Thursday's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

American League Championship Series:- Detroit 8 Oakland 5 (Detroit lead best-of-seven series 2-0).

National League Championship Series:- New York Mets v St Louis game 1 postponed due to rain.

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BASKETBALL

ANBL

Brisbane Bullets 123 (E. Ere 21, S. Mackinnon 19, D. Rychart 19) Townsville Crocodiles 104 (K. Robertson 20, J. Gardner 20, B. Newley 17).

NATIONAL UNDER-23 CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Wellington)

Men:-Canterbury 91 (M. Townsend 19, W. McVitty 15) Wellington 51 (G. Davies 10, H. Whelan 10); NZIS 85 (E. Bartlett 31, C. Piho 14, S. Wilson 12) Waitakere 79 (L. Henry 20, J. Fesolai 20, T. Davey 15) Hutt Valley 108 (D. Jones 13, J. McCombie 13, P. Buckrell 12) Wanganui 61 (K. Battersby 23, J. Neilson 13); Waitakere 102 (L. Henry 26, M. Muff 20, I. Peauvale 16, M. Lundon 13) Wanganui 46 (J. Neilson 14, A. Clarkson 12); Hutt Valley 85 (D. Jones 19, R. Buckrell 11, A. Wastney 11) Canterbury 73 (J. Hart 21, B. Thompson 17, P. McFarlin 14); Waikato 93 (I. Smith 26, D. Perfect-Tait 19, R. Graham 15, E. Fermanis 14) NZIS 71 (E. Bartlett 21, C. Daniel 15, C. Phio 13)

Women:- Auckland 87 (K. Parai 20, A. Parai 14, C. Hippolite 15) Waitakere 39 (K. Gillespie 12); North Harbour 82 (L. Wallbutton 37, K. Kingi 14) Wellington 71 (E. Fischer 19, S.-R. Harris 17, K. Harris 15); Auckland 77 (A. Parai 22, K. Parai 18, E. Hopkinson 12) North Harbour 56 (L. Wallbutton 19, P. Charlesworth 12); Hutt Valley 80 (S. Umaga 25, T. Lewis 14, L. Scott 12) Wellington 69 (M. Letoa 30, S.-R. Harris 13)

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CRICKET

ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY QUALIFICATION

WEST INDIES V BANGLADESH

(Jaipur, India)

BANGLADESH

S. Nafees c Gayle b Samuels 38
M. Ashraful lbw b Taylor 2
A. Ahmed c Chanderpaul b Samuels 59
S. Hasan b Collymore 0
H. Bashar lbw b Collymore 0
F. Reza b Bravo 7
K. Mashud not out 22
M. Rafique lbw b Gayle 7
M. Mortaza c&b Bravo 7
A. Razzak c Baugh b Bravo 9
S. Rasel c Samuels b Taylor 3
Extras (b-1 lb-1 w-5) 7
--Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 161
Fall: 1/10, 2/95, 3/96, 4/96, 5/107, 6/111, 7/125, 8/132, 9/151, 10/161

Bowling: J. Taylor 5.3-0-32-2 (w-2), I. Bradshaw 7-1-25-0, C. Collymore 8-0-36-2 (w-1), M. Samuels 8-0-27-2, D. Bravo 10-1-14-3 (w-2), C. Gayle 8-0-25-1

WEST INDIES

C. Gayle not out 104
S. Chanderpaul not out 52
Extras (lb-2 nb-2 w-4) 8
--Total (for no loss, 36.4 overs) 164
Bowling: M. Mortaza 7-2-25-0, S. Rasel 5-1-26-0 (nb-2), A. Razzak 9.4-0-30- 0 (w-1), M. Rafique 8-0-41-0 (w-1) S. Hasan 5 - 0 - 12 - 0 F. Reza 1 - 0 - 16 - 0
A. Ahmed 1 - 0 - 12 - 0 (w-2)

Result: West Indies won by 10 wickets

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HOCKEY

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Men's round-robin (final round):- North Harbour 3 (L. Stephenson, S. Barnett 2) Southern 1 (M. Young). HT: 1-0. Canterbury 6 (M. Anderson-Stewart 2, D. Harrington, R. Koorey, P. Derham, S. Maister) Northland 0. HT: 5-0. Wellington 8 (J. Baker 5, B. Livermore, G. Down, U. Parag) Midlands 0. HT: 3-0. Auckland 4 (S. Child 3, L. Emmerson) Central 1 (M. Wilson). HT: 2-1

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LEAGUE

NZ UNIVERSITIES

NZ Universities' squads to meet Australian Territories in curtain-raiser to Tri-Nations opener at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday.

Team:- J. Allen, L. Ausage, S. Beale, D. Bell, M. Deane, L. Faleono, A. Gall, A. Grant, H. Heke (captain), B. Hurrell, S. Hurrell, S. Lomaloma, O. Needham, M. October, H. Patrick, V. Smith, B. Taraeka, B. Tuia.

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SOCCER

ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS

Group A:-

India 0 Japan 3, Saudi Arabia 5 Yemen 0

Group B:-

South Korea 1 Syria 1, Taiwan 0 Iran 2

Group C:-

Oman 2 United Arab Emirates 1, Pakistan 0 Jordan 3

GROUP D:-

Australia 2 Bahrain 0

Group E:- Palestine 0 China 2, Iraq 4 Singapore 2

Group F:- Qatar 2 Hong Kong 0, Bangladesh 0 Uzbekistan 4

EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS

Group A:- Kazakhstan 0 Finland 2, Serbia 3 Armenia 0, Poland 2 Portugal 1, Belgium 3 Azerbaijan 0

Group B:- France 5 Faroe Islands 0, Ukraine 2 Scotland 0, Georgia 1 Italy 3

Group C:- Malta 2 Hungary 1, At Frankfurt: Turkey 5 Moldova 0, Bosnia 0 Greece 4

Group D:- Ireland 1 Czech Republic 1, Slovakia 1 Germany 4, Wales 3 Cyprus 1

Group E:- Andorra 0 Macedonia 3, Russia 2 Estonia 0, Croatia 2 England 0

Group F:- Sweden 2 Iceland 1, Liechtenstein 0 Denmark 4, Northern Ireland 1 Latvia 0

Group G:- Belarus 4 Slovenia 2, Luxembourg 0 Bulgaria 1, Netherlands 2 Albania 1

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SQUASH

JAPAN OPEN

(Tokyo)

First round:- D. Shirley (NZ)/J. Quay (Malaysia) bt T. Laybourn/K. Rytter Juhl (Denmark) 21-16 21-15

CAROL WEYMULLER OPEN

(New York)

Qualifying finals:- C. Matsui (Jpn) bt J. Chinappa (Ind) 10-8, 6-9, 10-8, 9-2, L. Crome (NZ) bt G. Stoker (Eng) 9-2, 9-5, 10-8, N. Fernandes (Guy) bt A. Blake (Irl) 9-6, 3-9, 9-2, 9-6, M. Manetta (Ita) bt D. Desira (Aus) 9-6, 9-2, 3-9, 9-1.

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TENNIS

MELBOURNE PARK CHALLENGER

First round:- Q-E. Barry (NZ) bt S. Golds (Aus) 6-3 3-6 6-2, M. Erakovic (NZ) bt L. D'Amelio (Aus) 6-2 6-2, Q-S. Jones (NZ) lost to S. Rao (US) 6-2 6-2

SAN FRANCISCO CHALLENGER

First round:- Q-L. Baker bt K. Brandi (Puerto Rico) 3-1 Brandi retired

JERSEY FUTURES

First round:- D. King-Turner (NZ) bt N. Desein (Netherlands) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4

Round two:- D. King-Turner (NZ) bt 6-X. Audouy (France) 7-5 7-6 (5)

BANGKOK OPEN

First round (prefix denotes seeding):- 5-E. Daniilidou (Greece) bt S.-W. Hsieh (Taiwan) 4-6 6-4 6-3, E. Takao (Japan) bt A. Jidkova (Russia) 6-3 6-1, 8-J. Kostanic (Croatia) bt M. Yuan (China) 5-7 6-4 7-6, V. King (US) bt A. Molik (Australia) 6-1 7-5, 9-S. Bremond (France) bt R. Fuda (Japan) 6-2 2-6 7-5, A. Nakamura (Japan) bt N. Luangnam (Thailand) 6-1 6-4, 3-N. Dechy (France) bt Z. Yan (China) 6-4 6-4, K. Zakopalova (Czech Republic) bt T. Sun (China) 6-4 4-6 6-3, M. D. Oliva (Argentina) bt 2-A. Medina (Spain) 6-7 6-3 6-4,

STOCKHOLM OPEN

First round:- 5-J. Nieminen (Finland) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-4 6-4, S. Greul (Germany) bt E. Eleskovic (Sweden) 6-4 6-2, 2-J. Blake (US) bt T. Johansson (Sweden) 6-3 6-2

Second round:- 6-O. Rochus (Belgium) bt P. Srichaphan (Thailand) 6-2 6-7 6-2, 7-K. Vliegen (Belgium) bt F. Dancevic (Canada) 3-6 6-3 6-4, 8-R. Soderling (Sweden) bt J. Bjorkman (Sweden) 6-0 6-2, J. Johansson (Sweden) bt 1-R. Nadal (Spain) 6-4 7-6.

VIENNA OPEN

Second round:- 5-F. Gonzalez (Chile) bt C. Moya (Spain) 6-3 6-4, 1-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) bt F. Mayer (Germany) 6-3 6-3, D. Hrbaty (Slovakia) bt 6-T. Haas (Germany) 6-3 4-6 6-0

First round:- 3-A. Roddick (US) bt J. Acasuso (Argentina) 6-0 7-6, J. Melzer (Austria) bt 7-J. C. Ferrero (Spain) 5-7 7-6 6-3, 8-N. Djokovic (Serbia and Montenegro) bt T. Zib (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4, R. Gasquet (France) bt A. Falla (Colombia) 7-6 6-3

KREMLIN CUP

(Moscow)

Men, Second round:- I. Kunitsyn (Russia) bt J. Hernych (Czech Republich) 6-4 4-6 6-2, 1-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt T. Gabashvili (Russia) 6-4 6-2

First round:- E. Korolev (Russia) bt D. Istomin (Uzbekistan) 7-6 6-7 6-3, S. Stakhovsky (Ukraine) bt 2-D. Tursunov (Russia) 7-5 4-6 7-6, K. Kravchuk (Russia) bt H.-T. Lee (Korea) 6-4 6-4, M. Mirnyi (Belarus) bt K. Kim (US) 6-0, retired, J.Tipsarevic (Serbia and Montenegro) bt 8-P.-H. Matthieu (France) 7-6 6-4, 7-F. Santoro (France) bt W. Moodie (South Africa) 6-3 6-2

Women, Second round:- 2-M. Sharapova (Russia) bt E. Bychkova (Russia) 6-4 7-5, V. Zvonareva (Russia) bt 3-S. Kuznetsova (Russia) 6-1 6-3

First round:- 6-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) bt C. Rubin (US) 6-3 6-0, S. Stosur (Australia) bt E. Gagliardi (Switzerland) 4-6 6-3 6-2, 5-N. Petrova (Russia) bt A.-L. Groenefeld (Germany) 6-2 6-2