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THIS WEST INDIES CRICKETING EMBARRASSMENT MUST STOP NOW!

It might only have been the first day of a new Test series between Australia and West Indies but it nevertheless illuminated several fundamental realities

Rain washed out the second day's play in the South Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Tamil Nadu and Andhra at the Guru Nanak college grounds on Thursday

Veteran left arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju and youthful mediumpacer Mohd

South Australian openers Shane Deitz (10*) and David Fitzgerald (1*) have survived a dangerous three-over spell before stumps on day one of their Pura Cup clash against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Delhi medium pacer Ashish Nehra put up a fine display, bagging four wickets for 53, to restrict a star studded Punjab lineup to 187 in 78.3 overs on the first day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbax stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday

The Jumbos romped to a 50-run victory over the Free State Eagles on Wednesday after a devastating opening spell from their new ball bowlers

Kerala ended the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka, trailing by 68 runs with seven wickets in hand in the first innings at the Nehru stadium in Kochi on Thursday

Ishan Ganda's undefeated 83 was highlight of the opening day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Services and Haryana at the Palam Air Force Grounds, Delhi, on Thursday

New South Wales handed Wellington a cautionary, if exemplary, lesson a week from the start of their Shell Trophy campaign when they won a scheduled 50-over day-night match by seven wickets and within 25 overs at the WestpacTrust Stadium

Former Griquas offspinner Morne Strydom returned career best bowling figures of six for 23 from 19.2 overs against his former team-mates to lead the North West Dragons to a 65-run victory with just ten minutes to spare at the De Beers Oval on Monday

Form is temporary, class is permanent goes the adage

Maharashtra skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar displayed a fine all-round performance to guide his team to a six wicket victory over Gujarat in their Ranji One-Day West Zone League match at the GSFC ground in Baroda on Wednesday

Chris Nevin and James Franklin make an odd couple - the former short, stocky and with a batting approach which mixes urgency and pugnacity; the other tall, more languid and more fluent, an easy shot-maker

New Zealand completed its preparation for the CricInfo Women's World Cup, starting next week, in Timaru today with its second convincing win of three in its clean sweep over England

Simon Katich, Damien Martyn and Jamie Cox have all continued to hit the headlines at the Bellerive Oval but their teams have departed the venue without outright points after a thrilling finish to the Tasmania-Western Australia Pura Cup match in

Bengal completed the last rites of the one sided East Zone Ranji Trophy match on the final morning on Wednesday against Tripura at the Eden Gardens, claiming the last three wickets and completing an innings and 134 run win

A stroke-filled 69 by opener J Arun Kumar and some timely rearguard action by the seventh wicket pair of B Akhil and D Ganesh helped Karnataka to score 231 for seven off 92 overs at stumps on the first day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league

Hyderabad put up with a spirited Goa attack on the opening day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Nuclear Fuel ground in Hyderabad on Wednesday

The United Arab Emirates have qualified for next year's Asia Cup and Friday's final of the Asian Cricket Council trophy, following their six-wicket win over Malaysia in the ACC Trophy semi-final in Sharjah today (Wednesday)