Wednesday's Results

Basketball

NBA PLAYOFFS

First-round, (all series best-of-seven).-

Eastern conference: Boston 85 Indiana 90. (Indiana lead series 3-2), Detroit 88 Philadelphia 78, (Detroit win series 4-2).

Western conference: Seattle 122 Sacramento 118, (Seattle win series 4-1).

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Cricket

FOURTH TEST

(St John's, Antigua)

Stumps, fifth day.-

WEST INDIES

First innings

C. Gayle c Smith b Zondeki 317W. Hinds c and b Ntini 0R. Sarwan c Prince b Zondeki 127B. Lara c Boucher b Zondeki 4S. Chanderpaul run out 127N. Deonarine c Boucher b Smith 4D. Bravo c Prince b Boucher 107C. Browne lbw b Smith 0D. Powell b de Villiers 12T. Best c Gibbs b de Villiers 5D. Washington not out 7Extras (2b, 9lb, 3w, 23nb) 37--Total (235.2 overs) 747Fall: 1/14, 2/345, 3/363, 4/512, 5/535, 6/665, 7/665, 8/700, 9/712, 747.

Bowling: S. Pollock 34-5-111-0 (13nb), M. Ntini 33-3-106-1 (2nb, 1w), M. Zondeki 25-4-120-3 (5nb, 1w), J. Kallis 36-6-96-0, N. Boje 30-6-76-0, G. Smith 43-3-145-2 (2nb, 1w), A. de Villiers 21-6-49-2, A. Prince 9-1-22-0, B. Dippenaar 2-1-1-0, D. Boucher 1.2-0-6-1, H. Gibbs 1-0-4-0.

SOUTH AFRICA

First innings 588-6 dec

Second innings

G. Smith not out 50AB de Villiers c Washington b Best 12B. Dippenaar not out 56Extras (3w, 6nb) 9--Total (for 1 wkt, 31 overs) 127Fall: 1/14.

Bowling: T. Best 5-0-32-1 (3nb, 3w), D. Powell 6-2-15-0, D Washington 7-1-20-0 (2nb), D. Bravo 5-0-24-0, W. Hinds 3-1-10-0 (1nb), N. Deonarine 3-1-20-0, R. Sarwan 1-0-3-0, C. Gayle 1-0-3-0.

Result: Draw. South Africa win series 2-0.

Man of the match: Chris Gayle (West Indies).

Man of the series: Graeme Smith (South Adrica).

ENGLISH COUNTY

C and G Trophy (one-day), first round.-

At Brondby: Denmark 56 (C. Pietersen 7-10) v Northamptonshire 59-2. Northamptonshire bt Denmark by eight wickets.

At South Wilts: Kent 160 (K. Nash 4-46) v Wiltshire 151 (S. Cook 4-22). Kent bt Wiltshire by nine runs.

At Wormsley: Lancashire 370-4 (A. Crook 162no, M. Loye 66, G. Chapple 55no) v Buckinghamshire 39-2. Play resumes tonight (NZ time).

At Rotterdam: Warwickshire 237-5 (N. Knight 108, T. Penney 51no) v Holland 101-4. Play resumes tonight.

At Belfast: Ireland 33-3 v Yorkshire. Play resumes tonight.

At Reading: Gloucestershire 223 (P. Weston 80, C. Taylor 57) v Berkshire 69-2. Play resumes tonight.

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Ice Hockey

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(Vienna)

Canada 8 Slovenia 0, Czech Republic 2 Germany 0, Kazakhstan 1 Switzerland 2, United States 3 Latvia 1.

Standings

Group A 1. Russia21107532. Slovakia21105433. Belarus21016224. Austria2002290Group B 1. Canada220014442. United States220010143. Latvia20025904. Slovenia20020150Group C 1. Sweden220010242. Finland22006243. Ukraine20023704. Denmark2002190Group D 1. Czech Republic22005142. Kazakhstan21013323. Switzerland21013424. Germany2002140

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Soccer

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0.

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Tennis

BERLIN OPEN

Second round, (prefix denotes seeding): 6-N. Petrova (Russia) bt K. Koukalova (Czech Republic) 7-5 6-4, S. Peng (China) bt M. Vento-Kabchi (Venezuela) 6-1 6-2, K. Peschke (Czech Republic) bt 5-V. Zvonareva (Russia) 6-2 6-0.

First round: 10-E. Likhovtseva (Russia) bt S. Kloesel (Germany) 7-5 7-6, A. Smashnova (Israel) bt J. Kostanic (Croatia) 6-3 6-2, M. Kirilenko (Russia) bt F. Zuluaga (Colombia) 6-3 6-1, G. Dulko (Argentina) bt 15-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-4, 11-K. Clijsters (Belgium) bt Y. Fedak (Ukraine) 6-1 6-0, D. Safina (Russia) bt A. Ivanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 6-1 6-4, M. Shaughnessy (US) beat Libuse Prusova (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-3 7-6, D. Randriantefy (Madagascar) bt 9-N. Dechy (France) 7-5 6-1, 13-J. Jankovic (Serbia and Montenegro) bt T. Obziler (Israel) 6-3 6-3, J. Schruff (Germany) bt D. Chladkova (Czech Republic) 1-6 7-5 6-4.

ITALIAN MASTERS

(Rome)

First round: 9-G. Coria (Argentina) bt F. Gonzalez (Chile) 7-6 5-7 6-4, N. Kiefer (Germany) bt T. Haas (Germany) 6-3 6-1, F. Santoro (France) bt 8-D. Nalbandian (Argentina) 6-4 1-6 6-4, N. Massu (Chile) bt P-H. Mathieu (France) 6-0 6-4, J. Benneteau (France) bt 13-T. Robredo (Spain) 6-1 6-0, 12-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) bt O. Rochus (Belgium) 6-3 6-3, P. Starace (Italy) bt 7-C. Moya (Spain) 6-4 7-6, A. Martin (Spain) bt R. Schuettler (Germany) 6-0 1-0 (Schuettler retired), L. Horna (Peru) bt F. Mayer (Germany) 4-6 6-3 7-5, F. Volandri (Italy) bt Y. El Aynaoui (Morocco) 6-0 6-2, 3-G. Gaudio (Argentina) bt K. Beck (Slovakia) 6-4 6-3, 5-R. Nadal (Spain) bt M. Youzhny (Russia) 6-0 6-2, 11-G. Canas (Argentina) bt A. Pavel (Romania) 7-5 6-2, 15-R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt M. Ancic (Croatia) 6-1 6-7 6-3, J. I. Chela (Argentina) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-4 6-4, 2-M. Safin (Russia) bt J. Novak (Czech Republic) 6-7 6-1 6-1.

RABAT OPEN

Women's singles, first round: 1-Na Li (China) bt N. Pratt (Australia) 6-0 6-0 J. Dokic (Serbia and Montenegro) beat L. Kurhajcova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-2, 4-T. Garbin (Italy) bt L. Cervanova (Slovakia) 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2, M. Drake (Canada) bt A. Serra Zanetti (Italy) 6-2 6-2 E. Loit (France) bt S. Bammer (Austria) 7-6(5) 6-3, M. Pastikova (Czech Republic) bt 3-M. E. Camerin (Italy) 6-2 6-4, Zi Yan (China) bt S. Uberoi (United States) 6-4 6-2.

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Waterpolo

TEST, BRISBANE

Australia 18 (T. Whalan 5, G. Woods, P. Figlioli 3, J. Beadsworth, A. Visch 2, T. Franklin, P. Tresise, R. Maitland) bt New Zealand 3 (A. Blythen, C. Broome, L. Tijsen)