England in India

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has branded England as boring after the drawn second Test against India.
"It was England who are one down in the series and they needed to take the initiative to level the series. Instead...it looked as if they were trying to avoid going two down in the series," said Sunil Gavaskar.

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After skipper Sourav Ganguly, master batsman Sachin Tendulkar also seems to favour John Wright continuing as coach of the national cricket team. Tendulkar said the former New Zealand captain is trying hard to put India on the success path but success does not come overnight.

South Africa in Australia

Matthew Hayden blazed his way to a century before Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne combined to pick up two vital wickets that left Australia in position to win the first cricket Test against South Africa after the fourth day at Adelaide Oval.
Australians declared their innings at 309/7 on Day 4 of the Test match.

Images | Match report | Scorecard

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Australia are ranked first in the world Test championship, with South Africa just behind them. Australia need to win the three Test series to retain their top place.

Ranji Trophy

A skipper's knock of 73 not out by Ajay Ratra helped Haryana defeat Delhi by 71 runs in their North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day match at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Monday.

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Bangladesh in New Zealand

The opening day of the first Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Despite rain stopping in middle of the afternoon the wet outfield forced umpires Tony Hill of New Zealand and David Orchard of South Africa to call off the day's play.

SCORES AT A GLANCE

Australia v South Africa - 1st Test (Day 4)
Adelaide Oval
Toss: Australia

Australia:
439 - 1st Innings
309/7 declared - 2nd Innings

South Africa:
374 - 1st Innings
17/2 (Dippenaar 0*; 12 overs) at the end of Day 4 - 2nd Innings

Detailed scorecard: South Africa 2nd innings
Images - day 4

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