What a day of excitement it turned out to be in the Wills Trophy semifinals

With the all round strength at their command, Board President's XI start favourites in their Wills Trophy semifinal against Bengal to be played at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday

The cry for faster, greener wickets in India has always been loud and clear

The world record was notched up 44 years today

The Wills Trophy semifinal to be played at Chennai on January 14 will be a benefit match for former Tamil Nadu and South Zone cricketer K Bharath Kumar

Former India off spinner Erapalli Prasanna has been inducted into the International Cricket Council's (ICC) panel on illegal deliveries

A century in a losing cause, compiled in the most dazzling manner and when it is most unexpected

North Zone had things their own way against East Zone in notching up their third successive victory in the CK Nayudu inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament at the IIT Chemplast ground on Thursday

Sameer Dighe, who reportedly was the tour management's first choice as a replacement for the injured MSK Prasad earlier this month, finally gets his chance to represent India

Rain disrupted the day's schedule in the South Zone inter-university cricket championship in Chennai on Tuesday

Hyderabad were struggling at 95 for four in reply to Tamil Nadu's first innings total of 404 at stumps on the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday

Comfortable victories were the order of the day in the Vinoo Mankad (under-16) Trophy matches in Calcutta on Monday

South Zone scored their second successive victory in the CK Nayudu Trophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament at the AC Tech grounds in in Chennai on Tuesday beating West Zone by four wickets

North Zone scored their second successive victory in the CK Nayudu Trophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament at the IIT Chemplast ground in Chennai on Tuesday defeating Central Zone by 26 runs

Left handed all rounder S Sriram underlined his growing stature in Indian cricket on Monday

The disappointing aspect of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy (under-16) matches played in Calcutta over the weekend were the number of lop sided games

The three matches played over the weekend in the National schools cricket championship at New Delhi all ended in the same result - a ten wicket victory

Mercifully the weather improved, the players heaved a sigh of relief and Sunday's schedule in the South Zone inter university cricket tournament in Chennai went on unhindered and easy victories were the order of the day

South Zone, which had lost to North Zone on the opening day on Sunday, bounced right back into contention in the CK Nayudu Trophy (under-19) inter zonal tournament in Chennai on Monday with a 55-run victory over Central Zone at the Southern Railway

Gautam Dutta's ten wicket match haul played a big role in Assam's innings and 56 run victory over Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Mangoldoi stadium in Agartala on Sunday