Report

North Zone have virtually made sure of regaining the Duleep Trophy

A century by Yusuf Pathan and his 83 run seventh wicket stand with HM Shah (46) took Baroda to a comfortable score of 326 in their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Saurashtra at Rajkot yesterday

A late wicket-taking rally led by Reon King allowed the West Indies to get back to even terms with New Zealand by the end of the third day of the first cricket Test at WestpacTrust Park yesterday

Wasim Jaffer, with an unbeaten century, played the sheet anchor role to perfection as West Zone scored 237 for three off 93 overs at close of play on the third day of the five day Duleep Trophy final against North Zone at the Eden Gardens on Sunday

The Tasmanian batsmen thrashed the depleted Indian attack on the third day of the tourists' game at Hobart on Sunday to give their team a lead of 156 runs with six first innings wickets intact

Not many teams bat themselves into such a formidable position on the first day of a Test

Rain had the final say on the fourth day of the Hamilton test but not before the New Zealand bowlers had reasserted the dominance they had established over the West Indies batsman on the second day

Rajasthan completed an 89-run victory over Madhya Pradesh in their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match at Bhilwara yesterday to collect the maximum 8 points

The Punjab batsmen, led by Yuvraj Singh, just kept piling on the agony for Bihar on the fourth and final day of the Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) final at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Sunday

Rajasthan completed an 89 run victory over Madhya Pradesh in their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Bhilwara yesterday to collect the maximum 8 points

A fine 91 from Sumit Chavan and a patient 56 from Shirish Kamthe helped Maharashtra to the first innings lead against Gujarat in a West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match at Ahmedabad yesterday

A brilliant unbeaten 139 (213 balls, 14 4's) from ASK Verma and his unbroken stand of 140 with Y Gnaneswara Rao (72) helped Andhra post an imposing 317-2 from 93 overs on the first day of their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Karnataka

Rajiv Nayyar, who has an insatiable appetite for runs, hit an unbeaten 105 to help North Zone towards a challenging total of 469 in their first innings on the second day of their five day Duleep Trophy final against West Zone at the Eden Gardens in

New Zealand will look back on the third day of the Hamilton test against the West Indies and reflect on what might have been

A make shift Indian bowling line up, bereft of two leading bowlers in Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble as well as the in form Ajit Agarkar made little impression as the Tasmanian openers put on 166 without loss off 58 overs at stumps on the second day

The West Indian cricketers who had pride of place in the Lord Mayor's parade on the first day of this first Test against New Zealand finished the journey on the dust-cart yesterday

New Zealand started the 3rd day at 113-3, with their composed captain, Steven Flemming, 18 not out overnight, and night-watchman Daniel Vettori on 5 not out, the team needing to bat well but under some pressure

Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh was in his elements on Saturday

The fabulous Barbadian and West Indies batting 'firm' of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes was followed splendidly by a most promising junior partnership yesterday

Despite losing two wickets late in the day, North Zone posted a good score of 263 for four wickets off 88 overs at close of play on the first day of their five day Duleep Trophy final against West Zone at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Friday