Sport Saturday: Many nations have a rest from most sports today, incommemoration of the New Year's holidays, with some great exceptions.
In International Cricket, while you were sleeping, Bangladesh 236/9 (50 ov) was beaten by NewZealand 239/2 (41.2/50 ov). New Zealandwon by 8 wickets (with 52 balls remaining). New Zealand whitewashed Bangladesh with a crushing eight-wicket victoryin the third ODI in Nelson. Their 179-run stand, which came after MartillGuptill had retired injured on 6 because of a hamstring strain, helped thehosts ace their chase of 237 with 52 balls to spare. New Zealand were alsoaided by poor shot selection from Bangladesh, who suffered a collapse of 7 for77 after opting to bat on a slow surface. After Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes puton 102 for the first wicket, their middle and lower order fell away. That thevisitors lasted 50 overs and reached 236 for 9 was due to rookie Nurul Hasan'scameo of 44 off 39 balls. In Scotland: ScottishPremier League Soccer: Rangers vs. Celtic are playing right now, and are tied1-1. In England: Premier League Soccer: Manchester United vs. Middlesbrough. United,who have won their last four Premier League games, host Middlesbrough, a team whichhas lost three of their last four. The visitors are resilient -- they have thefourth-best defense in the league, but some believe them to be doomed... Liverpool vs. Man City: It's a massive match at the top of thePremier League to close 2016 as Liverpool host Manchester City on New Year'sEve, scrapping for the title. Man Cityhas only won twice at Liverpool since 1956, but some expect them to snatch avictory from the jaws of impending defeat. USA: College Game Day broadcasts bright and early as NCAA Football BowlSeason reaches a crescendo this holiday weekend: The Citrus Bowl features LSU (7-4) vs.Louisville (9-3) at Orlando, Florida. The Tigers allowed just 16.4 points pergame this season, but face a test in Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson andthe nation's highest-scoring offense (an astounding 45.3 points per game). Thisis the programs' first-ever meeting. The TaxSlayer Bowl features Georgia Tech(8-4) vs. Kentucky (7-5) in Jacksonville, Florida. The Kentucky Wildcats are ina bowl for the first time in six years, and feature two 1000-yard. They have bounced back from last year's 3-9 season which had snapped an 18-year run ofbowl appearances. Welcome back. In Atlanta, the Peach Bowl features Washington(12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0) in a CFP semifinal in Atlanta. Huskies speedy Quarterback Jake Browning will undoubtedly push thetempo on offense, but they face the nation's top defense (247 yards per game)in the Crimson Tide, who are going for their 26th straight win. Alabama won thenational title last year after shutting out Michigan State in a semifinal. Everyone's real question this year: Is theCrimson Tide unstoppable or can Washington take out 'bama? If that were not enough, Arizona'sFiesta Bowl features Ohio State (11-1) vs. Clemson (12-1) in a CFP semifinal inGlendale, Ariz. Dynamic QBs J.T. Barrett and Deshaun Watson are on display asthese recent finalists look to punch their ticket to Tampa for the Jan. 9 titlegame. OSU won the last Fiesta Bowl and are making their seventh postseasonappearance in Arizona in 15 years. Clemson won the programs' last meeting in the 2013-14 Orange Bowl,40-35. NCAA College Basketball also features some greatlineups today: Xavier at Georgetown,Duke at Virginian Tech, Louisville vs. Indiana at Indianapolis, Villanova atCreighton, Virginia hosting Florida State, and Temple at Central Florida, among others. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
