South Zone victory ensures title to West Zone
South Zone defended a small target with enthusiasm and defeated North Zone by 30 runs here today to enable West Zone capture the Deodhar Trophy title with two league ties yet to be played. [more]

Kings asks bowlers to buckle down
After a satisfactory performance in West Indies' opening warm-up game against Kenya, Bennett King, the coach, has identified the bowling as the team's main weakness. Kenya made a fist of the target of 269, eventually going down by 21 runs and King expects a more disciplined effort from his bowlers against India at Trelawny tomorrow. [more]

Central canter to 123-run win
Central Zone, playing for pride, earned a consolation win beating East Zone comprehensively by 123 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Half centuries by the Central lower order propped the total to 302 for 7, and the bowlers then sent East Zone crashing to 179 in just 38 overs. [more]

Dravid supports minnow participation
Rahul Dravid, the Indian captain, believes that minnows should be playing in the World Cup despite India's demolition of Netherlands by 182 runs in the warm-up game at the Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica. [more]

India canter to huge win
India batted first, racked up 300, kept Netherlands down to 118, and cantered to victory by 182 runs in their warm-up match at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica. [more]

Bangladesh to host India after World Cup
India's busy season after the World Cup kicks off with a short tour of Bangladesh as the Bangladesh Cricket Board released the itinerary of the tour, comprising two Tests and three one-dayers. [more]

'If I didn't believe, I'd have stayed home' - Tendulkar
Heading into his final World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar admits that the expectations of millions of Indians isn't as daunting as made out to be, and that if it was, he would have stayed home. [more]

Indian board comes down hard on Vengsarkar
The Indian board has taken strong exception to a remark by Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, regarding Virender Sehwag's inclusion in India's World Cup squad. [more]

Yadav fires Central Zone to victory
Barrington Rowland's 70 off 95 balls went in vain as South Zone slipped to a 25-run defeat against Central Zone at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. [more]

'Bowling was bad and we had a lot of misfields' - Mithali
The captains of India and Australia both acknowledged that it was India's poor fielding that made all the difference in the virtual semifinal of the women's match in Chennai. [more]

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