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The West Indies have taken a small but psychologically important first innings lead of 30 over Pakistan as they closed the second day early due to bad light on 283-5

Despite the sullen conditions that persisted at Lord's, for the second day, for England there remains the promise of brighter things to follow

Confronted by the pluperfect pitch they were promised and stymied by the traditional lack of variety in their all-pace attack, the West Indies once more let Pakistan wriggle out of a tight bind on the first day of the second Cable & Wireless Test at

It was a momentous day for Zimbabwe, the minnows of Test cricket, at the Headquarters of the game, as they embarked on their first ever Test series in England

This has been a tremendous day of Test cricket, with Pakistan recovering well to be all out for a very credible 253

Bridgetown (Barbados), May 15: Pakistan suffered a shock 65-run defeat at the hands of West Indies A in the last session of the four-day match here on Monday

The New Fighting Spirit in the West Indies senior team rubbed off on the reserves yesterday as the 'A' team defeated Pakistan by 65 runs at Kensington Oval

The elegance of Ramnaresh Sarwan and the level-headedness and determination of Darren Ganga saved West Indies 'A' the embarrassment of losing their match against Pakistan in three days

Bridgetown (Barbados), May 14: Pakistan were heading for victory after reducing West Indies 'A' to 181 for five in their second innings 90 minutes after lunch on the third day of the four-day match at the Kensington Oval here on Sunday

Kent 81/4 from 31 overs Kent declared on their overnight total and Surrey took just 4 balls (friendly ones from Key) to make 17 and declare

Bridgetown (Barbados), May 13: Pakistan were 209 for three at lunch in their first innings on the second day of the four-day match against the West Indies 'A' at the Kensington Oval here on Saturday after just 50 minutes of play was possible because

Mohammed Wasim completed a patient century to pilot Pakistan to a strong position against West Indies 'A' on a rain-affected second day at Kensington Oval yesterday

The first month of the season has come and gone, and after the initial successes of beating Essex and Surrey in the Benson and Hedges Cup matches to reach the quarter final, we have had several very disappointing results

Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq warmed up for the second Test against the West Indies next week with a six-wicket haul against the West Indies 'A' team yesterday

The three day match between Kenya XI and the Gujarat CA President's XI at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad ended in a draw on Saturday

A fine unbroken 64 run partnership between Thilan Samaraweera (12*) and Indika De Saram (64*) means that Sri Lanka finish on top at the end of day two in this third and final test match

After lunch the sky was cloudy and batting harder, after tea drizzle oozed intermittently from the skies and there were light meter on the manual scoreboard drifted from one light to two and at several stages from 5:30 there were three lit

Kenya XI were 41 for no loss in their second innings with openers Francis Otieno (22 runs off 57 balls) and Ravindu Shah (18 runs off 44 balls) at the crease when play ended on the second day of their match against Gujarat Cricket Association

Once the combination of morning rain with heavy clay soil and poor drainage forced play to be abandoned for the day shortly before the sun came out at the Oval, a curious event for a ground at which a new sprinkler system was fitted over the winter

Georgetown (Guyana), May 8: A tropical downpour flooded large parts of the Bourda pitch on Monday and washed out the fourth day of the first Test between West Indies and Pakistan