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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

Orissa score emphatic victory over Jammu & Kashmir

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

Madhya Pradesh get the better of Hyderabad

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

Railways set up quarterfinal clash with Karnataka

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

Laxman holds centre stage but India still face uphill task

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

Madhya Pradesh hustled out Hyderabad for 389 to collect a 107-run first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal at the Daly College Ground in Indore on Tuesday

Madhya Pradesh secure vital first innings lead

Tamil Nadu is grinding Delhi to abject submission, making the Delhi players take the field to be in the scorching sun

Tamil Nadu cruising along against Delhi

Railways took a stranglehold on their Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal against Maharashtra on Tuesday

Railways hold all the aces against Maharashtra

Orissa decided not to go in for the kill after dismissing Jammu & Kashmir for 151 in their first innings and taking an unassailable lead of 350 runs in the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final at the Barabati Stadium on Tuesday

Superior Orissa have Jammu & Kashmir at their mercy

It is not often that a No 11 batsman gets a hundred in first class cricket

Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan cracks 115 at No 11

12-Mar-2001•Santhosh S

Kanitkar's century in vain as Railways take lead

Riding on a five wicket haul by Harvinder Singh, Railways took a healthy 123-run first innings lead over hosts Maharashtra on the third day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match at the Pune Club ground on Monday

Bengal were bowled out for 247 by two teenagers in reply to the hosts' total of 467 at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground on the third day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Baroda on Monday

Pathans give Baroda big lead

Undaunted by the imposing Madhya Pradesh total of 490, Hyderabad did well in replying with 300 for four wickets off 99 overs at stumps on the third day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal at the Daly college grounds in Indore on Monday

Srinivas (107) leads strong Hyderabad reply

Tamil Nadu are well placed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy, after the third day in their pre-quarter-final match against Delhi at the IIT-Chemplast Ground in Chennai, on Monday

Tamil Nadu in command against Delhi

12-Mar-2001•Santhosh S

Punjab win by innings in three days against Rajasthan

An inspired five wicket haul by the Punjab left arm spinner Babloo Kumar helped the hosts crush Rajasthan by an innings and 12 runs on the third day of the five day Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal match at the Punjab Cricket Association ground in

Indian left arm spinner Sunil Joshi (4 for 38) and seamer Dodda Ganesh (4 for 46) ran through the weak Assam batting line-up to help Karnataka to a seven wicket win on third day of the five day Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal at the Nehru stadium in

Joshi leads from the front as Karnataka turn the tables on Assam