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As they seemed fated to do, West Indies lost the second Test to New Zealand by an innings and 105 runs with a day to spare at the Basin Reserve yesterday, but the West Indians had fought tenaciously, and deserved better than what appeared to be

Kerala completed an emphatic ten wicket victory over Goa on the second day of their four day South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Rajendra Prasad stadium in Margao on Wednesday

So remarkable is the ability of Australian teams these days that the task of successfully standing in the path between them and victory borders on the verge of impossibility

Orissa opted for batting practice and five points as their four day East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Bengal ended in a tame draw at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday

KD Aphale scored 158 as Maharashtra took a big first innings lead of 214 runs over Saurashtra at the end of the third day of their four day West Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Deccan Gymkhana ground in Pune on Wednesday

Gary Kirsten led the way on a day of tumbling batting records at Kingsmead yesterday as South Africa salvaged an honourable draw against England in the third cricket Test

Rajasthan were poised for a first innings lead at the end of the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Railways at the Karnail Singh stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday

The Uttar Pradesh batsmen built upon Ashish Winston Zaidi's dream spell to place themselves in a commanding position at stumps on the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Vidarbha at Green Park in Kanpur on Wednesday

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

Orissa opted for batting practice and five points as their four day East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Bengal ended in a tame draw at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday

Central Zone beat West Zone by 47 runs in the CK Nayudu Trophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament in Chennai on Thursday

Not even a small classic of an innings by Brian Lara and a fantastic defensive effort by Adrian Griffith could stop the West Indies sliding closer to defeat by the end of the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve

TWO late wickets from medium-pacer Andrew Flintoff restored England's hopes of winning the third Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday after opener Gary Kirsten had scored a record-breaking century to guide South Africa towards safety

Despite a fighting 115 by Rohan Gavaskar, Bengal conceded a first innings lead of 95 runs to Orissa on the third day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Monday

After conceding a first innings lead of 83 runs, Karnataka turned the tables on Andhra for a 46 run victory in their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Andhra at Kakinada on Tuesday

Capitalising upon the opportunities afforded them by a significant improvement in Melbourne's weather, it was two players at opposite ends of the Test cricketing spectrum who emerged as the stars on a magical day three of the Second Test between

THE South African cricket selectors' decision to omit Jonty Rhodes from the team for the third Test against England at Kingsmead was exposed on Tuesday as Andy Caddick shot the home team out for just 156 and England enforced the follow-on, 210 runs

Maharashtra seam bowler Iqbal Siddiqui was in devasating form on the opening day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at the Deccan Gymkhana ground in Pune on Monday

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

Valuable contributions from most of their frontline batsmen saw Gujarat score 260 for six at close of play on the first day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Mumbai at the Lalbhai Contractor staium in Surat on Monday