THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013 SPORTS Taylor’s double ton lifts NZ to a mammoth total

DUNEDIN: ’s first test best . double helped New “All through the day it was just Zealand to 609 for nine declared about ticking off little things. before his bowlers reduced West Getting to 150, then my highest Indies to 67 for two as the hosts test score, the highest score on took firm control on day two of the ground then Smithy (Ian the first test in Dunedin yester- Smith) told me that I’d never beat day. Taylor produced a controlled his 174, so I will have to remind 217 and combined in a him of that.” Taylor shared in five string of productive partnerships partnerships of more than 60 to push New Zealand past 600 for runs. The largest of 195 with cap- just the fourth time in their test tain Brendon McCullum (113) was history. a New Zealand record for the It was their highest score fourth against West Indies, against West Indies, surpassing surpassing the 189 runs Mathew the 543 for three the 1972 team Sinclair and Nathan Astle com- scored in Guyana, and the high- piled in late 1999. est test score in Dunedin, eclips- The hosts had resumed the ing the 586 for seven New day’s play on 367 for three after Zealand made against Sri Lanka Taylor and McCullum had com- in 1997. “I don’t think it’s sunk in pleted centuries just before the yet, maybe tonight it will,” Taylor, close on Tuesday. McCullum was whose previous best score was an bowled by a Darren Sammy deliv- unbeaten 154 not out against ery that nipped back and hit off England in Manchester in 2008, stump to leave the hosts 380 for told Radio Sport. “I think my state four, before Corey Anderson was of mind out there I was just trying behind for a before to bat the same tempo, be pretty lunch. Taylor and Watling (41) relaxed and play as straight as then shared in an 84- partner- MIAMI: Kyle Singler #25 and Greg Monroe #10 of the Detroit Pistons guard LeBron possible. “I actually feel like I’m ship before the wicketkeeper was James #6 of the Miami Heat during a game at American Airlines Arena on December still out there so hopeful- well caught by Edwards at second 3, 2013. — AFP ly it will sink in a bit more slip when Tino Best got a tonight.” to pop off a length and New After the declaration, Trent Zealand were 469 for six. Pistons end Heat Boult had Kirk Edwards caught at Pace bowler Southee was dis- second slip by Peter Fulton for a missed three runs later for two, duck before dis- well caught by Bravo at slip after ten-game streak missed Kieran Powell caught he prodded at a Narsingh DUNEDIN: Ish Sodhi of New Zealand bowls during day two of the first international cricket Test match between New Zealand and the West behind for seven to reduce the Deonarine delivery, before Taylor Indies at the University Oval yesterday. — AFP MIAMI: Miami’s ten-game NBA winning help the Mavericks outscore Charlotte 29- tourists to 24 for two. Darren and Ish Sodhi (35) combined for a streak came to an end with a 107-97 15 in the fourth. Al Jefferson scored 19 Bravo (37 not out) and Marlon 76-run partnership. Taylor, who home-court defeat at the hands of Detroit points for the Bobcats, who are 0-10 in Samuels (14 not out) combined had been joined by , SCOREBOARD on Tuesday, with the Pistons having seven Dallas and 1-17 overall against the to settle the innings and guide hit his 23rd boundary to move to DUNEDIN, New Zealand: Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the first Test players score in double figures as they Mavericks; the worst record in the league their side to the close, albeit 542 199 before paddling the ball between New Zealand and West Indies at University Oval in Dunedin yesterday: hung on against a Heat comeback in the for one team against another Oklahoma runs in arrears. Taylor curbed his behind square for three runs to New Zealand 1st innings (overnight 367 for 3) fourth quarter. Among the day’s other City’s Kevin Durant had 27 points and 11 P. Fulton c Edwards b Sammy 61 games, a makeshift Memphis outfit beat rebounds to lead the Thunder to an typically attacking instincts on reach the milestone and prompt H. Rutherford c Deonarine b Shillingford 62 Phoenix, Dirk Nowitzki helped Dallas eighth-straight win, downing Sacramento yesterday against a a standing ovation from the A. Redmond c Samuels b Best 20 extend its dominance of Charlotte, and 97-95. The Thunder built a 17-point lead attack far more disciplined than crowd at University Oval. R. Taylor not out 217 B. McCullum b Sammy 113 Oklahoma City made it eight-straight wins early in the fourth, but had to hold off the they had been on day one, when He was the 13th New Zealand C. Anderson c Ramdin b Best 0 with a narrow victory over slumping Kings and Isaiah Thomas, who scored 21 of they won the toss and chose to batsman to score a double centu- B. Watling c Edwards b Best 41 Sacramento. Detroit’s Kyle Singler top his 24 points in the final period and missed bowl on the green-tinged pitch. ry in . Wagner attacked T. Southee c Bravo b Deonarine 2 scored with 18 points in a team effort by a jumper with 1 second left that would I. Sodhi c & b Deonarine 35 Such was Taylor’s control at after tea, blasting two sixes and N. Wagner run out (Bravo/Best) 37 the Pistons, who led by 18 points and saw have sent the game to overtime. the crease, he did not hit a six in three boundaries before he was Extras (b 10, lb 10, nb 1) 21 that whittled back to three in the fourth Sacramento dropped its fifth straight his entire 317-ball, 491-minute run out for 37, which prompted Total: (9 dec; 153.1 overs) 609 Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Rutherford), 2-117 (Redmond), 3-185 (Fulton), 4-380 quarter but held firm for an impressive vic- game, and played without injured starting innings. The 29-year-old, a McCullum to declare about 25 tory. LeBron James and Michael Beasley center and leading scorer DeMarcus McCullum), 5-385 (Anderson), 6-469 (Watling), 7-472 (Southee), 8-548 (Sodhi), 9-609 renowned six-hitter in limited minutes into the final session. (Wagner) each scored 23 for Miami, which was with- Cousins. Russell Westbrook had 15 points overs cricket with a penchant for “We could have easily been Did not bat: T. Boult out guard Dwyane Wade, who again was for the Thunder, who have won 13 of the Bowling: Best 34.1-5-148-3, Gabriel 27.5-4-148-0, Sammy 23.1-4-79-2 (1nb), hilling- nursing a sore knee. The Heat shot a sea- past 14 against the Kings. Golden State’s throwing away his wicket by hit- bowled out for 450 which would ford 46-7-138-1, Deonarine 22-0-76-2 son-low 44 percent. Memphis’ Jon Leuer Klay Thompson made four 3-pointers in ting across the line over midwick- have been a good total but not West Indies 1st innings et, said he had never batted bet- deserved of yesterday’s perform- K. Edwards c Fulton b Boult 0 scored a career-high 23 points as the the fourth quarter to fuel an improbable K. Powell c Watling b Southee 7 understrength Grizzlies cruised to a 110-91 comeback as the Warriors came from 27 ter for his country. “I think proba- ance,” said Taylor. D. Bravo not out 37 win over Phoenix. points down in the second half to beat bly Manchester comes close to it,” “Those little partnerships of 50 M. Samuels not out 14 Ed Davis added 21 points and 12 Toronto 112-103. Extras: (lb8, nb1) 9 Taylor added. “Both innings I or 60 are always valuable and I’m Total: (2 wickets; 24 overs) 67 rebounds for Memphis, which had to deal Denver’s Timofey Mozgov had 17 points didn’t feel great leading into it sure for the rest of the series, Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Edwards), 2-24 (Powell) with injuries to front-line starters Zach and a career-high 20 rebounds in another and I had to exorcise some of those guys all got starts and To bat: S. Chanderpaul, N. Deonarine, D. Ramdin, D. Sammy, S. Shillingford, T. Best, S. Randolph and Marc Gasol. Like the Pistons, superb effort by Denver’s bench, and the Gabriel those demons. Mentally, I think hopefully they can continue later Bowling: Boult 8-5-7-1, Southee 7-1-15-1, Wagner 6-2-27-0 (1 nb), Sodhi 3-0-10-0. Memphis had seven players finish in dou- Nuggets raced by Brooklyn 111-87 for their the way I structured it, it was my on.”—Reuters ble figures and shot 55 percent from the seventh straight victory. Philadelphia’s floor to end a run of four successive home Michael Carter-Williams had 27 points, 12 defeats. Marcus Morris led the Suns with rebounds and 10 assists for his first career 18 points. Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki recovered triple-double, and Thaddeus Young added from a rough start to score 25 points, 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead the including 14 in the fourth quarter, guiding 76ers past Orlando 126-125 in double- the Mavericks to a 89-82 win over overtime. Boston’s Jordan Crawford scored Charlotte. Nowitzki, who was 1 of 10 from 25 points and Jeff Green added 18 as the the field in the first half, and Monta Ellis Celtics beat Milwaukee 108-100, avenging took over late after struggling most of the two losses already this season to the lowly game. They scored the last 19 points to Bucks.—AP NBA results/standings

Philadelphia 126, Orlando 125 (OT); Boston 108, Milwaukee 100; Denver 111, Brooklyn 87; Detroit 107, Miami 97; Memphis 110, Phoenix 91; Dallas 89, Charlotte 82; Oklahoma City 97, Sacramento 95; Golden State 112 Toronto 103. Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlantic Division Northwest Division W L PCT GB Portland 15 3 .833 - Boston 8 12 .400 - Oklahoma City 13 3 .813 1 Philadelphia 7 12 .368 0.5 Denver 11 6 .647 3.5 Toronto 6 11 .353 0.5 Minnesota 9 10 .474 6.5 Brooklyn 5 13 .278 2 Utah 4 15 .211 11.5 NY Knicks 3 13 .188 3 Pacific Division Central Division LA Clippers 12 6 .667 - Indiana 16 2 .889 - Detroit 8 10 .444 8 Golden State 11 8 .579 1.5 Chicago 7 9 .438 8 LA Lakers 9 9 .500 3 KUWAIT: Mahesh receiving man of the match award from Anil Kumar. KUWAIT: Guest of honor Santhosh Kumar meeting the players. Cleveland 5 12 .294 10.5 Phoenix 9 9 .500 3 Milwaukee 3 14 .176 12.5 Sacramento 4 12 .250 7 Southeast Division Southwest Division Miami 14 4 .778 - San Antonio 15 3 .833 - 16th CETAA cricket - AECK, Washington 9 9 .500 5 Houston 13 6 .684 2.5 Atlanta 9 10 .474 5.5 Dallas 11 8 .579 4.5 Charlotte 8 11 .421 6.5 New Orleans 9 8 .529 5.5 Orlando 6 12 .333 8 Memphis 9 8 .529 5.5 TEC, KEA book semi finals

KUWAIT: On the second day of the 16th Prof of TKM. At one stage AECK were 70 for 6 in the overs. For MACE Giju took 2 wickets but could Good cricket will silence Ramachandran Memorial Cricket Tournament 10th over with only sheet anchor Mahesh (29 not contain TEC. In reply MACE was never in (RMC), conducted by College of Engineering - man of the match) and skipper Nitin (20) the race and finished on 61 for 8 wickets off hostile crowd, says Cook Trivandrum Alumni Association (CETAA) and able to counter the enthusiastic TKM. But a their 12 overs leaving TEC worthy winners by sponsored by GTE Olayan Co, AECK, KEA and late order flourish by Abul lais (23 off 8 balls) 57 runs. Only Saju (10) reached double figures ADELAIDE: England will let their cricket do important that we play in the right way. I TEC entered the semifinals by virtue of their took the total past the 100 mark to help AECK with Merton (2), Sreekumar (2), Sajir and the talking in the second test in Adelaide think people what to see real tough cricket, second consecutive wins. The last semi final finish on a healthy 107 for 6 wickets off their Girish (1 wicket each) leading TEC to a com- after engaging in some “ugly” verbal that’s what they enjoy, especially between spot will be decided when TKM take on NSS 12 overs. Mukesh took 2 wickets and Anfar, prehensive victory. exchanges with Australia during their England and Australia, but there’s got to be tomorrow in what is virtually a quarter final Riju and Ziad 1 wicket each for TKM. In reply In the last match of the day CET winning opening loss in Brisbane, Alastair a boundary that we don’t cross. “Maybe last while the match between TEC and KEA will TKM lost wickets at regular intervals and the toss, put on an improved batting perform- Cook said yesterday. The tourists slumped week we let emotion get ahead of our- decide the top spot in pool B. could not keep up with the required rate fin- ance against NSS with opener Daniel (33) to a 381-run defeat in front of a hostile selves a little bit on some occasions and it In the first match on 29th Nov, winning the ishing on 72 for the loss of 6 wickets leaving showing the way with some robust hits. crowd at the Gabba, where an occasionally got a little bit ugly. “Obviously Michael and spiteful contest re-ignited the debate I have a responsibility as captains of both toss and batting first NIT made 62 for the loss AECK winners by 35 runs. For TKM Anfar (28) Thomas John (18) provided a late order burst about and sportsmanship. sides to make sure that doesn’t happen.” of 7 wickets in their 12 overs with only Vinod fought a lone battle among the top order and to help CET finish on a fighting 88 for 7 wick- Australia captain Michael Clarke was Far more than taking on a team, (14) and Tarun (12) reaching double figures Mukesh (18 n.o.) with a late order resistance ets off their 12 overs. In reply, NSS opener fined 20 percent of his match fee after he England’s campaign to win a fourth consec- against the steady KEA attack. Melvin and Jim helped to decrease the margin of defeat. Sachin (man of the match) put paid to any was caught by a stump microphone telling utive Ashes series has at times felt like a took 2 wickets each for KEA to restrict NIT. In Mahesh (3 wickets) again shone for AECK with ideas of a CET win with a stroke filled 66 n.o James Anderson to get ready for a “broken” battle against an entire nation, with unsym- reply, KEA easily hit off the required runs with good support from Munaz (2 wickets) and (inclusive of 6 sixers and 6 fours) well support- arm when the paceman was batting, one of pathetic crowds and an orchestrated media Renju (man of the match -33 n.o.) taking con- Abul lais (1 wicket). ed by Praveen (17) and NSS ran out comfort- a number of heated moments during the campaign joining forces. Following a trol with good support from Sreejith (16). The In the 3rd match, winning the toss and bat- able winners by 9 wickets with 5 overs to test. Australia have pledged to maintain Brisbane newspaper’s front-page attack on NIT bowlers could not make much of an ting first, TEC was off to their usual belligerent spare. For CET, Cyriac Mattam took the only the aggression at Adelaide Oval when the England paceman Stuart Broad on the impression and KEA comprehensively won by start with mainstay Girish (54) and Suresh (11) wicket to fall. On the 3rd day of the tourna- match starts Thursday, but Cook struck a opening day of the first test, Adelaide’s 7 wickets with more than 5 overs to spare. putting on 58 for the opening wicket. ment (6th Dec), CET will meet AECK and KEA more statesmanlike tone. “I think it’s impor- “Advertiser” has sought to embarrass the The second match saw an intense battle Sreekumar (26 n.o. - man of the match) carried will play TEC (both at 7am), while TKM will tant that both sides recognize that a couple team by publishing a picture of English with AECK winning the toss and batting first on the good work to enable TEC to finish on a clash with NSS and NIT will take on MACE of scenes in that last test weren’t great for cricketers out on the town at 3:30 in the against the determined bowling and fielding comfortable 118 for 5 wickets of their 12 (both at 9 am). the game of cricket,” he told reporters. “It’s morning.—Reuters