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Province grab batting points to confirm home final

By the end of the first day of their last Super Eight match, Western Province had confirmed their home final next week by grabbing four batting points, having gone into the encounter 18 clear of second-placed Border

15-Mar-2001•Grant Shimmin - MWP

Mpitsang helps skittle Eastern Province

Victor Mpitsang claimed his second five wicket haul of the season as Free State skittled Eastern Province for just 180 on day one of this Supersport Series Super Eight match at Goodyear Park on Thursday

15-Mar-2001•Marcus Prior - MWP

Mitchell steers Border out of troubled waters

Border wicketkeeper Ian Mitchell featured in partnerships of 79 for the eighth wicket with Vasbert Drakes and 49 for the ninth with Geoff Love as he helped plug a leak in the visitors' ship and see them through to three batting bonus points at the

15-Mar-2001•Grant Shimmin

Spinners bowl England into a position of strength

Just when England's players looked to be wilting under the oppressive wet heat of Colombo they once again displayed their new-found propensity to fight themselves out of tricky situations with a stirring comeback in the late evening sunshine

15-Mar-2001•Charlie Austin

Croft and Giles put England in charge after first day

England's spinners came good on the first day of the Third Test against Sri Lanka at Colombo, reducing the home side to 221/7 at the close

15-Mar-2001•CricInfo

Sinclair's century sets scene for New Zealand recovery

Mathew Sinclair scored his third Test century in 148 balls of outstanding control when Pakistan asked New Zealand to bat first in the second National Bank Test at Christchurch's Jade Stadium today

15-Mar-2001•Lynn McConnell

Spinners bowl England into position of strength

15-Mar-2001•Charlie Austin

England strike back with two wickets after lunch

England struck twice soon after lunch to reduce Sri Lanka to 108/3 in the deciding Third Test in Colombo

15-Mar-2001•CricInfo

Vics bid for Pura Cup final over before it even began

Victoria's bid to host the Pura Cup cricket final was over virtually before it had even begun here today despite a dominant opening day against Western Australia

15-Mar-2001•Paul Gough

Bulls serve up cold revenge to Blues

Queensland served up a cold slice of revenge to New South Wales today as the Bulls booked their third consecutive home Pura Cup cricket final here today

15-Mar-2001•Michael Crutcher

Cox, Watson afford Tasmania the honours

At the end of a season of ups and downs, it was a blend of the old and the new which won the honours for Tasmania on the first day of this Pura Cup match against South Australia at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart

15-Mar-2001•John Polack

Laxman carves a place for himself in history at the Eden Gardens

There was once a man who said "cricket's a funny game." If indeed that is true, and a truer statement you cannot hope to hear, then VVS Laxman was the master comedian at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on the fourth day of the second Test

14-Mar-2001•Anand Vasu

Sri Lankan youngsters start tour with narrow first innings loss

Inspired by a four-wicket burst from Oliver Thomas (4/28), a South Australian Invitation Under-19 team has narrowly taken away the honours from the first match of the Sri Lankan national under-19 team's current tour of Australia

14-Mar-2001•www.baggygreen.com.au

Rohan's century in vain as Baroda crush Bengal

AP Bhoite (5 for 22) ripped through the Bengal lower order as Baroda crushed the visitors by 222 runs on the fifth and final day of the Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal match at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground in Baroda on Wednesday

14-Mar-2001•Staff Reporter

Orissa score emphatic victory over Jammu & Kashmir

Orissa dismissed the challenge from Jammu & Kashmir within the first four days of their scheduled five-day Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match played at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Wednesday

14-Mar-2001•Staff Reporter

Madhya Pradesh get the better of Hyderabad

Kanwaljeet Singh (5 for 100) and Mohammad Ghouse (5 for 97) took all the ten wickets between themselves but failed to revive the hopes of Hyderabad, last year's runners-up, in their Ranji Trophy pre quarter-final match against Madhya Pradesh at the

14-Mar-2001•Staff Reporter

Railways set up quarterfinal clash with Karnataka

Batting virtually through the final day, Yere Goud (221 not out) and Railways skipper Abhay Sharma (188) made it a non contest of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Maharashtra at the Poona Club ground in Poona on Wednesday

14-Mar-2001•Staff Reporter

Honours shared as First Test ends in draw

Herschelle Gibbs batted out the final session of the first Test between the West Indies and South Africa at the Bourda on Tuesday to ensure an honourable draw for the tourists as they finished the final day on 142-2 chasing an unlikely target of 306

13-Mar-2001•MWP

Laxman holds centre stage but India still face uphill task

The third day of the second Test saw VVS Laxman come into his own, playing two innings of character in one day

13-Mar-2001•Anand Vasu

Bengal face herculean task against Baroda

Baroda's dominance over Bengal continued well into the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal match at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground in Baroda on Tuesday

13-Mar-2001•Staff Reporter

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