Basketball

NBA results on Friday (home team in CAPS):

TORONTO 106, Washington 89

Miami 99, PHILADELPHIA 79

ORLANDO 102, Cleveland 94

Minnesota 108, NEW JERSEY 105

DETROIT 88, Milwaukee80

BOSTON 91, New York 89

HOUSTON 99, Phoenix 81

OKLAHOMA CITY 101, Memphis 94

Indiana 98, DALLAS 87

Los Angeles Lakers 93, DENVER 89

Cricket

DUBAI - Scoreboard at lunch on day two of the third and final test between England and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first.

Pakistan first innings: 99 all out

England first innings: (Overnight 104-6) England 1st innings:

A Strauss st Akmal b Rehman 56

A. Cook c Akmal b Gul 1

J. Trott lbw b Gul 2

K. Pietersen lbw b Rehman 32

I. Bell st Akmal b Ajmal 5

E. Morgan lbw b Rehman 10

M. Prior b Rehman 6

J. Anderson b Rehman 4

S. Broad lbw b Ajmal 4

G. Swann cRehman b Ajmal 16

M. Panesar not out 0

Extras (b-1,lb-4) 5

Total (all out; 55 overs) 141

Fall of wickets: 1-5 2-7 3-64 4-75 5-88 6-98 7-106 8-121 9-133.

Bowling: Umar Gul 7-1-28-2, Aizaz Cheema 4-0-9-0, Saeed Ajmal 23-6-59-3, Abdur Rehman 21-4-40-5.

Pakistan second innings:

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Panesar 21

Taufeeq Umar c Strauss b Anderson 6

Azhar Ali not out 1

Younus Khan not out 1

Extras (nb-1) 1

Total (For 2 wickets; 15 overs) 30

Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-28.

Still to bat: Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema.

Bowling: Anderson 6-3-8-1(nb-1), Broad 5-3-9-0, Panesar 4-1-13-1.

Ice hockey

NHL results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

NY Islanders 2, OTTAWA 1 (OT)

FLORIDA 2, Winnipeg 1

Rugby sevens

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Results on Saturday from the New Zealand Sevens, fourth leg of the International Rugby Board World Series:

Cup Quarterfinals

New Zealand 22, France 7

England 26, Tonga 7

Samoa 15, Canada 12

Fiji 21, South Africa 5

Semifinals

New Zealand 17, England 12 (OT); Fiji 28, Samoa 5

Playoff for third

England 21, Samoa 12

Final

New Zealand 24, Fiji 7

Plate Semifinals

Tonga 15, France 7

South Africa 21, Canada 19

Final

South Africa 26, Tonga 0

Bowl Quarterfinals

Kenya 14, Scotland 5

Wales 10, United States 0

Australia 33, Japan 5

Argentina 28, Cook Islands 0

Semifinals

Kenya 17, Wales 7

Australia 24, Argentina 12

Final

Kenya 12, Australia 7

Shield Semifinals

Scotland 14, United States 12

Cook Islands 17, Japan 10

Shield final

Scotland 19, Cook Islands 17

Standings, after four of eight rounds

New Zealand 73 points, Fiji 70, England 64, South Africa 61, France 49, Samoa 47, Australia 45, Wales 41, Argentina 33, Scotland 26.

Tennis

ATP Vina del Mar

VINA DEL MAR, Chile - Results from the fifth day of the ATP event here (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Carlos Berlocq (ARG x7) bt Federico Del Bonis (ARG) 6-3, 6-4

Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG x2) bt Joao Souza (BRA) 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Frederico Gil (POR) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)

Juan Monaco (ARG x1) bt Albert Montanes (ESP x5) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

ATP Zagreb indoor

ZAGREB, Croatia - Results Friday from the Zagreb Indoors on hard courts at Dom Sportova (seedings in parentheses):

Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Robin Haase (7), Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.

Michael Berrer, Germany, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Mikhail Youzhny (3), Russia, def. Ivo Karlovic (8), Croatia, 7-6 (10), 3-6, 7-6 (6).

Marcos Baghdatis (6), Cyprus, def. Ivan Dodig (4), Croatia, 6-4, 7-5.

ATP Montpellier

MONTPELLIER, France - Collated results from the fifth day of the ATP tournament on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (2/7), 6-2

Tomas Berdych (CZE x1) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-3, 6-4

Gael Monfils (FRA x3) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x8) 6-3, 6-3

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x7) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x4) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Winter sports

Men's downhill results on Friday at at Chamonix, France:

1. Klaus Kroell, Austria, 2 minutes, 4.22 seconds. 2. Bode Miller, United States, 2:04.23. 3. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 2:04.26. 4 Romed Baumann, Austria, 2:04.30. (tie) Erik Guay, Canada, 2:04.30. 6. Jan Hudec, Canada, 2:04.39. 7. Joachim Puchner, Austria, 2:04.57. 8. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 2:04.59. 9. Yannick Bertrand, France, 2:04.69. 10. Hannes Reichelt, Austria, 2:04.79. 11. Benjamin Thomsen, Canada, 2:04.87. 12. Erik Fisher, United States, 2:04.89. 13. Travis Ganong, United States, 2:04.95. 14. Dominik Paris, Italy, 2:04.99. 15. Patrick Kueng, Switzerland, 2:05.06. 16. Marc Gisin, Switzerland, 2:05.09. 17. Vitus Lueoend, Switzerland, 2:05.10. (tie) Didier Defago, Switzerland, 2:05.10. 19. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 2:05.14. 20. Andrej Sporn, Slovenia, 2:05.27.

(China Daily 02/05/2012 page7)