KEY POINTS:
BOWLS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
ROUND EIGHT
Men
Pairs.-
Section 1: Canada 26 Wales 6, Scotland 28 Norfolk Island 12, South Africa 22 Papua New Guinea 17, Israel 20 Guernsey 10, England 17 Hong Kong 9.
Section 2: Ireland 15 Brunei 13, Namibia 16 Spain 15, Australia 20 Zimbabwe 15, Argentina 19 Thailand 13, Fiji 23 Jersey 11, Malaysia 16 New Zealand (Russell Meyer lead, Gary Lawson skip) 13.
Triples.-
Section 1: Scotland 25 Namibia 12, England 33 Wales 10, Australia 20 South Africa 14, Guernsey 18 Papua New Guinea 14, Malaysia 24 Hong Kong 5.
Section 2: New Zealand (Andrew Todd lead, Ali Forsyth, Richard Girvan skip) 18 Canada 15, Ireland 19 Israel 10, Zimbabwe 19 Jersey 11, Spain 34 Norfolk Island 2, Fiji 24 Brunei 15, Thailand 23 Argentina 12.
Women
Fours.-
Section 1: England 23 Brunei 11, Wales 18 Zambia 17, New Zealand (Marina Khan lead, Jan Khan, Sharon Sims, Jo Edwards skip) 16 Malaysia 16, Israel 19 Argentina 15, Fiji 31 Botswana 17, Philippines 17 Namibia 12.
Section 2: Jersey 13 Australia 7, Scotland 19 South Africa 16, Canada 16 Ireland 14, Spain 21 Samoa 12, Hong Kong 26 Cook Islands 18, Norfolk Island 20 Swaziland 9.
Singles.-
Section 1: Ireland 21 Canada 20, Scotland 21 Samoa 7, Australia 21 Israel 8, Malaysia 21 Argentina 7, Norfolk Island 21 Namibia 19, Philippines 21 Zambia 14.
Section 2: South Africa 21 Spain 20, Wales 21 Jersey 12, England 21 Cook Islands 5, Botswana 21 Hong Kong 17, New Zealand (Val Smith) 21 Swaziland 13, Fiji 21 Brunei 11.
CRICKET
BANGLADESH TOUR
NZ averages
Batting
InnsNoRunsHSAve10050Cs
M. Bell3112810764.01 - 6
D. Vettori209412663.0 - 1-
J. Oram2011811759.010-
S. Fleming201018750.5 - 15
M. Sinclair20764738.0 - - 2
P. Fulton31512225.5 - - 3
B. McCullum20474023.5 - - 10
C. Cumming30474215.6 - - 1
I. O'Brien20954,5 - - -
K. Mills20442.0 - - 1
C. Martin221212* - - -
Bowling
O M R WAv5inns
Vettori 33.3 8 91 6 15.1 -
Oram391196713.8-
O'Brien4813116716.6-
Martin62.1122191316.81
Mills39.19136622.75- NZ U19 SQUAD
For the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia next month.-
Corey Anderson (Canterbury), Nicholas Beard (Otago), Harry Boam (Wellington), Trent Boult (Northern Districts), Michael Bracewell (Otago), Tamati Clarke (Northern Districts), Fraser Colson (Wellington), Michael Guptill-Bunce (Auckland), Greg Morgan (Auckland), Jeet Raval (Auckland), Hamish Rutherford (Otago), Tim Southee (Northern Districts), Anurag Verma (Northern Districts), Kane Williamson (Northern Districts), George Worker (Central Districts).
GOLF
Squads.-
Women: Penny Smith (Rotorua), Dasom Lee (Auckland), Dana Kim (Christchurch), Lisa Wright (Hamilton), Caroline Bon (Whangarei), Larissa Eruera (Auckland). Manager: Libby Steele, Coach: Susan Farron.
Men: Danny Lee (Rotorua), Nick Gillespie (Hastings), Kevin Smith (Tauranga), Perry Hayman (Wellington), Travis O'Connell (Auckland), Leighton James (Auckland). Manager: Murray Martin, Coach: James Kupa.
WORLD RANKINGS
(US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets)
1. (1) Tiger Woods 18.83 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 8.39
3. (3) Steve Stricker 6.91
4. (4) Jim Furyk 6.51
5. (5) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.29
6. (6) Justin Rose (Britain) 5.96
7. (9) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 5.89
8. (7) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.68
9. (8) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.37
10. (11) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 5.34
11. (10) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 4.99
12. (12) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.70
13. (13) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 4.52
14. (14) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 4.26
15. (15) Zach Johnson 3.95
16. (16) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 3.86
17. (17) Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 3.85
18. (18) Luke Donald (Britain) 3.77
19. (19) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 3.63
20. (20) Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 3.31
ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Pittsburgh 4 NY Rangers 1.
SURF LIFESAVING:
Warriors of the Surf carnival
(Mt Maunganui)
Men.-
Open: Ironman: Glenn Anderson (Papamoa) 1, Matt Sutton (Midway) 2, Brad Wilson (Papamoa) 3. Surf race: Sutton 1, Wilson 2, Anderson 3. Board: Andrew Newton (Mt Maunganui) 1, Wilson 2, Sutton 3. Ski: Damian Munro (Midway) 1, Newton 2, Quentin Cribb (Mt Maunganui) 3.
Under-19: Ironman: Jack Gavin (Midway) 1, Tim Johns (South Brighton) 2, Logan Walsh (Papamoa) 3. Surf race: Gavin 1, Johns 2, Walsh 3. Board: Gavin 1, Sam Newland (Waihi) 2, Darcy Vercoe (Mt Maunganui) 3. Ski: Newland 1, Johns 2.
Under-16: Ironman: Ben Gillies (Westshore) 1, Ryan Hayes (Mt Maunganui) 2, Mich Leaming (Papamoa) 3. Surf race: Gillies 1, Leaming 2, Hayes 3. Board: Gillies 1, Dan Hooker (Omanu) 2, Nathan Smith (Papamoa) 3. Ski: Hooker 1, Sam Shergold (Mt Maunganui) 2, Leaming 3.
Women.-
Open: Ironwoman: Johanna OConnor 1. Surf Race: OConnor 1, Ayla Dunlop-Barrett (New Plymouth) 2. Board: OConnor 1, Arna Wright (Mt Maunganui) 2. Ski: OConnor 1, Alice Towgood (Mt Maunganui) 2, Jess Niederer (Mt Maunganui) 3.
Under-19: Ironwoman: Katrina Madill (Mt Maunganui) 1. Surf race: Carla Van Bommel (Mt Maunganui) 1, Madill 2, Katrina McDowell (Mt Maunganui) 3. Board: Chelsea Maples (Mt Maunganui) 1, Madill 2, McDowell 3. Ski: Brooke Shergold (Mt Maunganui) 1, Helen Curtis (Mt Maunganui) 2.
Under-16: Diamond lady: Lydia Diver (Westshore) 1, Meg Beattie (Westshore) 2, Ali Burns (Whakatane) 3. Surf race: Diver 1, Beattie 2, Bridget McCarty (Papamoa) 3. Board: Brooklyn Reardon-Nikara (Mt Maunganui) 1, Meattie 2, Diver 3. Ski: Beattie 1, Sioban Wright (Omanu) 2, Caitlin Dowie (Mt Maunganui) 3.
TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne)
Day 2
Round 1
Women's singles.- 6-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) bt Andrea Petkovic (Germany) ret, Akiko Morigami (Japan) bt Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) 6-2 6-2, Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-1 6-1, Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) bt Laura Granville (US) 6-1 6-4, Alize Cornet (France) bt Clarisa Fernandez (Argengina) 6-3 6-3, 9-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt Vania King (US) 6-3 7-5, Marta Domachowska (Poland) bt Mathilde Johansson (France) 6-1 6-1, 27-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) bt Meilen Tu (US) 6-4 4-6 6-3, 31-Sania Mirza (India) bt Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekestan) 6-4 6-2, 21-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) 6-4 7-6 (7-4), Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) bt 20-Agnes Szavay (Hungary) 3-6 6-4 7-5, Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) bt Sophie Ferguson (Australia) 6-4 6-3, 7-Serena Williams (USA)-Jarmila Gajdosova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-3.
Men's singles.- 25-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) bt Thierry Ascione (France) 6-4 6-0 6-3, Amer Delic (US) bt Robert Kendrick (US) 6-4 7-5 6-2, 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) bt Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-0 6-2 7-6 (7-5), 21-Juan Monaco (Argentina) bt Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 6-1, Hyung-Taik Lee (Korea) bt Chris Guccione (Australia) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 6-4, 15-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 7-6 (7-0) 6-2 3-6 6-3, 5-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 6-2 6-2 6-1, 19-Leyton Hewitt (Australia) bt Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-0 6-3 6-0.
