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Delhi couldn?t have asked for a better start to the season opener. They won the toss, opted to bat on a featherbed, and most importantly, the batsmen made the most of it.

Not many teams in international cricket can boast of a third quick in the XI who clocks 140 kmph-plus. If that bowler happens to be the fifth choice ? after Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus, given Australia's sequence of preference ? it explains why the visitors are still alive in this series despite losing a number of players to a spate of injuries.

For young Manish Pandey, it was like yet another Twenty20 match of the Indian Premier League. He didn?t care about the quality bowling attack, spearheaded by Rudra Pratap Singh, and went about scoring his maiden first-class century in style to put Karnataka in a commanding position here on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- After songs, dances and dates, cricket is set to take a leap on to reality television.

Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Legendry former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has urged the Pakistan cricket authorities to prepare more bowler friendly tracks so that batsmen get a feel of international conditions and do not struggle on foreign tours.

Manish Pandey proved today that there's more to him than the bat-flashing T20 star seen in the Indian Premier League's second season.

Chandigarh: Opener Ravi Inder Singh grafted his way to a century (104, 251 balls, 17x4, 1x 6), but the Punjab batting line-up was still no match for a top-class Mumbai attack led by Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar on Day One at the Sector 16 Stadium here.

Union Academy Senior Secondary School, New Delhi thrashed Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Jashpur in first phase match of the 38th ATS Junior Nehru Hockey Tournament being played at Sector 42 Sports Complex, on Tuesday.

ABIL Group, a city-based player in the real estate, infrastructure and hospitality sectors, on Monday announced the launch of its premiere series of ABIL Corporate Cricket Champions Cup '09 which will see 16 champion teams from the corporate world battling it out for top honours.

If the Australian team were allowed to pick a pitch to play a match in India, they surely would've chosen the surface at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here.

It's the opening day of the Ranji season, and the BCCI has already started cracking the whip on bowlers with suspect actions.

Bulan Cricket Academy (CA) scored an emphatic 114-run win against Ashok Malhotra Cricket Academy (AMCA) in the Priyak Memorial Sub-Junior Cricket Tournament on Tuesday.

While Delhi have gotten off to a flier against Baroda in their Ranji opener, the Capital's under-22 team find themselves in a spot of bother.

Taj Chandigarh's annual cake mixing ceremony saw cricketers pitch in as well! You know the season's taken a turn when the invite for Taj Chandigarh's annual cake mixing event arrives in the mail box.

Scoreboard from the first one-day international between Pakistan and New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

All rounder Shahid Afridi smashed a rapid 70 and took two wickets for Pakistan who eased to a 138-run victory over New Zealand in the first one-day international on Tuesday.

Pakistan beat New Zealand by 138 runs in the first one-day international in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Pakistan lead the three-match series 1-0.

Pakistan scored 287 for nine wickets from 50 overs in the first one-day international of the three-match series against New Zealand on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Comeback paceman Zaheer Khan took three wickets and discarded all-rounder Ajit Agarkar four wickets as Mumbai restricted Punjab to 242 for nine on day one of the Super League Ranji Trophy match at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh Tuesday.

Mohali, Nov 3(ANI): Injury-plagued Australian team suffered another blow on Tuesday, as fast bowler Peter Siddle was ruled out of the rest of India-Australia ODI series.