Thursday results

BASKETBALL

NBA

Philadelphia 84 Minnesota 119, Washington 105 Denver 111, Atlanta 89 Memphis 97, Detroit 90 Toronto 86 (overtime), Milwaukee 96 Miami 101, New Orleans 79 New York 86, Chicago 113 Cleveland 85, San Antonio 96 Seattle 102, Utah 100 Orlando 106, LA Lakers 110 Phoenix 113.

AUCKLAND WOMEN

Auckland Girls Grammar 43 Penrose HS 19, Maximus 26 Air New Zealand 16, Akarana Blue 22 Winos 18, Akarana Red 30 Akarana Green 25, Akarana White 20 The High Rowlaz 0, Epsom Lions 36 Epsom 22, All Sportz 26 The Saints 2, Thunderbirds 15 Akahi 12. BOWLS

COUNTIES MANUKAU

Men's open singles, semifinals: G. Stanisich (Papakura RSA)) bt D. Cameron (Homai) 21-12, A. Smith (Manurewa) bt C. Warren (Manurewa) 21-7.

Final: Stanisich v Smith, Homai, December 18.

Men's academy singles, final: J. McNamara (Waipipi) bt G. Newton (Papakura).

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CRICKET

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL (Sydney)

AUSTRALIA
A. Gilchrist c Astle b Styris 60
M. Hayden run out 43
R. Ponting c Fleming b Mills 32
D. Martyn lbw b Mills 5
A. Symonds lbw b Vettori 0
D. Lehmann run out 52
M. Clarke c McCullum b Cairns 6
B. Hogg not out 41
B. Lee not out 10
Extras (2lb, 2w, 8nb) 12
Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 261

Fall: 1/86 (Gilchrist), 2/140 (Ponting), 3/147 (Hayden), 4/148 (Martyn), 5/148 (Symonds), 6/161 (Clarke), 7/235 (Lehmann).

Bowling: K. Mills 10-0-49-2 (3nb, 1w), J. Oram 10-0-77-0 (3nb), C. Cairns 10-0-60-1 (2nb), S. Styris 10-0-37-1, D. Vettori 10-1-36-1 (1w).

NEW ZEALAND
S. Fleming lbw b Hogg 34
N. Astle c Gilchrist b Lee 11
M. Sinclair c Hayden b Gillespie 17
S. Styris lbw b Symonds 5
H. Marshall b Lee 9
J. Oram lbw b Hogg 2
C. Cairns c McGrath b Gillespie 50
B. McCullum lbw b Hogg 21
D. Vettori run out 33
K. Mills not out 44
C. Harris b McGrath 4
Extras (5lb, 6w, 3nb) 14
Total (47.1 overs) 244

Fall: 1/27 (Astle), 2/63 (Sinclair), 3/68 (Styris), 4/78 (Fleming), 5/84 (Oram), 6/86 (Marshall), 7/154 (Cairns), 8/166 (McCullum), 9/236 (Vettori).

Bowling: B. Lee 9-0-48-2 (3nb, 4w), G. McGrath 7.1-0-27-1, J. Gillespie 10-1-41-2 (2w), A. Symonds 10-1-47-1, B. Hogg 8-0-45-3, D. Lehmann 3-0-31-0.

Man of the match: B. Hogg.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY

WELLINGTON
First innings 384

Second innings
M. Bell lbw b Cunis 4
M. Parlane c T Papps b Martin 0
L. Woodcock lbw b Martin 17
N. Parlane not out 41
J. Ryder c Fulton b Martin 0
C. Nevin c M Papps b Cunis 8
S. Fairley c Stewart b Wiseman 21
G. Murray not out 4
Extras (3lb, 4b, 1nb) 8
Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 103

Fall: 1/5, 2/13, 3/24, 4/25, 5/34, 6/84.

Bowling: C. Martin 9-4-12-3 (1nb), S. Cunis 13-8-25-2, W. Cornelius 9-2-23-0, H. Shaw 5-0-23-0, P. Wiseman 10-4-9-1, G. Stead 4-2-4-0.

CANTERBURY
First innings
T. McIntosh lbw b Turner 0
M. Papps lbw b Turner 5
P. Fulton c Bell b Gillespie 48
S. Stewart c Turner b O'Brien 82
G. Stead lbw b O'Brien 5
T. Papps lbw b O'Brien 0
P. Wiseman c Bell b Gillespie 1
S. Cunis b O'Brien 59
H. Shaw not out 47
W. Cornelius not out 14
Extras (10b, 15lb, 2nb, 10w) 37
Total (for 8 wkts dec, 74.5 overs) 298

Fall: 1/5, 2/32, 3/83, 4/97, 5/97, 6/98, 7/190, 8/251.

Bowling: M. Gillespie 24-8-102-2 (1nb, 1w), A. Turner 16.5-5-60-2 (5w), I. O'Brien 25-2-91-4 (1nb, 2w), G. Murray 9-3-20-0.

OTAGO v CENTRAL DISTRICTS

OTAGO
First innings 193

Second innings
C. Cumming lbw b Thompson 125
M. Wasim c How b Mason 8
C. Gaffaney c Griggs b Schwass 29
A. Redmond c Taylor b Sulzberger 30
G. Hopkins c Griggs b Sulzberger 5
J. Sheed c Ingram b Sulzberger 22
G. Todd c Griggs b How 9
N. McCullum c Hamilton b How 4
J. Wilson b Schwass 34
W. McSkimming lbw Schwass 0
J. McMillan not out 0
Extras (1b, 4lb, 7nb) 12
Total (109.3 overs) 278

Fall: 1/12, 2/74, 3/131, 4/146, 5/176, 6/195, 7/207, 8/268, 9/274.

Bowling: M. Mason 16-5-38-1, L. Hamilton 17-3-56-0 (6nb), A. Schwass 18-9-33-3, E. Thompson 15.3-5-51-1 (1nb), G. Sulzberger 28-8-67-3, J. How 15-6-28-2.

CENTRAL DISTRICTS
First innings 291

Second innings
P. Ingram c Sheed b McMillan 0
J. How not out 28
G. Barnett not out 27
Extras (4lb, 2nb) 6
Total (for 1 wkt, 23 overs) 61

Fall: 1/5.

Bowling: J. McMillan 5-1-15-1 (1nb), W. McSkimming 5-0-12-0, J. Wilson 3-1-8-0, N. McCullum 6-3-9-0, A. Redmond 3-1-13-0 (1nb), C. Cumming 1-1-0-0.

TOUR MATCH (Randjesfontein)

Nicky Oppenheimer XI 172-4 from 39 overs (N. Johnson 74, A. Prince 26; M. Hoggard 2-29) lost to England 190-2 from 35.3 overs (R. Key 87, M. Trescothick 85no) by eight wickets.

NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLGIRLS (Palmerston North)

Pool A: Christchurch GHS 211 (K. Samson 52, E. Quested 20, A. Edmondson 24; J. Vanner 3-49, L. Joad 2-42, N. Harris 2-23) bt Taupo 119-9 (S. Woods 34; M. Mitchell 2-5, L. Knight 2-22, T. King 2-20) by 92 runs.

New Plymouth GHS 137 (C. Sim 28, V. Hill 31; J. Ryan 2-15, R. Cox 3-9, J. Latimer 2-25, L. Matthews 3-24) bt Epsom GGS 61 (K. Cocksedge 4-14, T. O'Neil 2-11) by 76 runs.

Pool B: Otago GHS 59 (J. Bond 3-19, L. Hayes 4-2, E. Weber 2-26) lost to Napier GHS 63-2 (K. Tunnicliffe 25no) by eight wickets.

Gisborne GHS 65 (J. Mizzi 3-12, O. Bupha-Intra 3-10) lost to Onslow 66-3 (C. Mizzi 23) by seven wickets.

SOUTHERN TRUST BOYS UNDER-17 (Glen Innes)

Western 190-5 (B. Callaghan 44, D. Ford 44no) bt Central 189-6 (S. Preece 77, M. Edgar 69; A. Patel 3-28) by one run.

North Harbour Black 215-9 (R. Reddy 71, K. Rolland 51; S. Knoll 5-29) bt Eastern 178 (R. Turner 47; M. Young 4/32) by 37 runs.

North Harbour Burgundy 150-5 (B. Hobb 46no, R. Christophersen 39) bt South:South Eastern 148 (Verghaus 4-21) by two runs.

Points: Western 16, North Harbour Black 16, Eastern 4, South:South Eastern 4, North Harbour Burgundy 4.

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GOLF

NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPS (Wanganui)

Championship quarter-finals: J. Park (Otago) bt S. Choi (New Plymouth) 6 and 5, P. Newbrook (Springfield) bt N. Garrett (Australia) 1 up, S. Nicholson (Hutt) bt H. Wallace (Arrowtown) 3 and 2, H. Kang (Whangarei) bt B. Kim (Pupuke) 3 and 2.

Semifinals: Park bt Newbrook 2 up, Nicholson bt Kang 1 up.

Plate quarter-finals: R. Boniface (Southland) bt R. Scott (North Shore) 1 up, K. Quinn (Australia) bt J. Hirst (Pupuke) 1 up, M. K. Kim (Pupuke) bt T. Clelland (Taupo) 3 and 2, J. Shin (Rotorua) bt H. Warren (Australia) 3 and 2.

Waddell Rosebowl quarter-finals: E. Hodson (New Plymouth) bt H. Seo (Springfield) 4 and 2, R. Keegan (Westown) bt C. Webb (Muriwai) 2 and 1, G. Jeong (Russley) bt K. Cho (Springrfield) at the 19th, Z. B. Brake (Kawerau) bt L. Stephens (Taieri) 3 and 2.

Semifinals: Keegan bt Hodson at the 19th, Jeong bt Brake 1 up.

AARON BADDELEY JUNIOR CHAMPS (Nadi)

Boys:
272: J. An (NZ) 69 67 69 67.
279: K. Otawa (Japan) 71 70 69 69.
282: P. Francis (US) 70 73 72 67, J. Lovemark (US) 71 71 69 71.
283: L. Fuller (Aus) 69 69 77 68.
284: R. Riesen (US) 72 67 72 73.
285: D. Lim (US) 75 72 68 70, T. Dugdale (Aus) 68 71 73 73, R. Lee (Canada) 67 73 70 75.
287: R. Batibasaga (Aus) 74 70 68 75, M. Jeon (NZ) 72 67 73 75.
290: M. Miyazato (Japan) 76 75 69 70, J. Kim (NZ) 71 71 70 78, Y. Morimoto (Japan) 72 71 69 78.
291: S. Shin (NZ) 68 77 76 70, R. Lee (Canada) 73 71 72 75, D. Wallace (Canada) 73 73 70 75.
292: A. Leech (NZ) 71 73 72 76.
296: M. Blackbourn (NZ) 73 74 72 77, D. Field (NZ) 71 73 74 78.
297: B. Wallace (NZ) 75 74 71 77.
300: J. Mann (NZ) 75 69 75 81.

Also:
302: T. Hong (NZ) 76 75 72 79.
314: K. Singh (NZ) 73 80 80 81.
320: M. Speedy (NZ) 78 80 82 80.

Girls:
279: T. Joh (US) 71 72 66 70.
282: E. Choe (US) 69 68 72 73.
285: B. Arthur (Aus) 71 73 69 72, T. Makoto (Japan) 71 67 72 75.
288: S. Ahn (NZ) 68 72 73 75.
290: S. Bradley (NZ) 72 69 75 74.
293: C. Choi (Aus) 73 74 72 74.
294: L. Calijow (Canada) 70 68 77 79.
306: K. Dreher (Canada) 75 77 80 74.
316: Y. Sakurai (Japan) 72 82 83 79.

Teams:
1401: United States.
1426: New Zealand.
1431: Australia.
1441: Japan.
1459: Canada.
1673: Fiji.

AUSTRALIAN MASTERS(Melbourne)

Leading first-round scores after play was suspended because of storms (Australian unless stated, *denotes amateur).-

66: R. Allenby.
67: C. Parry, B. Kennedy, R. Ball.
68: T. Morgan, R. Barnes (US), C. Pavin (US), P. Lonard, *J. Day.
69: D. Smail (NZ), M. Long (NZ), P. O'Malley, H. Mahan (US), G. Ogilvy, D. Bransdon, A. Percey

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HOCKEY

CHAMPIONS TROPHY (Lahore)

Pakistan 2 (S. Mohammad 33, S. Abbas 66 pen) India 1 (S. Singh 57). HT: 1-0.

Remaining matches: Friday, Spain v Pakistan, New Zealand v India (7pm), Holland v Germany.
Sunday, playoffs.

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RUGBY

WORLD SEVENS

Second round, South Africa, this weekend's fixtures. -

Pool A: New Zealand v Portugal, France v Tunisia, New Zealand v Tunisia, France v Portugal, Tunisia v Portugal, New Zealand v France.

Pool B: England v Kenya, Australia v Ireland, England v Ireland, Australia v Kenya, Ireland v Kenya, England v Australia.

Pool C: Argentina v Scotland, Fiji v Arabian Gulf, Argentina v Arabian Gulf, Fiji v Scotland, Arabian Gulf v Scotland, Argentina v Fiji.

Pool D: South Africa v Canada, Samoa v Namibia, South Africa v Namibia, Samoa v Canada, Namibia v Canada, South Africa v Samoa.

* Group winners and runners-up qualify for quarter-finals and third and fourth-placed teams for bowl quarter-finals.

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SOCCER

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

Group A: Liverpool (England) 3 Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 1, Deportivo Coruna (Spain) 0 Monaco (France) 5.

Monaco and Liverpool advance to final 16.

Group B: Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 3 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 0, AS Roma (Italy) 0 Real Madrid (Spain) 3.

Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid advance.

Group C: Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2 Bayern Munich (Germany) 2, Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 1 Juventus (Italy) 1.

Juventus and Bayern Munich advance.

Group D: Fenerbahce (Turkey) 3 Manchester United (England) 0, Olympique Lyon (France) 5 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 0.

Olympique Lyon and Manchester United advance.

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SQUASH

WOMEN'S WORLD OPEN

(Kuala Lumpur)

Second round (prefix number denotes seeding): 12-S. Kitchen (NZ) bt 2-C. Jackman (England) 9-5 9-4 9-7, 1-R. Grinham (Australia) bt 16-M. Perry (Ireland) 9-1 9-0 7-9 9-5, 10-J. Tranfield (England) bt T. Bailey (England) 7-9 9-2 9-3 9-6, 3-V. Atkinson (Netherlands) bt 11-V. Botwright (England) 9-6 9-6 2-9 10-8, 5-L. Elriani (England) bt 13-J. Duncalf (England) 9-5 9-7 8-10 9-3, 8-R. Macree (England) bt L. Lengthorn (England) 9-5 9-7 9-5, 4-N. Grinham (Australia) bt 15-S. Brind (England) 9-7 9-4 9-1, 6-N. David (Malaysia) bt A. Waters (England) 10-8 7-9 9-2 10-8.