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Punjab were comfortably placed to take the all important first innings lead against Rest of India at stumps on the third day of their MA Chidambaram Trophy match at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Sunday

Punjab in comfortable position

Wellington - The West Indian cricketers must feel rather like some heavyweight boxing champion's punch-bag

West Indies punch-drunk

10-Jan-2000•Don Cameron

Modi's unbeaten 133 highlights Gujarat's victory

Opener ND Modi's unbeaten 133 was the highlight of Gujarat's 29-run win over Maharashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday

Opener Cecil Williams' unbeaten 114 went in vain as Saurashtra completed a comfortable eight wicket victory over Baroda in the West Zone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the Municipal stadium in Rajkot on Sunday

Williams' unbeaten 114 of no avail

Hyderabad set reigning champions Karnataka a daunting target on the third day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Hyderabad on Saturday

Hyderabad set Karnataka daunting target

09-Jan-2000

Play curtailed on second day

Only 18.4 overs play was possible on the second day of the four day MA Chidambaram Trophy (under-19) match between Punjab and Rest of India at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Saturday

09-Jan-2000

Australia sinks as Shoaib resurfaces

To say that this was an unusual day in the life of Shoaib Akhtar and of Pakistan cricket in general would be a gross understatement

09-Jan-2000•John Polack

Tamil Nadu Wrap it up quickly

Tamil Nadu did not take long to wrap up their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Goa at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Saturday morning

Predictably enough, the South Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Kerala and Andhra ended in a close finish at the Regional Engineering college ground in Kozhikode on Saturday with the hosts winning by three wickets

Kerala Defeat Andhra in close finish

Hyderabad had the edge over reigning champions Karnataka at stumps on the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Gymkhana ground in Secundarabad on Friday

Hyderabad take first innings lead

In between early morning fog which delayed the start of play and bad light which ended play early, Punjab scored 191 for five off 61.5 overs in the 260 minutes possible on the opening day of the four day MA Chidambaram Trophy (under-19) match against

Punjab squander away a good start

Bengal opted for batting practice on the final day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy match against Bihar which ended in a tame draw at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Thursday

Bengal opt for batting practice

Abhijit Vasant Kale's monumental unbeaten 248 helped Maharashtra earn an honourable draw against Baroda in their West Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune on Thursday

Kale's unbeaten 248 steers Maharashtra to a draw

Two invaluable half centuries by skipper Sitanshu Kotak and wicketkeeper MM Parmar and their 111 run partnership for the fifth wicket saw Saurashtra escape with a draw in their West Zone Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai at the Wankhede stadium in

Kotak, Parmar help Saurashtra draw with Mumbai

Tamil Nadu were poised for an innings victory over Goa at stumps on the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday

Tamil Nadu poised for innings victory

The low scoring Andhra-Kerala South Zone Ranji Trophy match is poised for a keen finish

Keen finish likely in Andhra-Kerala game

Karnataka medium pacer GN Umesh restricted Hyderabad to a first innings total of 255 on the opening day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Gymkhana ground in Secundarabad on Thursday

Umesh restricts Hyderabad

The Natal bowling attack will have to show significant improvement in their crucial Super Eight match against Border in East London from Friday if Dale Benkenstein's team are to achieve their aim of reaching the SuperSport Series final

Natal v Border preview

07-Jan-2000•Ken Borland

Tamil Nadu pull off dramatic victory

Tamil Nadu pulled off a dramatic 12-run victory over Delhi to clinch a semifinal berth in the Vijay Merchant (under-16) Trophy cricket tournament at Thiruvananthapuram on Friday