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North Zone scored their second successive victory in the CK Nayudu Trophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament at the IIT Chemplast ground in Chennai on Tuesday defeating Central Zone by 26 runs

Hyderabad were struggling at 95 for four in reply to Tamil Nadu's first innings total of 404 at stumps on the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday

THE South African cricket selectors' decision to omit Jonty Rhodes from the team for the third Test against England at Kingsmead was exposed on Tuesday as Andy Caddick shot the home team out for just 156 and England enforced the follow-on, 210 runs

Capitalising upon the opportunities afforded them by a significant improvement in Melbourne's weather, it was two players at opposite ends of the Test cricketing spectrum who emerged as the stars on a magical day three of the Second Test between

Despite a fighting 115 by Rohan Gavaskar, Bengal conceded a first innings lead of 95 runs to Orissa on the third day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Monday

Maharashtra seam bowler Iqbal Siddiqui was in devasating form on the opening day of their West Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at the Deccan Gymkhana ground in Pune on Monday

An unbeaten 82 run stand for the third wicket between Sanjay Mohan and Sunil Oasis steered Kerala to an eight wicket victory over Goa in the Ranji Trophy one day match at the Rajendra Prasad stadium in Goa on Monday

Left handed all rounder S Sriram underlined his growing stature in Indian cricket on Monday

South Zone, which had lost to North Zone on the opening day on Sunday, bounced right back into contention in the CK Nayudu Trophy (under-19) inter zonal tournament in Chennai on Monday with a 55-run victory over Central Zone at the Southern Railway

The three matches played over the weekend in the National schools cricket championship at New Delhi all ended in the same result - a ten wicket victory

The disappointing aspect of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy (under-16) matches played in Calcutta over the weekend were the number of lop sided games

Mercifully the weather improved, the players heaved a sigh of relief and Sunday's schedule in the South Zone inter university cricket tournament in Chennai went on unhindered and easy victories were the order of the day

England underwent an astonishing metamorphosis on the second day of the third Test against South Africa at Kingsmead, finishing on 366 for nine after their first-day crawl to 135 for two which left most of the sizeable crowd close to stupor in

Over recent seasons, inclement weather seems to have become more synonymous with the Boxing Day Test than the sense of theatre and excitement for which it has always been renowned

Tamil Nadu's superb all round efficiency proved too strong for Hyderabad in the South Zone Ranji Trophy one day cricket tie for the KS Subbiah Pillai Trophy at the MAC stadium in Chennai on Sunday

Gautam Dutta's ten wicket match haul played a big role in Assam's innings and 56 run victory over Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Mangoldoi stadium in Agartala on Sunday

'Christmas Day in the Workhouse' could be the theme of the West Indies preparations for the second and final test beginning at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on Boxing Day

The 'Gabba has long represented a graveyard for Victorian teams, and so it proved again tonight as the Bushrangers plunged to a heavy eight wicket defeat in their Mercantile Mutual Cup clash with Queensland in Brisbane

Maharashtra just failed to get an outright victory in their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Gujarat at Ahmedabad on Sunday

With the issue having been virtually decided on the fourth day, the last day's play in the Duleep Trophy final at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta, predictably enough, made for dull viewing