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Any team that goes into the final Test of a three-Test series 1-0 up must feel that half its job is done

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England's batting collapsed for the second time in this match as India cruised to a comprehensive 293-run victory with a day to spare in the first Under-19 Test at Banglalore

A solid batting performance from the Indian Under-19 team, with three players making half-centuries, took them to 311 for 6 at the end of the first day of the opening Test against their English counterparts

New Zealand panicked when they needed utmost calm and failed to score 10 runs in the last two overs as India took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five match one-day series

Centuries from Gilchrist and Ponting power Australia to a 61-run win

India's batsmen tilted bravely at windmills in the best traditions of Don Quixote, but ultimately, they were undone by a magnificent spell of bowling from one of Australia's forgotten men, and the ineptitude of their own bowlers earlier in the day

Murali Kartik was the only Indian bowler who earned the respect of the Australian batsmen, especially Ricky Ponting

The scene near Anil Kumble Circle half an hour before the game would have appealed to those addicted to chaos

A century from Sridharan Sriram and a seven-wicket haul from Sarandeep Singh were the highlights of Elite A's seven-wicket win over Elite B at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Sunday

A high-scoring Duleep Trophy match involving Plate B and Elite A ended in a draw at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday

Bangalore hosted the Plate A-Plate B Duleep Trophy match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and was fortunate to see some striking cricket that culminated by Plate B triumphing by an innings and seven runs shortly before lunch on the final day

Karnataka have thrashed Kerala by an innings and 11 runs to win the Ranji Plate final played at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore

After their bowlers did the trick on the first day, Karnataka's batsmen continued to grind Kerala mercilessly into the dust in their Ranji Trophy Plate Final encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on Wednesday

Bowling 30 overs of teasing left-arm spin, Sunil Joshi took six wickets for 62 runs against Kerala in their Ranji Trophy Plate Final game against Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday

An aggressive hundred from opener Connor Williams and a five-wicket haul by off-spinner Ramesh Powar helped West Zone get the better of South Zone in a Deodhar Trophy day-nighter at Bangalore's MA Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday

Rain and damp conditions reduced the fourth day of the Duleep Trophy match between South Zone and East Zone to mere batting practice, with South Zone picking five points from the drawn encounter at Bangalore.

South Zone, riding on some solid middle-order batting, took a slender first-innings lead over East Zone in their Duleep Trophy encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on Thursday.

East Zone were 341 for five at the close of play on the first day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match against South Zone at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.

As if trying to make up single-handedly for his mistake in putting East Zone in, South Zone skipper MSK Prasad anchored his team's innings on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match at Bangalore on Wednesday.