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Sri Lanka have beaten England in the First Test in Galle by an innings and 28-runs

In the end it all proved too much

The most exciting day's cricket in the Busta tournament so far saw England A's early afternoon advantage snatched away by an electric partnership between Guyana's Carl Hooper and Ramnaresh Sarwan

Wellington acquired history today and rid themselves of history when, on their captain's birthday, in vindication of their coach and in renewed revelation of their unity of purpose, they took first innings points from Northern Districts at the Basin

After yet another puzzling display of their Jekyll and Hyde character, the Auckland cricket team face the giddy prospect of a big win over their old enemy Canterbury when their Shell Trophy match ends at the Eden Park Outer Oval tomorrow

Glen Sulzberger ensured by scoring his sixth first class century today that Central Districts could set Otago a target of 436 for victory on the last day of their Shell Trophy match at Molyneux Park in Alexandra

Tensions rose on the fourth day of the First Test Match in Galle as the wickets started to tumble and Sri Lanka started to take a firm grip on the match

England were forced to follow on this morning after the most exciting session of the match

One of the rickety makeshift stands, home to some of the legions of Union Jack clad supporters who have descended on Galle, collapsed today, but it rarely raised a ripple

If it's a characteristic of great players to unfurl great deeds at great times, then Michael Bevan gave a pretty powerful demonstration today of where he stands in the contemporary one-day arena

Karachi: India lifted the Under-17 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament with a six-wicket triumph over hosts Bangladesh in the final at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday

Cricket's a simple game when it is played properly and runs are achieved by the top order

Maharashtra crushed Gujarat by eight wickets while Baroda and Saurashtra settled for a draw in a high scoring encounter in the West Zone Under-22 league matches which concluded on Saturday

In the match at the Motibaug Cricket Ground in Baroda, both Baroda and Saurashtra ran up tall scores and the match meandered into a tame draw

Australia held Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai to a draw in the three day warm up match played at the CCI in Mumbai on Saturday

When Wellington began their last gallant charge towards first innings points in their match against Northern Districts at the Basin Reserve today, with the further and larger objective in sight of overall victory in the Shell Trophy, it was both

Carl Hooper provided a timely reminder to West Indies selectors that he can take wickets as well as score runs after Guyana reduced England A to 218 for seven on the first day of the Busta International Shield semi-final at Bourda

Otago's Mark Richardson set himself up for his return to Test cricket in 12 days time by scoring his 12th first class century but it wasn't enough to deny Central Districts first innings points in their Shell Trophy match at Alexandra's Molyneux Park

Tim McIntosh, the 21-year-old Auckland left-hand opening batsman, performed one of the great rags-to-riches performances when he scored 167 in the Auckland first innings score of 361 for four wickets against Canterbury in the Shell Trophy match at

Although the pitch has crumbled and a hobbling Muttiah Muralitharan is turning the ball square, wickets remain an elusive commodity in the First Test Match in Galle