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There are a couple of disturbing thoughts even as the Indians lick their wounds

Adam Gilchrist has become the first regular No.7 batsman to top the Test batting rankings.

Dozens of cricket fans waving Barbados, Jamaica, and Guyana flags, swarmed Kensington Oval yesterday afternoon as the West Indies, who had gone eight matches without a victory, finally broke the drought against India

In the words of calypsonian David Rudder, it was high mas'

With the final round of the Benson & Hedges Cup taking place today, most of the South African players playing in the UK could find themselves watching the quarter and semi-finals from the stadium seats

Group 5: Gloucestershire Cricket Board 176 (JA Pearson 51) Worcestershire Cricket Board 216-9 (Round 67, Candola 54) Worcestershire Cricket Board won by 40 runs

The Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados has always been one of the dreaded Test venues for the Indian cricket team

Somerset completed their disappointing 2002 Benson and Hedges campaign when they were beaten by Worcestershire at Taunton today in a rain affected match

The final round of group matches in the Benson and Hedges Cup saw all 18 teams in action as the quarter-final line-up was decided

With their Benson & Hedges Cup campaign over, Hampshire return to Frizzell Championship Division 1 action on Wednesday when they meet Kent again, this time at The Rose Bowl.

To the backdrop of noisy, happy, flag-waving celebrations, the West Indies completed yet another emphatic victory over India at Kensington Oval in the third Cable & Wireless Test yesterday, their seventh in eight Tests between the teams on the ground

Is this the turning point

India are down and almost out and even their most ardent supporters have acknowledged that the fat lady is rehearsing her song

It's beginning to look a lot like Hooper and Chanderpaul

Former West Indies captain and Antiguan cricketing hero, Richie Richardson, has decided to enter party politics

Hampshire's outside chance of qualifying for the quarter final stage of the Benson & Hedges Cup in it's last season fell after a poor defeat in the hands of Essex at Chelmsford on Sunday.

Hampshire's Academy side are off to a winning start in the Southern Electric Premier League.

Any hopes that Lymington had of making a positive start to their Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 campaign was shattered by an 86-run defeat at Hungerford

All-rounder Andre Adams is on his way home from Pakistan, the latest player to suffer a suspected stress fracture in the lumbar region of his back

Despite the return of their two England players Andy Caddick and Marcus Trescothick, Somerset continued their disappointing run in the Benson and Hedges Cup when they lost their penultimate first round match to old rivals Gloucestershire by 39 runs