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Nobody likes to see a Test match end in a tame draw

Good bowling combined with a pitch that offered pace and lateral movement to provide an eventful day's cricket at WestPac Trust Park, Hamilton as the Shell Trophy got under way with a repeat of last year's final between Northern Districts and

Wellington's frustration increased twofold when the third day of its Shell Trophy match with Canterbury at the Basin Reserve went the way of the second - abandoned today without a ball being bowled

Australia took the winner's points yesterday and New Zealand the loser's lessons to apply before they achieve their aim of meeting again in the final of the CricInfo Women's World Cup at Christchurch's Lincoln University

Bengal and Assam played the last day of the Ranji Trophy East Zone league match at the North-East Frontier Railway Stadium, Guwahati, on Wednesday

Andhra skipper Amit Pathak won the toss and elected to bat in their last South Zone Ranji Trophy match of the season against Hyderabad, at Kurnool

Kerala were dismissed on the first day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy match by Tamil Nadu at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi for 206 in 77.1 overs

Victorian batsmen Brad Hodge (103*) and Jason Arnberger (100) have crafted a superb 190-run partnership to lead their team into a strong position by the end of day one of the Pura Cup clash against Queensland here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Goa faced Karnataka in the last South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao

The first day of the Ranji Trophy Central Zone League match being played at KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur on Wednesday, saw Railways finish at 208/5 in 90 overs

Tripura went into the last day of their Ranji Trophy East Zone League match played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur on Wednesday at 92/2 still 114 runs behind Bihar

A more classic example of the frustrations which arise and the machinations which take place when a cricket match is affected by rain could hardly be imagined than that which occured at the Basin Reserve today when the second day of the Shell Trophy

An unbeaten century by Mukund Parmar helped Gujarat draw with Maharashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Shri Shivaji Stadium, Karad on Tuesday

Baroda defeated Saurashtra by an innings and 94 runs in their West Zone Ranji Trophy match at the GSFC Ground Ground, Baroda on Tuesday

Bengal and Assam carried their battle in the Ranji Trophy East Zone league match played at the North-East Frontier Railway Stadium, Guwahati, on Tuesday

Bihar went into the third day of their Ranji Trophy East Zone League match played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, against Tripura on 212/1 and went on to declare their first innings at 450/6 in 123 overs

New Zealand duly completed a 211-run victory over Border in East London on Monday, but ended the match possibly not a great deal closer knowing the composition of their seam attack for the second Test match against South Africa starting in Port

When Matthew Bell accepted the Wellington captaincy this season in a caretaking, then in a fulltime capacity there were concerns, widely voiced, that the supplementary responsibility would damage his personal form

Ajit Agarkar should never ever be given the new ball again

Bihar were in firm control of their East Zone Ranji Trophy match against Tripura at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur after Nikhilesh Ranjan and Tariquer Rehman compiled an unbroken 161 run second wicket stand