1959, 1986, and 1998). Cricket: 2005–06 VB Series – Sri Lanka beat Australia by 22 runs in the first game of the VB Series final, with Tillakaratne Dilshan involved in 4 run outs and a catch. Rugby Union: 2006 Super 14 Season In the season opener in Auckland between the Blues and Hurricanes, the visiting Hurricanes storm back from a 16–3 halftime deficit to score a 37–19 bonus-point win over the Blues. Western Force lose their first Super 14 match at home, against the Brumbies 25 – 10. Cheetahs also lose first Super 14 match against the Bulls at home, 18–30. The Bulls also picked up a bonus point for their four tries. 9 February 2006 (Thursday) Football: 2006 African Cup of Nations – Third-place playoff Senegal 0–1 Nigeria Nigeria finish in third place for the third successive Cup of Nations. NCAA College Basketball Top 25 Men's: #14 Pittsburgh 57, No. 9 West Virginia 53: In the first Backyard Brawl basketball meeting in which both teams were ranked going into the game, the homestanding Panthers hand the Mountaineers their first Big East loss. The Mountaineers shot 34% from the field and 22% from three-point range, and star Kevin Pittsnogle went scoreless. Women's: #6 Maryland 98, No. 1 North Carolina 95 (OT): The Terrapins' Ashleigh Newman hits a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime, and the Terps go on to hand the Tar Heels their first loss of the season. #3 LSU 72, No. 5 Tennessee 69: Behind 32 points from Seimone Augustus, the Lady Tigers become the first SEC team to defeat the Lady Vols in Knoxville since December 1996. 8 February 2006 (Wednesday) American Football – ESPN announces that they have hired Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann, and PTI's Tony Kornheiser to be the new announcers of Monday Night Football, which will air on the cable sports network starting next season. The move means that Al Michaels, who has been with ABC for almost 30 years, is now free to join John Madden on NBC's Sunday night NFL broadcasts. In exchange for Michaels, NBC gave ABC/ESPN expanded Olympic highlights, coverage of the Friday Ryder Cup matches starting in 2008, and gave Disney the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character created by Walt Disney and owned by Universal. 7 February 2006 (Tuesday) Football: 2006 African Cup of Nations – Semifinals S1: Egypt 2–1 Senegal S2: Ivory Coast