Jarrett Allen makes Cavs history in win over Magic

(Field Level Media) Jarrett Allen set a franchise record with his 12th consecutive double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 126-99 road blowout of the Orlando Magic yesterday.

Allen surpassing Elmore Smith and Andre Drummond — with whom Allen was tied for the Cavaliers double-double mark coming into the night — provided the only drama of the second half in a wire-to-wire, lopsided affair.

Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell posted 25 points and a career-high-matching 13 assists.

Max Strus scored the game’s first five points to set Cleveland on its way to a rout of an Orlando team playing the second night of a back-to-back set.

The Cavaliers made eight first-quarter 3-pointers en route to a 38-19 advantage through the opening period. Their lead swelled to 25 points at halftime, then 33 through three quarters on the way to their eighth straight win.

Cleveland buried in Orlando a barrage of 3-pointers, shooting 20-for-38 (52.6 percent) from beyond the arc to the Magic’s 11-for-29 (37.9 percent). The 20 made attempts were the most Orlando surrendered this season.

Sam Merrill went 8-for-13 on 3-point attempts en route to 26 points, one shy of his career high. He paced five Cavaliers with at least two made 3-pointers, which included Mitchell at 3-for-8, Strus at 2for-4 en route to 10 points, and Dean Wade, who scored all nine of his points on 3-of-3 shooting beyond the arc.

Georges Niang knocked down 2 of 7 from outside and finished with 11 points off the Cleveland bench, while Craig Porter Jr. added 12 points in reserve duty.

Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 18 points and six assists. Franz Wagner, playing his second consecutive since returning from an ankle sprain that sidelined him the previous eight, scored 17 points.

Moritz Wagner added 15 points off the Magic bench, and Wendell Carter Jr. scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. (Reuters) - Brisbane Heat opener Josh Brown delivered a knockout blow to the Adelaide Strikers yesterday, bludgeoning 140 from 57 balls on the Gold Coast to earn his side a 54-run win and a date with Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League decider.

Heat chose to bat first and posted a monster total of 214-7 from 20 overs, well beyond the reach of the demoralised Strikers who limped to 160 all out in reply.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) - Australia opener Usman Khawaja will return to training today after being cleared to play the second test against West Indies in Brisbane this week.

The 37-year-old batsman retired hurt last Friday in the final few overs of Australia's thumping 10-wicket victory in the first test after being struck on the helmet by a Shamar Joseph delivery.

"Usman Khawaja has been cleared to play the second test match against the

"It's unbelievable. It just makes me feel so happy to be able to do that in front of my family, I know it makes them proud and it makes me feel proud as well," said Brown, who didn't field after picking up a niggle whilst batting.

The 30-year-old hammered the Strikers' bowling attack to all parts and celebrated his maiden Twenty20 ton after 41 balls, two shy of Australia's domestic record set by Craig Simmons in 2014.

West Indies in Brisbane," the team said in a statement on Monday.

"Khawaja was assessed again today and has no symptoms of delayed concussion. He will train at the Gabba tomorrow."

Australia faced the prospect of searching for a new opener for the second time in the series if Khawaja had been unfit to play in the day-night test, which begins at the Gabba on Thursday.