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New Zealand 204 (Patel 47, Bhuvneshwar 4-48) trail India 316 by 112 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsThe drift of R Ashwin and reverse swing of Mohammed Shami accounted for the three New Zealand wickets that were left standing on the third day in Kolkata and gave India a lead of 112 runs.Resuming at 128 for 7, the visitors were propped up by BJ Watling and Jeetan Patel adding 60 runs for the eighth wicket. But Ashwin broke the partnership with his first ball of the morning, a beauty that danced away from Patel in the air and turned his slog over midwicket into a top-edge that was caught just beyond the cut strip. The wicket had come after India had changed the ball and Patel was dismissed for his highest Test score of 47.It was Bhuvneshwar Kumar, in the third over of the day, who established that reverse swing was on offer. He had taken five wickets in 10 overs on Saturday and had he added one more this morning he could have become the first Indian pacer to take a six-for at home since the turn of the century. However, it is his partner who is better at making the old ball a threat. Shami pinned BJ Watling in front of middle with a full-length delivery that curved in late and quite rapidly too. In his next over, he had the last man Neil Wagner lbw as well and New Zealand were all out for 204.Until then, the most absorbing passage of play was less than 10 minutes long and it featured Virat Kohli being unhappy, which was good news for New Zealand. Whats more, these events happened while rain was falling and their overnight batsmen were safe in the dressing room. But the sun came back out almost immediately and their resistance was broken.More to follow . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. ATLANTA -- Karolina Kowalkiewicz likely just set up an all-Poland strawweight title fight.Kowalkiewicz (10-0), of Lodz, Poland, scored an upset split-decision victory over Rose Namajunas at UFC 201 on Saturday, inside Philips Arena. The win likely catapults Kowalkiewicz into a championship fight against three-time defending titleholder Joanna Jedrzejczyk, who is also from Poland.The 30-year-old Kowalkiewicz won the bout via scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 28-29. ESPN.com also had it 29-28, Kowalkiewicz.I am ready, said Kowalkiewicz, of a potential matchup against the dominant Jedrzejczyk. She said Im not on her level and I will never fight with her. Now, Im ready.Namajunas (5-3) went into the 115-pound fight a sizable favorite. She looked good early, circling in and out of Kowalkiewiczs range and catching her with the jab and lead right hand. Late in the first round, she landed a clean counter left hook that appeared to buckle Kowalkiewiczs knees.The complexity of the fight changed in the following round, as Kowalkiewicz started to connect frequently with knees in the clinch. Namajunas smothered Kowalkiewicz along the fence and looked to take her down, but she did nothing but eat those knees in doing so. She eventually separated and knocked Kowalkiewicz down later in the round with a push front kick to the body.The final frame was all Kowalkiewicz. Despite showing swelling over her left eye, she repeatedly forced her way into the clinch and went to work with knees. Late in the fight, she hurt Namajunas with short right uppercuts on the inside. Namajunas went down and dragged Kowalkiewicz on top of her. Namajunas searched for armbars a handful of times but took hammerfists to the head instead.I was landing more shots and besides the clinch, I feel like I won every area, Namajunas said. Even when I was on the bottom I was trying to finish. She wasnt doing any damage and I know I hit her with some big shots. I let it go to the judges though, its my fault. I need to train harder and work on my clinch I guess.Namajunas, an American fighting out of Denver, suffered her first loss since a submission defeat to Carla Esparza in the inaugural strawweight title fight in December 2014.ddddddddddddEllenberger blows away BrownWith his back to the wall, literally and figuratively, welterweight Jake Ellenberger (31-11) finished Matt Brown (20-15) via TKO at 1:46 of the opening round. Ellenberger dropped Brown with a right hand just seconds into the fight, then dropped him again later in the fight with a left kick to the liver. Brown survived the opening knockdown and looked no worse for wear, walking Ellenberger to the fence and opening up with knees and punches. Once the liver kick landed, however, the fight was clearly over. The win might have saved Ellenbergers job. Fighting out of Southern California, Ellenberger was 1-5 in his previous six fights.Krylov knocks out HermanLight heavyweight Nikita Krylov (21-4) absolutely crushed Ed Herman (23-12) with a left head kick 40 seconds into the second round. Throughout the entire fight, Krylov threw one left kick after another. It proved to be an effective game plan, as Herman went completely limp from the final shot. Fighting out of Ukraine, Krylov has finished every fight in his current five-fight win streak.Masvidal outpoints PearsonWelterweight Jorge Masvidal (30-11) snapped a two-fight skid, defeating Ross Pearson (19-12) via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). Masvidal dropped Pearson with a left hook in the second round and nearly finished him with strikes on the ground. Referee Blake Grice even started to move in at one point -- enough to cause Masvidal to stop punching for a second -- but eventually allowed Pearson to continue. Pearson, who accepted the fight on short notice despite just suffering a three-round loss to lightweight Will Brooks on July 8, went on to win the third round; but it wasnt enough to steal a win. Pearson suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career. ' ' '
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