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Western Province duly wrapped up another win in what has been an oustanding first-class season as they beat Free State by 127 runs on Sunday and in the process all but guaranteed themselves a place in the final of the Supersport Series

Border got one foot into the final of the Supersport Series later this month when they wrapped up a comfortable 164-run victory over Boland at Buffalo Park on Sunday to take 15 points, the same margin by which they are now clear of nearest rivals

Those present in the tension-racked Asgiriya Stadium will never forget this Test Match

Craig White and Ashley Giles saw England to an unbelievably tense three-wicket victory in the Second Test against Sri Lanka at Kandy, so levelling the series at 1-1

Those present in the tension-racked Asgiriya Stadium will never forget this Test Match

South Africa lost their last six wickets for 58 runs to earn a meagre lead of just 28 runs, despite Gary Kirsten's 150, as the first Test between the West Indies and South Africa at the Bourda entered the final two days balanced on a knife edge

The first day of the second Test between Australia and India was a showcase of the kind of cricket worth traveling far to witness

Breezy knocks by Pankaj Dharmani (101) and Dinesh Mongia (75) enabled Punjab to post a 318-run lead in the first innings against Rajasthan on the second day of their Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal match at the PCA Stadium in Mohali today

The trusted batting line-up of Karnataka came good as the six time champions made 310 for nine in reply to Assam's 321 at close of play on the second day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter final match at the Nehru stadium in Guwahati on Sunday

Devendra Bundela's 144 was the mainstay of the Madhya Pradesh innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal against Hyderabad at the Daly college ground in Indore on Sunday

On a rain curtailed second day's play at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground in Baroda, the host team were all out for 467 in the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Bengal on Sunday

Easterns' embarrassment at a sub-par home performance against North West was complete on Sunday morning when it extended to their coach, Ray Jennings

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

The KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins and the Highveld Strikers played out a predictable draw in the Supersport Series Shield competition in Durban on Sunday

Orissa piled up 369 runs for the loss of three wickets at the end of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal match against Jammu & Kashmir at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday

New South Wales all but waved goodbye to any hopes of gaining a finals berth with a rain-saturated day scuttling hopes of first innings points against Victoria in their Pura Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday

At the conclusion of a very slow day three of the Pura Cup match between South Australia and Queensland, the game is interestingly poised

Railways took control of the proceedings as the restricted Maharashtra to 101 for three at stumps on the second day's play in the Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal match at the Poona Club ground in Pune on Sunday

The Second Test between Sri Lanka and England is on a knife edge after the fourth day's play at Kandy

Before the start of play there was a Perehena (traditional procession) with four festooned elephants, led by a whip-cracking Kasacarya and trailed by gyrating Kandyan dancers