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Auckland, New Zealand - The West Indies were in early trouble on the opening morning of their four-day tour match against Auckland here today (last night Barbados time)

Baroda's left handed opener Cecil Williams hit an unbeaten 105 as West Zone ran up a good score of 254 for two from 91 overs at close of play on the first day of their Duleep Trophy semifinal against East Zone at Calcutta on Thursday

Delhi are virtually through to the semifinals of the Cooch Behar Trophy tournament

Madhya Pradesh have taken a stranglehold on their Cooch Behar Trophy quarterfinal match against Saurashtra in Jamshedpur

Spectacularly stern middle and late order batting resistance has been the defining feature of this summer of cricket for the home team and so it proved again today on the first day of the First Test between Australia and India here at the Adelaide

Hyderabad had to be content with first innings points despite dominating their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Karnataka which concluded at Secundarabad on Wednesday

Andhra made a gallant bid to register an outright victory in their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Kerala which concluded at Calicut on Wednesday

Tamil Nadu did not take very long to wrap up their South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Goa in Chennai on Wednesday

Some determined batting by Gujarat in their second innings prevented Mumbai from scoring an outright victory in their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match which concluded in Ahmedabad on Wednesday

Ajay Lalcheta played a stellar role in Saurashtra taking the first innings points against Maharashtra in their West Zone Vijay Merchant (under-16) Trophy game which concluded in Pune on Wednesday

A keen battle for the first innings lead highlighted the three day East zone Vijay Merchant (under-16) Trophy game between Assam and Bihar which concluded at Maligaon on Wednesday

The strong North Zone batting line up turned on the heat early in their Duleep Trophy semifinal against holders Central Zone at Guwahati on Thursday

Hyderabad gained a vital first Innings lead of 54 runs after effecting four crucial run outs on day two of the three-day match for the V Pattabhiram Trophy of the South Zone Under-16 match between hosts Hyderabad and Karnataka at the Gymkhana Grounds

A stroke filled 74 by Adityaa Srikkanth and some more good work by the bowlers helped Tamil Nadu to be a in a position of considerable strength at stumps on the second day of the South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Goa at

Opening batsman Srinivasa Rao played the sheet anchor role as Andhra gained the first innings lead on the second day against Kerala in the South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match in Calicut on Tuesday

A last wicket partnership of 87 runs off 44 overs between Shasher Singh (59 not out) and Rajkumar Benwal (24) enabled Rajasthan to take the first innings lead in their Vijay Merchant Trophy Central Zone league tie against Vidarbha which concluded at

Mumbai were in command at stumps on the second day of their West Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Gujarat at Ahmedabad on Tuesday

Tamil Nadu just failed to pull off a fantastic victory over Bihar at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur in their Cooch Behar Trophy quarter final today

Holders Punjab completed an emphatic seven wicket victory over Orissa at the Telco Club Ground in Jamshedpur today in a quarter final match of the Cooch Behar Trophy

The opening first class fixture of West Indies tour of New Zealand ended in a lame draw at Owen Delany Park, Taupo today