Baseball

Results from MLB games on Friday

(home team in CAPS):

TEXAS 3 Chicago White Sox 2

BALTIMORE 4 Minnesota 2

TAMPA BAY 7 NY Yankees 6

St. Louis 11 MILWAUKEE 5

Colorado 5 HOUSTON 3

ARIZONA 5 San Francisco 4

LA ANGELS 5 Kansas City 0

Seattle 7 OAKLAND 3

LA Dodgers 6 SAN DIEGO 0

Basketball

NBA results on Friday (home team in CAPS):

INDIANA 103 Oklahoma City 98

ATLANTA 100 Detroit 96

NEW JERSEY 110 Washington 98 Cleveland 84 TORONTO 80

Memphis 97 MIAMI 82

Portland 99 DALLAS 97 (OT)

SAN ANTONIO 128 New Orleans 103 MILWAUKEE 95 Charlotte 90

UTAH 104 Golden State 98

DENVER 105 Phoenix 99

Houston 112 LA LAKERS 107

(OT denotes overtime win)

Cricket

England v Sri Lanka second Test

Full scoreboard of the second and final Test between England and Sri Lanka at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Saturday:

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 275 (M. Jayawardene 105, T. Samaraweera 54, A. Mathews 57, G. Swann 4-75, J. Anderson 3-62)

England 1st innings: 460 (K. Pietersen 151, A. Strauss 61, A. Cook 94, J. Trott 64, R. Herath 6-133)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (overnight 218-6):

D. Prasad c Bresnan b Finn 34

L. Thirimanne c Strauss b Anderson 11

T. Dilshan c Anderson b Swann 35

K. Sangakkara c Prior b Swann 21

M. Jayawardene c Cook b Swann 64

T. Samaraweera b Swann 47

S. Randiv b Swann 0

A. Mathews c Strauss b Finn 46

P. Jayawardene b Swann 2

R. Herath c Anderson b Patel 2

S. Lakmal not out 4

Extras: (b4, lb6, w2) 12

Total (all out, 118.5 overs) 278

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Thirimanne), 2-64 (Prasad), 3-104 (Dilshan), 4-125 (Sangakkara), 5-215 (Samaraweera), 6-215 (Randiv), 7-238 (M. Jayawardene), 8-242 (P. Jayawardene), 9-251 (Herath), 10-278 (Mathews).

Bowling: Anderson 20-6-36-1, Finn 15.5-1-30-2 (w1), Swann 40-1-106-6, Bresnan 14-5-24-0 (w1), Patel 25-7-54-1, Pietersen 4-0-18-0.

England 2nd innings:

A. Strauss b Dilshan 0

A. Cook not out 49

J. Trott lbw b Herath 5

K. Pietersen not out 42

Extras: (lb1) 1

Total (for two wickets, 19.4 overs) 97

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Strauss), 2-31 (Trott).

Bowling: Dilshan 7.4-1-43-1, Herath 9-0-37-1, Randiv 3-0-16-0

England win by eight wickets; draw two-match series 1-1.

Toss: Sri Lanka

Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

Golf

Masters

Scores on Friday after the second round of the 76th Masters golf tournament at par-72 Augusta National Golf Club:

139 - Jason Dufner (USA) 69-70, Fred Couples (USA) 72-67

140 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-72, Lee Westwood (ENG) 67-73, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 72-68, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 71-69, Bubba Watson (USA) 69-71

141 - Paul Lawrie (SCO) 69-72, Matt Kuchar (USA) 71-70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 69-72

142 - Ben Crane (USA) 69-73, Charles Howell (USA) 72-70, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 70-72, Phil Mickelson (USA) 74-68, Peter Hanson (SWE) 68-74, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 71-71, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71-71, Nick Watney (USA) 71-71

143 - Sean O'Hair (USA) 73-70, Jonathan Byrd (USA) 72-71, Jim Furyk (USA) 70-73, Yang Yong-Eun (KOR) 73-70, Gary Woodland (USA) 73-70

144 - Zach Johnson (USA) 70-74 Ian Poulter (ENG) 72-72, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 76-68, Hunter Mahan (USA) 72-72, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 71-73, Justin Rose (ENG) 72-72, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69-75

145 - Adam Scott (AUS) 75-70, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 71-74

146 - Kevin Na (USA) 71-75, Webb Simpson (USA) 72-74, David Toms (USA) 73-73, Stewart Cink (USA) 71-75, Bill Haas (USA) 72-74, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 74-72, Bae Sang-Moon (KOR) 75-71

147 - Kevin Chappell (USA) 71-76, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 75-72, Brandt Snedeker (USA) 72-75, Scott Stallings (USA) 70-77, Martin Kaymer (GER) 72-75, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 72-75, Tiger Woods (USA) 72-75

148 - Martin Laird (SCO) 76-72, Scott Verplank (USA) 73-75, Anders Hansen (DEN) 76-72, Ross Fisher (ENG) 71-77, Robert Karlsson (SWE) 74-74, Bo Van Pelt (USA) 73-75, Steve Stricker (USA) 71-77, Rickie Fowler (USA) 74-74, Keegan Bradley (USA) 71-77, Luke Donald (ENG) 75-73

149 - Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 74-75, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 75-74, Patrick Cantlay (USA) 71-78, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 73-76, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 71-78 Kelly Kraft (USA) 74-75, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 78-71

Missed the cut

150 - John Senden (AUS) 74-76, Kim Kyung-Tae (KOR), 74-76

151 - Paul Casey (ENG) 76-75, Mike Weir (CAN) 72-69, Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 75-76, Larry Mize (USA) 76-75, Harrison Frazar (USA) 73-78, Kyle Stanley (USA) 75-76, Tom Watson (USA) 77-74

152 - Bernhard Langer (GER) 72-80, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 72-80, Robert Garrigus (USA) 77-75, Ryan Palmer (USA) 75-77

153 - Chez Reavie (USA) 79-74, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 76-77, K.J. Choi (KOR) 77-76, Bryden Macpherson (AUS) 77-76, Johnson Wagner (USA) 79-74

Ice hockey

National Hockey League result on Friday:

PHOENIX 4, ST LOUIS 1

Soccer

English Championship

Results on Friday:

Barnsley 0 West Ham 4

Burnley 1 Brighton 0

Reading 2 Leeds 0

Watford 0 Blackpool 2

Portuguese league

Results on Friday:

Uniao Leiria 0 Gil Vicente 0

Beira Mar 2 (Nildo Petrolina 57, 67) Academica Coimbra 1 (Marinho 32)

Vitoria Setubal 1 (Amaro 57) Vitoria Guimaraes 0

Tennis

Davis Cup

Results Saturday from a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I second round tie at the Queensland Tennis Centre:

Australia 3 South Korea 0

Doubles

Marinko Matosevic/Chris Guccione (AUS) bt Jeong Suk-Young/Seol Jae-Min (KOR) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Friday

Singles

Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Cho Min-Hyeok (KOR) 7-5, 6-3, 6-3; Matt Ebden (AUS) bt Jeong Suk-Young (KOR) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4

WTA Charleston

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

3rd rd:

Samantha Stosur (AUS x2) bt Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Quarterfinals

Serena Williams (USA x5) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER x6) 5-1 - retired; Samantha Stosur (AUS x2) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Lucie Safarova (CZE x9) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS x4) 6-3, 6-3; Polona Hercog (SLO x14) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x13) 6-1, 6-2

(China Daily 04/08/2012 page7)