v Central Districts, Hagley Oval, Christchurch; Otago v Wellington Carisbrook, Dunedin.

Jan 13: Central Districts v Auckland, Trafalgar Park, Nelson.

Jan 14: Canterbury v Otago Hagley Oval, Christchurch; Wellington v Northern Districts, Basin Reserve, Wellington.

Jan 18: Auckland v Central Districts, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland; Otago v Canterbury, University Oval, Dunedin; Northern Districts v Wellington Westpac Park, Hamilton.

Jan 21: Wellington v Otago, Basin Reserve, Wellington; Central Districts v Canterbury, McLean Park, Napier; Northern Districts v Auckland, Westpac Park, Hamilton.

Jan 25: Auckland v Otago, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland; Wellington v Canterbury, Basin Reserve, Wellington; Northern Districts v Central Districts, Westpac Park, Hamilton.

Jan 28: Auckland v Wellington, Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland; Canterbury v Northern Districts, Hagley Oval, Christchurch.

Jan 29: Otago v Central Districts, Queens Park, Invercargill.

Feb 1: Central Districts v Wellington, Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston Nth; Canterbury v Auckland, Hagley Oval, Christchurch; Otago v Northern Districts, University Oval, Dunedin.

Feb 8: Semifinals.

Feb 9: Reserve day.

Feb 12: Final.

Feb 13: Reserve day.

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GOLF

NATIONAL SCHOOLBOYS
(Wellington)

Teams final, first round (* denotes non-counting score).-

216: Auckland Grammar (F. Wilkin 71, B. Wallace 71, S. Noh 74, T. Rangi-Te Rito 78*).

219: Westlake BHS (W. McFarlane 81*, K. Choi 69, S. Ho Lee 72, Y. Wan Kim 78).

220: Rotorua BHS (D. Lee 68, N. Lee 75, G. Hill 77, C. Kim 82*).

225: Napier BHS (J. Timms 83*, N. Koeford 73, T. Downey 75, P. Zwart 77).

231: Hamilton BHS (S. Burningham 84*, H. Jones 79, B. Jones 76, M. Veen 76).

231: Wairarapa College (M. Schofield 77, C. Gane 78, W. Walker 76, B. Campbell 82*).

232: Wanganui HS (N. Gillespie 77, J. Kauika 77, A. Gray 78, T. Lock 79*).

233: New Plymouth BHS (M. Blackbourn 75, J. Ho Choi 77, Z. Lewis 85*, L. Heyes 81).

234: Marlborough College (L. Ryder 80, J. Cook 79, B. Robb 75, D. Rutledge 93*).

235: St Bedes College (J. Song 71, J. Cha 80, P. Jones 84, B. Reid 87*).

236: Otago BHS (C. MacDonald 80, M. Brooks 82*, D. Elder 77, N. Borren 79).

238: Southland BHS (T. McLean 70, H. Knowles 94*, J. Osborne 87, T. Ruddenklau 81).

241: Ashburton College (D. Pearce 75, B. Houston 84*, R. Cockburn 83, M. O'Malley 83).

245: Kaitaia College (W. Higgins 75, R. Williams 87, T. Fisher 83, M. Flood 101*).

246: Waimea College (B. Nicholson 86*, J. Dasler 76, R. Peek 85, L. Davis 85).

255: Gisborne BHS (M. Mackey 76, A. Morton 92, Z. Proudfoot 90, S. Skudder 89).

NATIONAL SCHOOLGIRLS
(Rotorua)

Leading scores after the second round.-

144: N. Krishna (St Kentigern) 70 74.

146: J. Shin (Rotorua Lakes HS) 76 70.

147: D. Lee (Howick College) 71 76.

149: S. Bradley (St Peter's School) 77 72, L. Wright (Nelson College) 74 75.

150: Z-B Brake (Edgecumbe College) 80 70.

151: A. Walker (Rotorua GHS) 76 75.

153: L. Cheong (Massey HS) 79 74, M. Tulisi (Avonside GHS) 76 77.

154: S. Choi (New Plymouth GH) 75 79.

156: L. Eruera (St Cuthberts) 80 76.

157: R. Scott (Westlake GHS) 79 78.

158: O. Crispin (Correspondence School) 80 78, K. Cho (Rotorua GHS) 78 80.

160: S. Bonnington (Rodney College) 80 80.

162: R. Atua (Awatapu College) 79 83, T. Tare (Avonside GHS) 84 78, L. Southerden (Napier GHS) 86 76, L. Redpath (Tawa College) 82 80.

163: Soo Chi Kim (Rotorua GHS) 82 81.

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RUGBY

NATIONAL SCHOOLS
(Palmerston North)

Semifinals: King's College 16 (R. Kamea try; D. Cummins 3 pen, con) Wesley College 14 (S. Tagicakibau, S. Ahio tries; T. Ropotini 2 con). HT: 10-7.

Christchurch BHS 16 (A. Horrell try; C. Slade 3 pen, con) Palmerston North BHS 9 (I. Thompson 3 pen). HT: 7-3.

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SOCCER

Yesterday's results.-

Championship: Brighton 2 Plymouth 0, Coventry 1 Southampton 1, Crewe 1 Sheffield United 3, Derby 1 Watford 2, Hull 1 Leicester 1, Ipswich 0 Preston 4, Luton 2 Millwall 1, Reading 2 Burnley 1, Stoke 3 Norwich 1.

League One: Blackpool 1 Bradford 0, Bournemouth 0 Walsall 0, Brentford 1 Gillingham 1, Doncaster 1 Huddersfield 2, Hartlepool 3 Scunthorpe 3, Milton Keynes Dons 0 Port Vale 0, Oldham 0 Rotherham 1, Southend 3 Colchester 1, Swansea 3 Barnsley 1, Tranmere 1 Swindon 0, Yeovil 1 Chesterfield 3.

League Two: Darlington 2 Rochdale 1, Grimsby 2 Rushden and Diamonds 0, Leyton Orient 0 Shrewsbury 1, Lincoln 0 Carlisle 0, Macclesfield 1 Bury 0, Mansfield 2 Notts County 3, Northampton 3 Boston Utd 2, Stockport 1 Peterborough 1, Torquay 0 Chester 1, Wrexham 3 Barnet 1, Wycombe 0 Cheltenham 0.

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TENNIS

US OPEN
(New York)

Men's singles, first round (prefix number denotes seeding): 18-I. Ljubicic (Cro) bt T. Summerer (Ger) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, X. Malisse (Bel) bt J. Hernych (Cze) 6-2 7-5 6-2, N. Massu (Chi) bt J-M Gambill (US) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-3, B. Baker (US) bt 9-G. Gaudio (Arg) 7-6 (11-9) 6-2 6-4, R. Mello (Bra) bt J. Monaco (Arg) 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 6-1 6-4, 2-R. Nadal (Spain) bt B. Reynolds (US) 6-3 6-3 6-4, C. Saulnier (Fra) bt J. Tipsarevic (Sem) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-3, 23-J. Novak (Cze) bt D. Norman (Bel) 6-4 6-4 6-2, 32-T. Berdych (Cze) bt P. Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.

G. Galimberti (Ita) bt D. Young (US) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 6-2, I. Andreev (Rus) bt G. Elseneer (Bel) 6-4 6-4 6-2, 10-M. Puerta (Arg) bt N. Okun (Israel) 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-0, R. Soderling (Swe) bt J. I. Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4, 29-T. Haas (Ger) bt P. Luczak (Aus) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3, 24-M. Youzhny (Rus) bt F. Mayer (Ger) 6-1 6-0 6-2, 14-T. Johansson (Swe) bt M. Zabaleta (Arg) 6-3 6-4 6-3, J. Bjorkman (Swe) bt T. Behrend (Ger) 6-3 6-3 6-0, 8-G. Coria (Arg) bt F. Mantilla (Spain) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 6-3.

13-R. Gasquet (Fra) bt A. Martin (Spain) 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-4, 7-A. Agassi (US) bt R. Sabau (Rom) 6-3 6-3 6-1, I. Karlovic (Cro) bt M. Fish (US) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-4), S. Jenkins (US) bt G. Bastl (Sui) 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 6-7 (4-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-5), 19-T. Robredo (Spain) bt D. Bracciai (Ita) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2.

Women's singles, first round: 8-S. Williams (US) bt Chan Yung-Jan (Taipei) 6-1 6-3, 25-F. Schiavone (Ita) bt J. Kostanic (Cro) 6-2 7-5, 26-N. Vaidisova (Cze) bt K. Peschke (Cze) 6-3 6-1, C. Castano (Col) bt A. Jidkova (Rus) 6-4 6-3, J. Schruff (Ger) bt 28-F. Pennetta (Ita) 6-4 3-6 7-5, 18-A. Ivanovic (Sem) bt L. Lee-Waters (US) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, 20-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt C. Pin (Fra) 6-3 6-1, M. Pastikova (Cze) bt R. Grande (Ita) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, 30-A. Sugiyama (Japan) bt A. Bondarenko (Ukraine) 5-7 6-4 6-3, 4-K. Clijsters (Bel) bt M. Muller (Ger) 6-1 6-2, 9-N. Petrova (Rus) bt E. Birnerova (Cze) 6-4 6-4.

M. Vento-Kabchi (Ven) bt S. Mamic (Cro) 1-6 6-3 6-3, E. Bychkova (Rus) bt 5-S. Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-3 6-2, 10-V. Williams (US) bt R. Fujiwara (Japan) 6-3 6-1, S. Mirza (India) bt M. Washington (US) 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4, M. E. Camerin (Ita) bt 21-D. Safina (Rus) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3, L. Raymond (US) bt A. Kremer (Lux) 6-4 3-6 6-2, N. Pratt (Aus) bt A. Morigami (Japan) 6-7 (0-7) 6-0 retired.

A. Nakamura (Japan) bt M. Irvin (US) 6-3 6-3, L. Granville (US) bt 22-S. F. Elia (Ita) 6-2 6-1, I. Lisjak (Cro) bt E. Loit (Fra) 1-6 6-4 6-3, 33-V. Douchevina (Rus) bt T. Dabek (US) 6-1 6-2, M. Kirilenko (Rus) bt L. P. Tio (Spain) 6-2 6-3, M. Bartoli (Fra) bt B. Strycova (Cze) 6-3 6-0, M. E. Salerni (Arg) bt J. Kirkland (US) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-0), S. Perry (US bt 14-A. Molik (Aus) 6-4 6-4, 1-M. Sharapova (Rus) bt E. Daniilidou (Greece) 6-1 6-1.

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YACHTING

AMERICA'S CUP PRE-REGATTA
(Malmo)

Flight nine: +39 Challenge (Ita) bt Desafio Espanol (Spain), K-Challenge (Fra) bt China Team, Team Shosholoza (South Africa) bt United internet Team Germany, Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team (Ita) bt BMW Oracle Racing (US), Emirates Team New Zealand bt Victory Challenge (Swe), Alinghi (Sui) bt Luna Rossa Challenge (Ita).

Flight 10: +39 Challenge bt China Team, Team Shosholoza bt Desafio Espanol, K-Challenge bt United internet Team Germany, BMW Oracle Racing bt Emirates Team NZ, Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team bt Alinghi, Luna Rossa Challenge bt Victory Challenge.

Rankings after fifth day: Alinghi 10 points, BMW Oracle Racing 9, Emirates Team NZ 8, Luna Rossa 8, Desafio Espanol 5, +39 Challenge 5, Victory Challenge 4, Mascalzone Latino 4, K-Challenge 3, United internet Team Germany 2, Team Shosholoza 1, China 1.