Report

Even though its conclusion occurred under cloudless skies, it was also - sadly - played out before banks of empty seats

Bengal scraped past minnows Sikkim by three wickets on Friday in the Under 22 East Zone tournament played at Rangpo, Sikkim

Vidarbha drew with Uttar Pradesh on Thursday at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, in the Vijay Merchant (under-16) Central Zone league match

The Queensland Bulls are in a strong position at the close of a first day's play of the Pura Cup match against South Australia that was cut short by rain and bad light

With the top order in crackling form, South Zone proceeded to the semifinals of the Deodhar Trophy Tournament with an easy seven wicket win over East Zone at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Friday

Riding on the allround abilities of Sukhbinder Singh, Assam took a massive 271-run first innings lead over Tripura on the second day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala on Friday

Haryana took a first innings lead of 266 runs over Madhya Pradesh in the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the Deccan Gymkhana on Friday

Ashraf Mall's career-best 77 brightened and otherwise lacklustre match, which Natal won by five wickets with 3.4 overs to spare

Free State batted themselves to a 33-run Standard Bank Cup victory over Griqualand West on a superb batting surface which yielded almost 600 runs

Another solid batting performance by Pierre de Bruyn and a five-wicket haul from Andre Nel enabled Easterns to claim a comfortable 59-run victory over North West in their Standard Bank Cup match in Potchefstroom on Friday evening

Six weeks off while South Africa played out the Test series against New Zealand have clearly done Jonty Rhodes no harm whatsoever

New South Wales' bowlers have made a valiant late challenge on day one of their Pura Cup match against the Western Warriors at the WACA Ground here in Perth today

Canterbury's post-lunch tail-end collapse, and a solid reply from Northern Districts of 126/3, has left the battle for first innings points in the balance after day two of a hard-fought Shell Trophy match at Rangiora

Otago had their foot firmly on the Auckland neck by the halfway mark of their Shell Trophy match at Eden Park today, and the home side will struggle to survive the third day tomorrow

Matthew Bell, like a lighthouse on a stormy night, communicated an unambiguous message to the national selectors with his second century of the Shell Trophy season on the second day of Wellington's match against Central Districts at the Basin Reserve

Victoria has squandered an excellent start to finish on 6/250 at stumps on the opening day of its Pura Cup clash against Tasmania here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

India coasted to a 39-run victory at the RMCCG ground in Rajkot to close out the one-day series against Zimbabwe by four games to one

Haryana were bowled out for 463 in 154.2 overs, shortly before the tea interval on the second day of the Cooch Behar Trophy final against Madhya Pradesh at the Deccan Gymkhana grounds, Pune on Thursday

After having conceded the first innings lead to Assam, Bihar came back strongly to score a three wicket win in the East Zone Under-22 tournament match at the Mangaldoi Sports Association Ground in Mangaldoi on Thursday

There was no joy for Tripura on Thursday as they slipped to 116 all out against Assam in their East Zone Ranji Trophy encounter at home