The New Vision, Monday, February 8, 2010 SPORT 63 Cavs winning IN BRIEF run now at 11 Amla batters Legat shines ATHLETICS CLEVELAND American LeBron James scored 47 Bernard points as the Cleveland Indian attack Lagat made a Cavaliers won their 11th blistering consecutive game, beating kick to crush the New York Knicks 113-106 NAGPUR the U.S. Saturday. First Test record in his first indoor James had a team record Hashim Amla posted his South Africa 558-6d 5,000 meters, finishing 35 points in the first half first test double century on India 25-0 - close in 13:11.50 at the 15th and scored 24 successive Sunday to flatten India’s (Play resumes today) Boston Indoor Games on Cleveland (41-11) points. insipid attack on the second Saturday. Ethiopia’s dou- “It’s something that can’t day of the opening test. ble Olympic champion be explained,” James told The 26-year-old Amla Tirunesh Dibaba was 20 reporters. “It’s a feeling I remained unbeaten on 215 Murali Vijay off off-spinner seconds off the world wish I could be in every after helping South Africa Harbhajan Singh after the record in the women’s game, but it’s not possible. reach a commanding first- tourists resumed at 291-2. 5,000m but her 14:44.53 “But it was a great moment innings score of 477 for five Amla was dropped on 149 was easily the year’s for myself individually and at tea at Nagpur’s VCA by Vijay at short-leg off fastest. for our team the way we Stadium. Harbhajan who bowled an played to start the game.” The number three batsman attacking line after playing James went 17 of 31 from shared in a 108-run fourth a restrictive role on the the field, hitting six three- wicket stand with AB de opening day. pointers in addition to pull- Villiers (53) after taking his Wristy De Villiers hit five Aussies crush ing down eight rebounds overnight partnership with fours in his breezy fifty and making eight assists as Jacques Kallis (173) to 340 to before an ambitious drive Cleveland built a 24-point put the tourists in the driv- off part-time spinner West Indies lead in the second quarter. er’s seat. Virender Sehwag resulted The fast start left Cavaliers Mark Boucher, yet to get in a catch at point to debu- CRICKET coach Mike Brown praising off the mark, was at the tant Subramaniam his team’s sharp shooting. crease with Amla, 115 over- Badrinath. Australia 256-8 (50 ovs) “We got the lead because night, after Kallis, De Amla, who has given South West Indies 143 (34.2 ovs) ‘Bron had a great first quar- Villiers and JP Duminy (9) Africa a platform to wrest (Aussies won by 113 runs) ter and we made shots,” were dismissed by spinners back the top ranking from Brown said. “We shot 66 per- on a pitch that had started to India, stroked 20 fours in his Australia sealed a com- cent from the field and offer turn and bounce to brilliant knock. fortable 113-run victory scored 74 points.” spinners. Harbhajan took his second against West Indies in the James said the Cavs then Amla’s marathon effort wicket when he had Duminy opening game of the five- “got lax” as the Knicks cut enabled South Africa to lbw just before tea as India match one-day interna- the margin to just three with recover after losing both tried to claw back into the tional series at 2:19 to play before James openers for six runs and has game. Melbourne. Shane Watson reeled off the game’s final offered the chance to set up Leg-spinner Amit Mishra made 59, Ricky Ponting four points. Nate Robinson a rare series victory on went wicketless despite hit two sixes in his 49 finished with a team-high 26 Indian soil. bowled superbly to beat the and Mike Hussey added a points for New York (19-31). Kallis, 159 overnight, was batsmen time and again. rapid late 28 but denied a first double century Australia were limited to Reuters when caught at short leg by Reuters Amla runs between the wickets on Sunday afternoon an average 256-8. Akamba Public Road Services P.O.BOX 12389 KAMPALA UGANDA P.O. Box 40322 - 00100, Nairobi - Kenya TEL:+256 414 250 412 , +256 782 881 838, Tel: +254 20 553000, 552216, 535627, +256 716 881 801/802/803, Fax: +254 20 537313, 559885 FAX: +256 414 250 411, Email: [email protected], Email: [email protected] Web: www.akambabus.com.