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Skipper Abhijit Kale scored his second successive double century as Maharashtra hit up 501 for seven declared on the second day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Gujarat at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday

Another double century by Kale

The emotion and drama of the first two matches of this Carlton and United Series had provided spectators and commentators alike with plenty about which to eulogise

Unruly fans mar Australian triumph

12-Jan-2000•John Polack

India opens campaign with fluent win

The Indian coach, Roger Binny, was satisfied on Wednesday night after a thoroughly professional and disciplined all-round performance by his young Indian side

12-Jan-2000•Charlie Austin

Orissa coast to eight wicket victory

Orissa cruised to an eight wicket victory over Tripura in their East Zone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the Samanta Chandrasekhar college ground, Puri on Tuesday

A breezy 141 by opener N Ranjan featured Bihar's eight wicket victory over Assam in the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Tuesday

Ranjan's 141 sets up Bihar victory

Skipper AV Kale and SS Sugwekar hit unbeaten centuries and shared an unbroken double century stand for the third wicket as Maharashtra hit up 288 for two at at stumps on the opening day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat at Sardar

Kale, Sugwekar in double century stand

The in form opening batsman RC Vasanth Kumar once again performed the star turn for Saurashtra on the opening day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Baroda at the Municipal stadium in Rajkot on Monday

Vasanth Kumar stars again for Saurashtra

Punjab, thanks in the main to a marathon unbeaten 185 by skipper V Mahajan, comfortably won the MA Chidambaram (under-19) Trophy beating the Rest of India by virtue of their first innings lead of 142 runs at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on

Mahajan Shines in Punjab's Triumph

It is true that one-day cricket frequently opens itself up to accusations of being too formulaic and predictable

Pakistan finds sting in the tail again

11-Jan-2000•John Polack

Thrilling victory for Karnataka over Wills XI

Wills XI failed to consolidate on an excellent start given by their openers Gagan Khoda and Ashu Dani and went down by two wickets to Karnataka in their Wills Trophy quarterfinal match at the Lal Bahadur stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday

A star studded Board President's XI beat back a strong Mumbai challenge to win their Wills Trophy quarterfinal clash by 28 runs at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday

Das, Kumaran shine in President's XI win

The Wills Trophy quarterfinal clash between Bengal and Punjab at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Tuesday was expected to be a close game

Kalyani stars in Bengal's comfortable win

With the South Zone Ranji Trophy match between Karnataka and Hyderabad ending in a tame draw at the Gymkhana ground in Secundarabad on Sunday, Tamil Nadu regained the MD Sounderarajan Trophy, the symbol of supremacy in the zone

Tamil Nadu regain Sounderarajan Trophy

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

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

Modi's unbeaten 133 highlights Gujarat's victory

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