Ahmedabad:Rohan Gavaskar steered East Zone to a nail-biting victory on the last ball of the match against South Zone in the day-night second one-day cricket match at the Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium at Motera here.
Jamshedpur:Wtih the help of some solid middle order batting North zone posted 310 for five against Central zone on the opening day of the four-day Duleep Trohpy tie at the Keenan stadum here today.
Indore:Aggressive batting by Ritender Sodhi (85) and excellent bowling by skipper Dinesh Mongia and Gaurav Vashisht aided North Zone to a thrilling 14-run win over their central counterparts in a Deodhar Trophy encounter here yesterday.
London: One of England's leading sporting universities was granted first-class status on Thursday for the 2003 cricket season by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Chennai: Seventeen-time winner West Zone would be looking forward to its third straight win when its takes on another strong contender South Zone in the four-day Duleep Trophy cricket league match from Tuesday.
Mumbai: Autonomy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), existing since the 30s, is in serious jeopardy with the recent Central government directives on playing cricket with Pakistan posing a danger of the BCCI becoming a tool in the hands of the government, feels a former sports official of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
New Delhi: The cricket match-fixing probe in India is far from over. Sleuths are still hot on the trail of cricketers and officials, armed with fresh leads into their alleged links with the underworld.
Sydney: Former New Zealand Test cricketer Dipak Patel is one of the only two applicants for the position of the New Zealand team coach, even as current Indian coach John Wright declined to take up the post.
New Delhi: Central Sports Minister Uma Bharthi made it clear that she has nothing against cricket and is all for promotion of the game throughout the country.
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to retain the system of the five-member senior selection committee.
