Cricket News

Centurion: While a pall of gloom hung over the England dressing room last night, and most of it they would have to admit is self-induced, Clive Eksteen finally managed to take Mike Atherton's wicket

Hobart, Nov 20: It was a day for batting to flourish and the Bellerive pitch facilitated that enough for Pakistan to put themselves in command of this Test

Jaipur: Rain and bad light curtailed play on the opening day of the Central Zone Ranji Trophy match between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan here yesterday

Jaipur: Abbas Ali, with a fine 159, helped Madhya Pradesh to score 315 on the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy tie against Rajasthan here yesterday

New Delhi: With Gyanandre Pandey completing a fine century and with the tail wagging furiously, Uttar Pradesh made 439 on the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy match against Railways at the Karnail Singh stadium here yesterday

Una: Valuable half centuries by H Bhaskar (51) and skipper Sanjay Verma (68) enabled Services to score 229 for six from 89.2 overs at stumps on the first day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Himachal Pradesh at the Indira Gandhi

Gurgaon: Opening batsman Jitender Singh, with a fine 102, propped up Haryana on the opening day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at the Nehru stadium here yesterday

New Delhi: Delhi were in a position of considerable strength at stumps on the first day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Jammu & Kashmir at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds here yesterday

Under absolutely wonderful weather conditions for cricket, the first "Test" match between the West Indies "A" and the visiting Indian "A" team got under way today at the Queens Park Oval, Port Of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies

Centurion: Neil McKenzie may have lifted the spirits of the crowd yesterday but serious question marks hovered over the Test future of opening batsman Adam Bacher on a gloomy second day Combined XI outing against the England tourists

Gurgaon: A responsible innings of 53 by Pankaj Dharmani and fine bowling by the spinners enabled Punjab to register an impressive victory over Haryana by 71 runs in their last one day league encounter of the North Zone Ranji Trophy at the Nehru

New Delhi: Skipper Kavaljeet Singh struck a fine half century as minnows Jammu Kashmir stunned Delhi by three wickets with just two balls to spare in the last North Zone one day league match here yesterday

Una: A deadly spell of three for nineteen, supported by a sparkling knock of 85 by Rahul Panta help Himachal defeat Services by five wickets in one day Ranji tie here yesterday

New Delhi: Skipper Gyanender Pandey led from the front with an unbeaten 98 as Uttar Pradesh reached a good score of 247 for four against Railways on the opening day of the four day Central Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match here yesterday

Hobart, Nov 19: There is a final drop of venom that transforms a good bowler into a great one

Under much more cloudy conditions than the first day, the West Indies "A" team seemed to come out on the 2nd day with a direct plan to dismiss India "A" immediately

Hyderabad: The South Zone Ranji Trophy match between Hyderabad and Andhra ended in a tame draw here yesterday with the hosts failing to bowl out the visitors a second time

Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by eight wickets in the Central Zone Ranji one day match here yesterday to finish with an all win record and qualify for the Wills Trophy from Central Zone

New Delhi: A breeezy 100 off 104 balls by opener M.Mudgal helped Uttar Pradesh to defeat Railways by three wickets in a high scoring Central Zone Ranji one day match at the Karnail Singh stadium here yesterday

Hobart, Nov 18: Pakistan's batting was made to look a joyless, labouring task on the opening day of the second Test By having bowled Pakistan out for 222