LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL:

CRICKET

Big Bash League Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers, Melbourne ADELAIDE STRIKERS J Weatherald c Hilfenhaus b Boland 11 BR Dunk c Hussey b Bowe ...... 35 P Ludeman c Quiney b Boland .... 26 BJ Hodge b Boland ........... 17 KA Pollard c Hussey b Hilfenhaus .. 16 JR Dean c Stoinis b Boland ...... 23 KR Smith c Handscomb b Hilfenhaus 0 MG Neser run out (Handscomb) .... 2 IS Sodhi not out .............. 8 WA Agar not out .............. 2 Extras (b 1, lb 6,w 5) .......... 12 Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) ..... 152

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Weatherald, 3.2 ov), 2-60 (Dunk, 6.6 ov), 3-95 (Hodge, 13.1 ov), 4-97 (Ludeman, 13.3 ov), 5-132 (Dean, 17.5 ov), 6-138 (Pollard, 18.3 ov), 7-138 (Smith, 18.4 ov), 8-143 (Neser, 19.3 ov)

Bowling: MA Beer 4-0-30-0, BW Hilfenhaus 3-0-21-2 (2w), SM Boland 4-0-30-4 (1w), MP Stoinis 4-0-28-0 (1w), L Bowe 3-0-21-1 (1w), EP Gulbis 2-0-15-0 MELBOURNE STARS RJ Quiney c Dunk b Laughlin ..... 31 LJ Wright c Agar b Dunk ......... 9 KP Pietersen run out (Sodhi/Hodge) 32 PSP Handscomb b Sodhi ........ 2 MP Stoinis c& b Neser .......... 1 DJ Hussey c Weatherald b Sodhi .. 15 EP Gulbis b Laughlin .......... 22 BW Hilfenhaus not out ......... 32 SM Boland b Laughlin .......... 0 MA Beer not out .............. 1 Extras (lb 4,w 4) .............. 8 Total (8 wickets; 19.3 overs) .... 153

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Wright, 4.3 ov), 2-52 (Quiney, 5.4 ov), 3-59 (Handscomb, 7.2 ov), 4-62 (Stoinis, 8.3 ov), 5-84 (Hussey, 11.2 ov), 6-107 (Pietersen, 13.5 ov), 7-144 (Gulbis, 18.2 ov), 8-150 (Boland, 18.6 ov)

Bowling: WA Agar 3-0-36-0 (3w), BR Dunk 2-0-20-1, KR Smith 1-0-7-0, B Laughlin 4-0-19-3, MG Neser 3.3-0-25-1 (1w), IS Sodhi 4-0-25-2, KA Pollard 2-0-17-0 Melbourne Stars won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

SOCCER

English FA Cup third round Cambridge 1 Leeds 2 FA Cup fourth-round draw Tottenham v Wycombe Derby v Leicester Oxford v Birmingham/Newcastle Sutton/AFC Wimbledon v Leeds Liverpool/Plymouth v Wolves Southampton/Norwich v Arsenal Ipswich/Lincoln v Brighton Chelsea v Brentford Manchester United v Wigan Millwall v Watford Rochdale v Huddersfield Sunderland/Burnley v Bristol City /Fleetwood Blackburn v Barnsley/Blackpool Fulham v Hull Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley Bolton/Crystal Palace v Manchester City Matches to be played January 27-30 Spanish La Liga Osasuna 3 Valencia 3

TENNIS

Sydney International

Men, Round 1: 6-Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 3-6 6-3 7-5 Mischa Zverev (Germany) beat Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 6-4 6-2 Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) beat 7-Martin Klizan (Slovakia) 2-6 6-1 3-0 (Klizan retired) Alex De Minaur (Australia) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-3 3-6 7-6(1)

Women, Round 2: 10-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 6-0 7-5 Darya Kasatkina (Russia) beat 1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7-6(5) 6-2 Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat 3-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat 5-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 7-5 6-3 Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic)

beat 9-Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-2 6-3 Auckland Open

Round 1: Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Karen Khachanov (Russia) 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9) Brydan Klein (Britain) beat Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) 6-1 6-7(6) 7-6(3) Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat 5-Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-1 7-5 Ryan Harrison (US) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-1 6-2 Hobart International Round 2: 3-Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-3 6-2 Elise Mertens (Belgium) beat Sachia Vickery (US) 0-1 (Vickery retired) Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) beat Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 6-3 0-6 6-4