Round-up

BOWLS

DUNDEE – Senior Pairs Ko – D Nicoll 15 A Nairn 11. Ladies Open League – K Muir 11 E Dobbie 12, M Small 11 M Cruden 6. Gents Scottish Pairs Ko – W Galloway 9 T Johnston 7. Borland Insurance Open Pairs League – C Brunton 21 E Mason 3, H Dewar 8 M Lowe 14. Mixed Fours League – G Prophet w/o A Paters scr. Mens Club League – A Neillie 17 A Murray 8, J Watson 19 A Anderson 13, K Stewart 10 A Nairn 14, R Carlin 26 J Catto 5, B Duncan 15 J Stewart 10, P Clyne 12 G Ewart 18.

CRICKET

GILES NEW MD

Ashley Giles is the new managing director of England Men’s Cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced.

The 45-year-old replaces former England team-mate Andrew Strauss in the role, with the latter having stepped down in October.

Giles leaves a similar role at Warwickshire and his appointment means he has represented England as a player, coach and now an administrator.

SECOND TEST MATCH AUSTRALIA 277-6 (M S Harris 70, T M Head 58, A J Finch 50) v INDIA. In Perth.

ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL WEST INDIES 198-9 (S D Hope 108 no, Mehedi Hasan 4-29) v

BANGLADESH 202-2 (Tamim Iqbal 81 no, Soumya Sarkar 80). Bangladesh win by eight wickets. In Sylhet.

CURLING

MUIRHEAD WINNING STREAK Perthshire curler Glen Muirhead and his team extended their winning streak to nine games after dominating their opening round robin match at the Qinghai Elite tournament in Xining, China, yesterday. Muirhead, his brother Thomas and fellow siblings Cammy and Kyle Smith won last month’s Penticton Classic in British Columbia, and they already look the team to beat this week.

The Scots led Beijing skip Yangsong Ji 3-0 after the first end and counted another three at the third to go 6-2 up. They eventually cruised home 9-3 and will play Czech Lukas Klima next.

FOOTBALL

PLAYED LAST NIGHT Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership

Livingston 5 Hearts 0

Sky Bet League One

Sheffield United 1 West Brom 2

GOLF

Leading second round scores & totals in the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):

(a) denotes amateurs

136 David Lipsky (USA) 70 66

137 Marc Warren 70 67, Scott Jamieson 71 66

138 David Drysdale 69 69, Doug McGuigan 72 66

139 Oliver Bekker (Rsa) 66 73, Oliver Wilson 70 69, Brandon Stone (Rsa) 69 70, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 69 70, Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 69 70, Dimitrios Papadatos (Aus) 67 72

140 Ben Evans 70 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 67, Niklas Lemke (Swe) 72 68, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 69, Zander Lombard (Rsa) 71 69, Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 70 70, Sean Crocker (USA) 72 68, Kim Koivu (Fin) 75 65

Others: 141 Robert Macintyre 70 71 145 David Law 72 73, Steven Brown 72 73, Matt Wallace 74 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 72, Branden Grace (Rsa) 73 72

Missed cut:

147 Liam Johnston 69 78

152 Grant Forrest 74 78

ARBROATH ARTISAN –Seniors Friday Morning Sweep (CSS67) – D Wood (19) 65, P Taylor (13) 66, G Hall (25) 67.

LADIES PANMURE MONIFIETH – Winter Eclectic 13 Stableford – Div

1 – A McMillan 26. Div 2 – S Allstaff 27. 9 holes – D Scott 14.

SNOOKER

Scottish Open, Emirates Arena, Glasgow. Quarter-Finals: Shaun Murphy (Eng) bt Sam Baird (Eng) 5-0, Mark Allen (NIrl) bt Alfie Burden (Eng) 5-0, Daniel Wells (Wal) bt Ryan Day (Wal) 5-1.

SQUASH

AITKEN REACHES LAST FOUR Montrose squash player Lisa Aitken battled the home crowd and an inspired opponent as she reached the semi-finals of the Italian International in Riccione yesterday. The number one seed is world-ranked 229 places ahead of Italian wild card Monica Menegozzi, but Menegozzi had stunned seventh seed Riina Koskinen on Thursday and the local fans lifted her again yesterday. Aitken needed to fight hard to go through 11-8 11-6 11-6, and she will now face either Dutchwoman Tessa ter Sluis or Brighton’s Jasmine Hutton in today’s semifinals as she continues to chase her first PSA title since the Bangor Classic in June.