KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Texas 13 Detroit 6, LA Angels 10 Baltimore 5, Boston 16 Tampa Bay 10, Detroit 4 Texas 1, Florida 13 Washington 8, Colorado 8 Philadelphia 2, Milwaukee 6 Pittsburgh 1, NY Yankees 9 Toronto 2, Atlanta 13 NY Mets 5, Cincinnati 7 St Louis 2,
Houston 5 Chicago Cubs 4, Minnesota 6 Kansas City 3, Cleveland 8 Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland 7 Seattle 4, San Diego 9 LA Dodgers 4, San Francisco 2 Arizona 1.
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BASKETBALL
ANBL PRE-SEASON
Brisbane Bullets 119 NZ Breakers 91.
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CRICKET
TWENTY20 WORLD CUP
SOUTH AFRICA V WEST INDIES
(Wanderers, Johannesburg)
WEST INDIES
C Gayle c Boucher b van der Wath 117D Smith c Boucher b Philander 35M Samuels c de Villiers b Pollock 6S Chanderpaul c Bouchervan der Wath 11D Smith c Gibbs b M. Morkel 1R Sarwan c de Villiers b Philander 12D Ramdin not out 6D Bravo not out 0Extras (4lb, 1nb, 12w) 17 - - Total (for 6 wkts, 20 overs) 205Fall: 145 (Devon Smith), 152 (Samuels), 178 (Gayle), 182 (Dwayne Smith), 188 (Chanderpaul), 204 (Sarwan)
Bowling: Pollock 4-0-52-1 (4w), Ntini 2-0-19-0, Van der Wath 4-0-33-2, M Morkel 4-0-30-1 (1nb, 1w), Philander 4-0-35-2 (1w), A Morkel 1-0-16-0 (2w), Smith 1-0-16-0
SOUTH AFRICA
G Smith c Gayle b Rampaul 28H Gibbs not out 90AB De Villiers c Ramdin b Edwards 16J Kemp not out 46Extras: (4lb, 1nb, 23w) 28 - - Total (for 2 wkts, 17.4 overs) 208Fall: 54 (Smith), 88 (de Villiers)
Bowling: Powell 4-0-34-0 (4w), Rampaul 4-0-52-1 (1w, 1nb), Dwayne Smith 2-0-37-0 (5w), Edwards 3-0-22-1 (4w), Bravo 2.4-0-39-0 (2w), Samuels 2-0-20-0
Result: South Africa won by 8 wkts.
ENGLISH COUNTY
County Championship (1st day of 4)
Division One
At Riverside: Sussex 291 (R Martin-Jenkins 77no, M. Goodwin 66, O Gibson 4-78) Durham 1-115 (M Stoneman 56no)
At The Rose Bowl: Kent 5-342 (M van Jaarsveld 112no, R Key 84, J Denly 54) v Hampshire
At Old Trafford: Warwickshire 106 (S Mahmood 4-21, G Chapple 4-42) Lancashire 4-156 (P Horton 71)
Division Two
At Southgate: Middlesex 176 (E Joyce 74, J Taylor 6-35) Leicestershire 1-124 (J Maunders 54no)
At Northampton: Glamorgan 280 (M Wallace 120, L Klusener 5-40) Northamptonshire 61-0
NatWest Pro40
At The Oval: Somerset Sabres 258-9 innings Complete (M Trescothick 124, J Dernbach 5-44) Surrey Brown Caps 253-9 (M Ramprakash 115, M Butcher 56)
Somerset beat Surrey by 5 runs
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HOCKEY
OCEANIA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
(Buderim, Queensland)
Women: Australia 14 Fiji 0, New Zealand 25 (J. Claxton 5, C. Paewai 5, K. Forgesson 3, L. Igasan 2, H. Dillon 2, K. Saunders 2, C. Harrison 2, K. Sharland 1, M. Orr 1, K. Noakes 1, E. Naylor 1), PNG 0. Halftime: 11-0.
Men: Australia 35 Papua New Guinea 0.
Standings:
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RUGBY
NZ SCHOOLS SQUAD
W. Afuvai (Palmerston North BHS, Manawatu), N. Annear (Timaru BHS, South Canterbury), K. Barrett (Francis Douglas Memorial College, Taranaki), J. Blucher (Takapuna Grammar, North Harbour), T. Boswell-Wakefield (Napier BHS, Hawke's Bay), B. Botica (Westlake BHS, North Harbour), M. Campbell (New Plymouth BHS, Taranaki), J. Church (Hamilton BHS, Waikato), T. Curtis (Francis Douglas Memorial College, Taranaki), E. Dixon (St Bede's College, Canterbury), D. Faleafa (Mt Albert Grammar, Auckland), S. Fia (Palmerston North BHS, Manawatu), S. Haloholo (Mt Albert Grammar, Auckland), T. J. Ioane (Wellington College, Wellington), M. Iti (Hamilton BHS, Waikato), T. Kerr-Barlow (Hamilton BHS, Waikato), P. Leafa (Sacred Heart College, Auckland), F. Lemalu (De La Salle College, Auckland), R. McKenna (Francis Douglas Memorial College, Taranaki), T. Nanai-Williams (Manurewa HS, Counties Manukau), M. Newman (Timaru BHS, South Canterbury), C. Ngatai (Gisborne BHS, Poverty Bay), B. O'Connor (Gisborne BHS, Poverty Bay), R. Robinson (Southland BHS, Southland), A. Ryan (St Bede's College, Canterbury), P. Samupo (Gisborne BHS, Poverty Bay), B. S. Leutulava (Wellington College, Wellington), S. Savea (Rongotai College, Wellington)
Schedule:
October 2: v Samoa Schools, Wyong Grounds, Wyong.
October 5: v Australia Schools A, Warringah Rugby Park, Narrabeen.
October 9: v Australia Schools, St Joseph's College, Sydney.
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SOCCER
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
Group A (Shanghai) England 2 (K. Smith 81, 83) Japan 2 (A. Miyama 55, 90) H-t: 0-0
Group B (Chengdu) US 2 (A. Wambach 50, H. O'Reilly 69) N Korea 2 (K. Son Hui 58, K. Yong Ae 62) H-t: 0-0 (Chengdu) Sweden 1 (V. Svensson 50) Nigeria 1 (C. Uwak 82) H-t: 0-0
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TENNIS
BALI CLASSIC WOMEN'S SINGLES
4-A. Medina (ESP) beat S. Gumulya (IDN) 6-1 6-1, S. Errani (ITA) beat A. Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(4), Y. Meng (CHN) beat 8-Y. Shvedova (RUS) 6-0 6-1, L. Davenport (US) beat 5-E. Daniilidou (GRE) 6-2 6-2, Ayumi Morita (JPN) beat M. Erakovic (NZ).
CHINA OPEN
(Beijing)
4-I. Ljubicic (CRO) bt K. Nishikori (JPN) 6-3 6-4, N. Kiefer (GER) bt D. Sela (ISR) 6-2 6-3, M. Cilic (CRO) bt R. Schuettler (GER) 6-7, (5-7) 6-3 6-3, R. de Voest (RSA) bt J. Woong-Sun (KOR) 6-4 7-6 (7-4), 7-J. W. Tsonga (FRA) bt R. Bopanna (IND) 6-3 1-0, retired, B. Pashanski (SRB) bt L. Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 7-6 (8-6), V. Troicki (SRB) bt T. Gabashvili (RUS) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4, 1-N. Davydenko (RUS) bt Z. Fleishman (USA) 6-3 6-3, 5-M. Baghdatis (CYP) bt S. X. Zeng (CHN) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5.