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Holders Rest of India would have been reasonably satisfied by the events that unfolded on the opening day of their Irani Trophy clash with hosts Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

Saurav Ganguly described the strip used for Friday's ICC KnockOut semi-final as the worst of the three strips played on by India during the tournament

Against a disappointing Western Australian attack, titleholder Queensland has made an excellent opening to the defence of its Pura Cup crown with a fine batting performance on day one of the match between the teams at the WACA ground in Perth

India roared into the final of ICC KnockOut 2000 with a crushing 95-run victory over the reigning champions South Africa at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Friday

Catherine - Ian Bradshaw once more emphasised his immense all-round qualities with a terrific effort that was a big difference between victory and defeat in Barbados' second round Red Stripe Bowl match against Trinidad and Tobago here yesterday

An unbeaten 237 run partnership for the fourth wicket between the Andhra skipper Y Venugopal Rao (142 not out) and Y Gyaneshwar Rao (109 not out) saw the visitors dominate the first day's play of the South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) match

Haryana completed a well deserved eight wicket win over Delhi in their North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) match at the Maharata Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak on Thursday

Gujranwala U-19 beat Karachi U-19 by 51 runs to claim the limited overs final of the Pepsi Junior Under 19 Tournament (Grade I) played at the lush green KRL cricket ground, Rawalpindi

Rain briefly threatened to disrupt Easterns' victory party on Wednesday, but despite two brief interruptions, the weather gods were unable to prevent them from beating KwaZulu-Natal by 79 runs at Willowmoore Park

Punjab scored a facile innings and 123 run victory over Jammu and Kashmir on the third and final day of their North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) match at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Thursday

The Leeward Islands cricket team cruised to a comfortable victory this past Wednesday at the Antigua Recreation Ground in Antigua over the Bermuda National side

Haryana were in a position of considerable strength at stumps on the first day of their three day North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) match against Delhi at the Maharata Aggarsain stadium in Rohtak on Tuesday

Predictably enough, Tamil Nadu emerged triumphant in the South Zone (under-25) tournament for the Coca Cola Trophy at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday

Punjab completely dominated the first day's play of their three day North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) match against Jammu & Kashmir at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Tuesday

The Guyanese national cricket team romped to a comfortable victory this past Wednesday at the Ronald Webster Park in the Valley, Anguilla over the newcomers of the Cayman Islands in the 2000 Red Stripe Bowl

Free State beat plucky Northerns by three wickets with 11 balls to spare, but the match was a far closer contest than it might have been

In a semi-final both teams could have won (and, arguably, should have won) New Zealand prevailed over Pakistan to earn themselves a place in the final of the ICC KnockOut tournament on Sunday

Tamil Nadu played themselves into an impregnable position at stumps on the second day of the three day South Zone (under 25) tournament for the Coca Cola Trophy at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday

Hyderabad inflicted an innings and 75 run defeat on Kerala in their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy Under-19 game at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad today

A splendid spell of 7/102 by Tamil Nadu skipper S Vidyuth saw the home team grab first innings points against Andhra in their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy Under-19 game at the Guru Nanak College ground in Chennai today