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Guided by the good form their batsmen found themselves in, Uttar Pradesh stamped their supremacy in the Under-16 category by winning the Madhavrao Scindia Trophy by virtue of their 163 run first innings lead over Rest of India at the Kamla Club

New Zealand Under-19s beat their South African counterparts by 19 runs at the Eden Park Outer Oval today

India Under-17s were riding on a high after crushing minnows Oman in their opening encounter but when pitted against an equal the very next day they simply wilted away

The first warm up game of the Australian tour against India A ended in a tame draw at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur on Monday

While Auckland fought their way back into their Shell Trophy match against Wellington on the second day today Wellington, 113 runs ahead at the close, must still be slightly favoured to get the outright win they need in the sprint to the Trophy

A monster second-wicket partnership between Mark Richardson (97) and Craig Cumming, who ended unbeaten on 125, a tea declaration and three wickets in the last session left Otago in firm control of their Shell Trophy match against Northern Districts

The rain forecast in this column last week regrettably destroyed any chance of this being a match report

Predictably enough, the India-Oman ACC Under-17s Asia Cup encounter at the Bangladesh Krira Shixa Protisthan Ground 1 at Savar in Dhaka on Monday turned out to be woefully one-sided with India crushing the opponents by ten wickets

Normally a Greg Blewett (117) century would put South Australia on top after a day's play at the Adelaide Oval

One unfortunate incident aside, a player touted as a future captain of Australia emerged as the shining light at the 'Gabba on an intriguing day two of the Pura Cup match between the Queensland Bulls and the Western Warriors

Thanks to a destructve eight wicket haul by Rakesh Dhruve in Maharashtra's first innings, Saurashtra earned five points from their drawn West Zone Under-22 league match at the Municipal Corporation Cricket Ground at Rajkot on Monday

To the relief of everyone concerned - except perhaps the Eastern Province Jumbos - KwaZulu-Natal cruised into the Standard Bank Cup final with a seven-wicket victory in their rain-affected, extended semifinal at Kingsmead on Wednesday

Ali Zia and Ashraf Ali shared an unbeaten partnership of 68 runs for the sixth wicket to help Lahore Whites lift Pakistan Veterans Cricket Trophy after being set a target of 206 in 35 overs in this thrilling day-night final played at the National

An overnight leak in the pitch covers, which delayed the start of play by three hours, looked for all the world like it had condemned this match to a draw

The Sri Lankan Board President's XI have forced a draw on the final day of their game against England, but not before the tourists raised hopes of an unexpected victory in the last session of play

An overnight leak in the pitch covers, which delayed the start of play by three hours, coupled with England's pedestrian batting yesterday, looked for all the world like it had condemned this match to a drab draw

An overnight leak in the pitch covers, which delayed the start of play by three hours, looked for all the world like it had condemned this match to a draw

A splendid 104 by Sadagopan Ramesh, his 195-run second wicket stand with VVS Laxman (94) and fine spin bowling by Colin Miller who bagged six wickets for 90 runs highlighted an eventful second day's play in the three day match between India A and the

Wellington may have made the mistake of being too cautious, too concerned about the end result of the Shell Trophy race when they stumbled to a modest first innings score of 247 on the first day of their match against Auckland at Cornwall Park today

Otago took the honours on the scheduled second day of their ninth round Shell Trophy match with Northern Districts, courtesy of a Craig Pryor five-wicket bag and a quality catching performance behind the stumps