Natarajan Sriram

The East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match at the Engineering College Ground in Cuttack witnessed a high scoring match where Orissa and Bihar had to settle for a draw on the third and final day on Sunday

Bihar and Orissa settle for draw

MCA confirms Pawar's candidacy for President's post : United News of India (UNI) reported on Saturday that the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has confirmed that the National Congress Party (NCP) president is contesting for the post of Association

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A fine exibition of bowling by medium pacer Koushik Choudhuri with a match analysis of 8 for 58 helped Assam defeat Tripura by an innings and 73 runs in an East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match at the Polytechnic Institute Ground at Agartala

Assam crush Tripura by an innings

The North Zone Under-14 tournament match featuring Delhi and Punjab at the Air Force Palam "B" Ground in Delhi ended in a draw with Delhi taking 5 points due to their massive 220 run first innings lead

Delhi fail to press advantage and settle for a draw

A 77 run opening wicket stand between Rajat Bhatia (34) and S Badrinath (40) in Tamil Nadu's second innings helped the hosts take a unassailable 300 run lead over Karnataka in their South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the IIT-Chemplast Ground in Chennai

Tamil Nadu take an unassailable lead over visitors

Former Indian wicketkeeper Kiran More along with former Sri Lankan batsman Roshan Mahanama and Pakistan's Farooq Zaman have been named the three match referees for the forthcoming Pepsi ACC Trophy to be played in Dubai and Sharjah from November 15-24

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The recent leg of the East Zone Under-14 Tournament matches witnessed inconclusive draws with Bihar and Bengal taking home 5 points each due to their first innings lead over Assam and Sikkim respectively

Bihar and Bengal earn 5 points on first innings lead

Vanka Pratap in the process of giving Hyderabad the upper hand with a timely century, put to shade a good bowling performance by Kerala seamer Tinu Yohannan (6 for 177)

Kerala's woes continue as they slump to 69/4

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Openers place Andhra in command

A unbeaten 118 run opening stand between Prasad Reddy (32) and Amit Phatak (83) put Andhra in firm control of the proceedings on the opening day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Goa at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium at Margao on Thursday

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Robin leads from the front, puts Tamil Nadu in command

Propelled by a fine 106 by skipper Robin Singh on the second morning, Tamil Nadu amassed 477 runs in the first innings of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka at the IIT-Chemplast Ground in Chennai on Thursday

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BCCI pitches committee satisfied with Green Park pitch : The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) pitch inspectors G Kasturirangan and Dhiraj Parsana, who visited the ground on Tuesday, are satisfied with the Green Park stadium pitch and

Indian discard, offspinner Harbhajan Singh (5 for 88) and Sandeep Sanwal (5 for 82) wrecked the Jammu and Kashmir line up to help Punjab register an innings and 193 run victory on the final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Burlton Park

Harbhajan and Sanwal rip J&K apart

A sedate 247 ball century by opener S Badrinath helped Tamil Nadu reach 284 for 6 on the opening day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka at the IIT-Chemplast Ground in Chennai on Wednesday

Badrinath helps Tamil Nadu post a fighting total

Considering the fact that this encounter was their 200th match in the national competion, Kerala failed to make an impact on the opening day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad at the NFC ground in Hyderabad on Wednesday

Hyderabad take the honours on opening day