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England will have been well satisfied with their eight-wicket trouncing of Bangladesh on Thursday

Helped in no small measure by a 17-run first over, England spent the first 25 overs of their innings setting themselves up to chase down a victory target of 233 in the ICC KnockOut tournament preliminary round match against Bangladesh at the Nairobi

Griquas won the opening match of the limited overs Standard Bank Cup by six wickets with one ball to spare against KwaZulu-Natal in Kimberley on Wednesday night

The hard-hitting opening batsmen Gunawardane scored his first one-day century as the favorites Sri Lanka, batting first, piled up 287 for 6 to beat the West Indies by a margin of 108 runs in the pre-quarterfinal of the ICC KnockOut

Tamil Nadu ended the first day at the good position of 284 for nine inspite of a fine spell by medium pacer Ghouse Baba (6 for 100 off 33 overs) in their KSCA Coca Cola (under-25) Trophy match against Hyderabad at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra

Nasser Hussain played himself back into form in vigorous fashion as England swamped Bangladesh by eight wickets in the third and last of the preliminary round matches in the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament on Thursday

Bangladesh took 83 off the last 10 overs of their innings to lift themselves to 232 for eight in the ICC KnockOut preliminary round match against England at the Nairobi Country Club on Thursday

An interesting final day's play witnessed Goa saving themselves from the jaws of defeat as Tamil Nadu had to be content with a draw in their Cooch Behar South Zone (under-19) Trophy game at the Rajendra Prasad stadium in Margao on Wednesday

The West Indies seemed to be headed for an early return to the Caribbean as their top order collapsed against Sri Lanka in the second preliminary match of the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Gymkhana Club Ground on Wednesday

A solid unbeaten 73 by Vamshy Krishna helped Karnataka take a 26 run lead over Hyderabad in the Cooch Behar South Zone (under-19) Trophy match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday

Sri Lanka established themselves as realistic contenders for the ICC KnockOut 2000 title with a thumping 108-run victory over the West Indies in the second preliminary round match at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Wednesday

The West Indies won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the second preliminary round match of the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club club on Tuesday

Aviska Gunawardena rode his luck all the way to a robust century as Sri Lanka posted a challenging total of 287 for six against the West Indies in the second preliminary match in the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on

It's a long way from the Caribbean to Kenya for just one match

Aviska Gunawardena and Mahela Jayawardena steadied a wobbly Sri Lankan start against the West Indian new ball with a confident third-wicket partnership in the second preliminary round match in the ICC KnockOut 2000 tournament at the Nairobi Gymkhana

For India it was precisely the start they wanted; for Kenya there was little disgrace in defeat by eight wickets

Andhra, who were in a position of considerable strength at stumps on the first day of their South Zone (under-19) Cooch Behar Trophy match against Kerala, set the seal on their overwhelming superiority by winning by an innings and 66 runs with more

Tamil Nadu snatched a two run first innings lead over Goa on a rain affected second day's play in their South Zone (under-19) Cooch Behar Trophy game at the Rajendra Prasad stadium in Margao on Tuesday

The Goa middle order put up a brave fight but there was precious little substance in the rest of the batting and Andhra took first innings points as their rain affected three day KSCA Coca Cola Trophy match ended in a draw in Bangalore on Tuesday

Nairobi - First, the bad news from Nairobi, immediately adding the Kenyan capital to a long list that has encompassed most of the cricketing globe over the past few years