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NATAL'S match against England did eventually peter out in a draw at Kingsmead on Monday, but in terms of preparation for the vital second Test starting in Port Elizabeth on Thursday, home captain Dale Benkenstein feels the tourists got little out of

Taupo, New Zealand - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, with a polished 116, and Ricardo Powell, serving immediate notice of his exciting potential with 68, put together an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 111 as the West Indies made a satisfying start to the

A double century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and some less than convincing batting left New Zealand A 382 runs behind the West Indians with 6 first innings wickets standing at the end of the second of three days at Owen Delany Park, Taupo

The annual cricket contest between North Queensland and South Queensland was played at Harrup Park, Mackay over the week-end of 4th and 5th December

Punjab has virtually booked its place in the semi finals of the Cooch Behar Trophy by taking the first innings lead against Orissa in a quarter final match at Jamshedpur today

Rohtak: Devastating bowling by medium pacer Joginder Sharma helped Haryana to beat Himachal Pradesh by an innings and 21 runs on the second day of the Vijay Merchant cricket tournament here on Monday

Bihar took a stranglehold of their Cooch Behar quarter final match against Tamil Nadu at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today

India on Sunday completed their first victory of their 1999/2000 Australian tour, defeating New South Wales by 93 runs this afternoon

Centurion: In a display of style and maturity Justin Ontong helped Boland to two easy batting points and himself to an impressive first-class half century as the visitors continued to dominate their Super Eights A Section match against Northerns

Durban: Natal battled to 136 for five on a rain-marred first day of their four-day match against the English tourists at Kingsmead on Friday, with John Kent and Ross Veenstra keeping them afloat when play was called off at 3.30 pm

West Indies were 266-3 at the end of the first day of three playing New Zealand A in the opening first class fixture of their tour

In a three day quarter final of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the Telco Club Ground in Jamshedpur, Punjab were 53-1 at stumps after having dismissed Orissa for 250 in 70.2 overs

The first two quarter finals of the state level Cooch Behar Trophy for Under 19 cricketers began in Jamshedpur today

Centurion: It was not quite the provincial captaincy debut Neil McKenzie had in mind yesterday when he took over as Northerns new leader

An entertaining final day is in store at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, with New South Wales needing 222 to defeat the touring Indians with nine wickets in hand

North Zone are virtually through to the semifinals of the Duleep Trophy championship

Christchurch, New Zealand - West Indies lost their tour opener - a two-innings-per-side One-Day match - by eight wickets to the Max Blacks at Jade Stadium yesterday

India will go into the third day of their four-day tour match against New South Wales on Saturday with a lead of 64 runs and eight second innings wickets in hand

Bihar turned the tables on Uttar Pradesh for an exciting one wicket victory to enter the quarterfinal of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Friday

Orissa defeated Andhra by 47 runs to enter the quarterfinals of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the Telco Club ground in Jamshedpur on Friday