56 SPORT SUNDAY DECEMBER 11 2016 74; Peter Criss 79, 72; Tim Elliott 76, 75 152 Baseball Gary Bruyeres 75, 77; Simon Jagot 74, 78; ABL, Rd 4 Michael Holden 75, 77; 154: Paul Dalgleish Phoenix fired up to make amends 76, 78; Greg Stewart 79, 75; Colin Hunt 77, Sydney v Brisbane 77; Mark Wilson 73, 81; Stephen Woodhead Game 1 at Sydney 75, 79; David Hughes 74, 80; 155: John Martin SYDNEY 000 000 000 0r 6h 0e 75, 80; Mark Sandri (NZL) 78, 77; 157: Stephen WELLINGTON have begun to make amends yesterday for a sweet through ball from BRISBANE 000 001 100 2r 8h 0e Taylor 79, 78; Bruce McLean 83, 74; Mark the post-Ernie Merrick era interim coaches Chris Green- Krishna, ghosting through a Sydney: T Foss 5.1ip G-W Lim 0.2ip 0h 0k 0w V McFadden 81, 76; Leigh Hunter 80, 77; 158: Harris 1ip 2h 2k 1w R Yoshikoshi 2ip 1h 4k 0w David Hill 81, 77; 159: Andy Dakers 80, 79; with a sparkling 3-0 A-League acre and Des Buckingham. suddenly threadbare Mariners to G Edmonds Hits: T D’Antonio, M Collymore, G Fourth Test Scott Ford 83, 76; 160: Stephen Hutchison 80, win over Central Coast in An early Kosta Barbarouses defence and crashing the ball Edmonds, T Neuhaus, S Garrett. India v England 80; Wayne Rogers 75, 85; 161: Darren Rix 84, Brisbane: J Erasmus 6ip 3h 9k 1w M Timms 1ip Day 3 stumps at Mumbai 77; Gregory Rix 80, 81; 162: Elliott Booth 80, Hamilton. goal gave them the best poss- home from just outside the 2h 1k 1w R Searle 2ip 1h 5k 0w to J Turcato ENGLAND 1st innings 82; Shane O’Brien 81, 81; Ossie Moore 81, 81; Hits: TJ Bennett 2, L Wade 2, M Nilsson 2, T Merrick resigned on Mon- ible start, while veteran mid- box. A COOK st Patel b Jadeja. 46 Guy Ferguson 80, 82; 163: Richard Ellis (NZL) Milone 2. K JENNINGS c Pujara b Ashwin . .112 84, 79; Tomas Mezera 78, 85; 164: Gareth day, the Phoenix sitting bot- fielder Vince Lia and Fijian The Phoenix continued to Perth v Adelaide J ROOT c Kohli b Ashwin . 21 Small 76, 88; 165: Paul Bosa 77, 88; 169: tom of the ladder with just two striker Roy Krishna wrapped dictate terms in the second Game 2 at Perth M ALI c Nair b Ashwin . 50 Ross Strachan 86, 83; 182: Frank McLoughlin PERTH 200 000 000 2r 11h 2e J BAIRSTOW c U Yadav b Ashwin . 14 96, 86. wins from eight starts. the game up with two superb half, the Mariners’ defence ADELAIDE 000 062 000 8r 14h 0e Perth: N Veale 4.2ip 8h 6k 2w C Lourey 0.1ip B STOKES c Kohli b Ashwin . 31 The Hong Kong Open Skipper Andrew Durante second-half finishes. missing stand-in skipper J BUTTLER b Jadeja . 76 0h 0k 1w A Milson 3ip 4h 1k 3w J Silvi 1ip 2h Round 3 at Hong Kong GC, Fanling (par-70) said the players had let Mer- Barbarouses took just two Storm Roux after injury forced 1k 0w to M Kennelly Hits: J Wong, N Ruppert, M C WOAKES c Patel b Jadeja . 11 199: Sam Brazel (AUS) 66 66 67, Rafael Kennelly, T Kennelly, L Hughes, A Hall. A RASHID b Jadeja. 4 rick down with a lacklustre minutes to score his first goal the All Whites’ defender from Adelaide: M MacNabb 6ip 8h 3k 0w G Mosel J BALL c Patel b Ashwin. 31 Cabrera (ESP) 64 65 70; 201: Tommy 3ip 3h 1k 0w to M Greene Jr. Hits: M Dening 3, J ANDERSON not out . 0 Fleetwood (ENG) 66 68 67; 202: David Lipsky start to the season, and needed for the Phoenix, latching onto the field late in the first spell. K Hoschke 3, L Clark 2, J Cowan 2, J Altmann, S Extras (1b 2lb 1nb). 4 (USA) 66 70 66; 203: Justin Walters (RSA) 67 Welch, AC Carter, C O’Gorman. All out for . 400 67 69, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 69 67 67, David Melbourne v Canberra Fall: 99 (Cook), 136 (Root), 230 (Ali), 230 Howell (ENG) 70 70 63; 204: Lee Soomin (KOR) Game 1 at Melbourne (Jennings), 249 (Bairstow), 297 (Stokes), 72 68 64, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 67 68 69, Paul CANBERRA 000 000 100 1r 4h 2e 320 (Woakes), 334 (Rashid), 388 (Ball), 400 Dunne (IRL) 68 69 67, Daniel Im (USA) 69 67 68, MELBOURNE 041 000 00x 5r 9h 0e (Buttler) Jason Scrivener (AUS) 67 69 68, Edoardo Molinari Melbourne: M Hamburger 8ip 4h 12k 2w J Tols Bowling: B Kumar 13-0-49-0, U Yadav 11-2- (ITA) 72 68 64. Other Australians: 206: Brett 1ip 0h 2k 0w to A de San Miguel Hits: R Acuna 38-0, R Ashwin 44-4-112-6, J Yadav 25-3-89- Rumford 71 68 67; 207: Wade Ormsby 68 72 2, A de San Miguel 2 (hr), J Dale 2, R Collins, J 0 (1nb), R Jadeja 37.1-5-109-4 67 Scott Hend 69 68 70; 208: Marcus Fraser 71 Overs: 130.1 Cruz, R Dale. 69 68; 209: Terry Pilkadaris 69 69 71 Canberra: L Sosa 2ip 4h 1k 2w L Cohen 6ip 5h INDIA 1st innings Berisha finishes 9k 0w to R Perkins. Hits: R Stevens, J Almonte, L RAHUL b Ali. 24 B Moanaroa (hr), R Perkins. M VIJAY c&b Rashid. .136 Ice Hockey C PUJARA b Ball. 47 V KOHLI not out. .147 NHL Basketball K NAIR lbw Ali . 13 (Home team in CAPS) NBL, Rd 10 P PATEL c Bairstow b Root . 15 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 DETROIT RED WINGS NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 82 (R Loe 16 K R ASHWIN c Jennings b Root. 0 1; St. Louis Blues 4 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 1; Penney 16 T Abercrombie 15) d BRISBANE R JADEJA c Buttler b Rashid . 25 New York Rangers 1 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS BULLETS 75 (C Bairstow 20 D Kickert 17 T J YADAV not out. 30 0 OT; ANAHEIM DUCKS 3 San Jose Sharks 2; off Wanderers Craig 9); SYDNEY KINGS 86 (B Newley 20 K Extras (5b 7lb 2w) . 14 MINNESOTA WILD 3 Edmonton Oilers 2 SO; Lisch 18 J Powell 17) d CAIRNS TAIPANS 78 Seven wickets for . 451 Washington Capitals 4 BUFFALO SABRES 1 (M Worthington 22 N Jawai 13 C Gliddon 12); Fall: 39 (Rahul), 146 (Pujara), 262 (Vijay), 279 PERTH WILDCATS 92 (C Prather 39 J Johnson (Nair), 305 (Patel), 307 (Ashwin), 364 (Jadeja) 11 M Knight 9) d MELBOURNE UNITED 89 Bowling: J Anderson 15-5-43-0, C Woakes Soccer (C Ware 38 R Moore 20 C Goulding 13); 8-2-34-0 (1w), M Ali 45-5-139-2, A Rashid A-League, Rd 10 ADELAIDE 36ERS 102 (J Randle 37 D Johnson 44-5-152-2, J Ball 14-5-29-1 (1w), B Stokes 15 M Creek 14) d NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS SYDNEY FC 1 (Bobo 81m pen) drew 8-2-24-0, J Root 8-2-18-2 MELBOURNE CITY 1 (Fernando Brandan 31m) 92 (K Penney 25 M Vukona 16 A Mitchell 13); Overs: 142 ILLAWARRA HAWKS 98 (R Clarke 24 M Norton at ANZ Stadium. Crowd: 14,668. Referee: Kris 14 N Kay 13) d BRISBANE BULLETS 88 (T Women’s BBL Griffiths-Jones Jervis 18 J Beal 16 T Craig 16) WELLINGTON PHOENIX 3 (Kosta Barbarouses P W L Pts Won Hurricanes v Scorchers 2m, Vince Lia 66m, Roy Krishna 90+5m) d Sydney Kings 16 10 6 104.35 62.50 at North Sydney Oval CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 0 at Waikato Adelaide 36ers 13 7 6 97.05 53.85 SCORCHERS Innings Stadium. Referee: Matthew Conger Illawarra Hawks 15 8 7 102.46 53.33 E VILLANI c Moloney b Matthews . 3 (9) MELBOURNE VICTORY 3 (Besart Berisha 32m, Perth Wildcats 14 7 7 99.31 50.00 S BATES c & b Fryett . .14 (17) 66m, 82m) d WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS Brisbane Bullets 15 7 8 99.60 46.67 N BOLTON c Hall b Knight . .19 (28) 0 at ANZ Stadium. Crowd: 16,231. Referee: Cairns Taipans 13 6 7 98.95 46.15 H GRAHAM c Redmayne b Knight . .10 (17) Chris Beath NZ Breakers 16 7 9 97.59 43.75 L EBSARY not out. .26 (24) P W D L GF GA GD Pts Melbourne United 14 6 8 100.52 42.86 K BRUNT b Satterthwaite . .41 (24) Sydney FC 10 7 3 0 21 4 17 24 M BANTING run out (Burns) . 2 (2) Melbourne City 10 5 3 2 16 11 5 18 WNBL, Rd 10 Extras (2lb 1w 1nb) . 4 Melb Victory 9 5 2 2 20 10 10 17 SYDNEY UNI FLAMES 84 (L Mitchell 23 A Wilson Six wickets for . 119 *Brisbane Roar 9 3 5 1 9 10 1 14 17 L Nicholson 16) d CANBERRA CAPITALS Fall: 8 (Villani), 22 (Bates), 43 (Graham), 52 - 73 (M Tolo 19 A Wehrung 15 L Mansfield (Bolton), 116 (Brunt), 119 (Banting) *Perth Glory 9 3 3 3 16 17 -1 12 13); DANDENONG RANGERS 79 (S Blicavs 25 Bowling: H Matthews 4-0-21-1, V Pyke 2-0- Western Sydney 10 2 5 3 13 19 -6 11 S Cumming 15 A Clydesdale 11) d ADELAIDE 10-0, A Satterthwaite 4-0-19-1, K Fryett 3-0- Wellington 9 3 0 6 9 14 -5 9 LIGHTNING 64 (C Planeta 23 L Hodges 19 S 18-1, B Hepburn 3-0-18-0 (1nb), H Knight Central Coast 10 2 3 5 10 20 -10 9 Logic 8); BENDIGO SPIRIT 70 (A Karaitiana 4-0-31-2 (1w) *Adelaide United 9 1 3 5 9 13 -4 6 17 K Griffin 13 G Richards 12) d SYDNEY UNI Overs: 20 FLAMES 55 (J Hamson 16 L Mitchell 10 A *Newcastle Jets 9 1 3 5 9 14 -5 6 HURRICANES Innings *(denotes teams yet to play) Wilson 10); TOWNSVILLE FIRE 93 (S Batkovic H MATTHEWS b Bates .