Andhra, resuming on the overnight score of 285 for three, weredismissed for 386 in 125 overs on the second day of their South ZoneRanji Trophy match against Hyderabad at Kurnool.One-drop batsman, GN Srinivas registered his century on the secondday. His 242 ball innings had 14 boundaries. Andhra had piled up ahealthy overnight total but could not capitalise on the first day’shard work. They managed to add only 101 runs to their total beforebeing dismissed. GN Srinivas departed with the scoreboard reading 335for six. 51 runs later the Andhra innings was over, Daniel Manoharpicking up four wicket for 108 runs. Earlier in the day, play wasdelayed by 45 minutes due to wet ground conditions.Hyderabad replied with authority, both openers putting on an unbeatenstand of 87 runs in 30.1 overs. Daniel Manohar (43) and Nanda Kishore(36) saw off the Andhra attack and ended the day still trailing by 299runs.

In a high scoring game, Madhya Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by 71 runs in theCentral Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the Jamia Milia college ground in NewDelhi on Thursday.As many as 605 runs were scored off 100 overs and only seven wickets fell duringthe day. Opting to bat, MP were given a good start by openers JP Yadav (37) andskipper Chandrakant Pandit (66) who put on 69 runs off 11 overs. Then Pandit andAmay Khurasia consolidated by adding 85 runs for the second wicket off 11.5overs. Pandit was out at this stage. He faced just 51 balls and hit nine fours.Khurasia and D Bundela then got together and caned the Rajasthan attack duringan unbroken third wicket stand that realised 184 runs off 27.1 overs. Khurasiaremained unbeaten with 111, compiled off 178 balls with six fours and threesixes. The more aggressive Bundela cracked an unbeaten 98 off only 87 balls withthe help of ten fours and a six. MP finished at 338 for two off 50 overs.It is to Rajasthan’s credit that they were not overawed by the imposing total.Skipper Gagan Khoda led the charge. After three wickets had gone for 94 runs,Krishnakumar and Khoda added 48 runs off nine overs. Then Sanjeev Sharma and thecaptain took the MP attack apart in adding 125 runs for the fifth wicket off22.5 overs. Off the last ball of the innings, Sharma was out for 55 made off 73balls with three fours and a six. Khoda remained unbeaten on 104, compiled off117 balls with eight fours and three sixes.

Durham’s record Championship stand carried them to an eight-wicket win against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street.Skipper Jon Lewis made 112 and Queenslander Martin Love 149 not out put on 258, 52 more than the previous record, before Lewis was out with two needed.Durham reached their target of 315 five minutes before the start of the final hour, making a mockery of the visitors’ declaration, which left them a minimum of 102 overs to get the runs.Love needed 105 balls for his 50, two more than his captain, but then dealt almost exclusively in boundaries, hitting 25 fours in his 232-ball knock.Lewis profited from too many short balls outside off stump, reaching 112 from 227 balls against a team who were again without acting captain Darren Bicknell because of a side strain.His absence left Paul Johnson to shuffle the bowlers with no hint of success as they became increasingly dispirited in a strong, cold wind.After winning the toss, Nottinghamshire had dominated the game for three days. The loss of almost half a day to the weather may have forced their hand, but in the end they did not bowl anywhere near well enough to justify their bold declaration.They made a breakthrough on 55, when Michael Gough edged to second slip, and Andrew Harris went close to bowling Love on nine.But little got past the Australian after that as he cruised effortlessly past his previous best score of 67 in his six Championship innings.

Surrey fought back defiantly in their CricInfo Championship game at TheOval today, frustrating second-placed Lancashire with valuable eighthand ninth-wicket stands.Thanks to Alex Tudor, Martin Bicknell and Ian Salisbury, Surreyachieved some respectability, reaching 248 all out after slumping to141-7.Bicknell was last out for a painstaking 50, bowled by MuttiahMuralitharan who finished with 5-81.It was an intriguing first day between the teams who have finishedtop and runners-up in the Championship for the past two years.Muralitharan produced another marathon spell of 39.4 overs and, as wellas Bicknell’s three-hour half-century, there was a superb 59 from MarkRamprakash, who is among the candidates to replace Graham Thorpe if hefails to recover from a calf injury in time for the first Ashes Testnext Thursday.Lancashire’s seamers made early inroads after Adam Hollioake had wonthe toss and, when Murali sent back Ali Brown, Surrey were in trouble at91-4. Ramprakash pulled Murali for a six on the way to his 50, but theSri Lankan was his usual persistent, probing self and was to have thelast say.In between his successes, however, Surrey hauled their way from theedge of disaster with Tudor and Bicknell chiselling out 34 for theeighth wicket. Then Bicknell and Salisbury stacked up 62 for theninth.Lancashire were running out of ideas but Murali switched ends anddismissed them both in the closing minutes.

Veteran fast bowler Devon Malcolm produced a sensational performance to shatter Surrey and put Leicestershire in the driving seat by the end of a remarkable first day in the CricInfo Championship clash at Grace Road.The 38-year-old former England paceman claimed his Championship-best figures of 8-63 in 18 overs to turn the match on its head after the home side had been dismissed for 165.Malcolm roared in with real fire and purpose despite temperatures up in the eighties to spearhead a Leicestershire fightback which incredibly earned them a first innings lead of 63 with Surrey bowled out for 102 in 38 oversThat meant Leicestershire were back in batting for a second time, and by the close they had reached 79 without loss to lead by 142 runs with Trevor Ward on 42 and Iain Sutcliffe on 23.But the earlier clatter of 20 wickets will mean the inevitable visit by a pitch inspector, although it’s unlikely he will find anything wrong. The wicket is firm, dry and straw-coloured. The only problem has been a lack of pace.That, however, is hardly an excuse for some of the poor shot selection from both sides. Leicestershire captain Vince Wells certainly had no hesitation in batting when he won the toss, and he can hardly have expected what followed.Martin Bicknell snapped up 3-13 in an opening eight-over spell and then Saqlain Mushtaq spun his magic to take 4-60. Only Trevor Ward with 46 and Neil Burns(45) offered much resistance as the home side crumbled to 165 all out by early afternoon.But in the sweltering heat Malcolm set about showing that anything Surrey could do, he could do better. He bowled an unchanged opening spell of 12 overs taking 4-46, and then returned after tea to claim another four wickets for 17 runs in six overs.It was a Herculean effort from the “Golden Oldie” and it beat his previous best Championship return of 6-23 for Derbyshire against Lancashire in 1997. Malcolm, who has signed a two-year contract with Leicestershire, has now taken 44 Championship wickets this season – more than any other bowler.Top scorer for Surrey was opener Michael Carberry with 23 on his CricInfo Championship debut. He eventually fell to Phil DeFreitas who took the other two wickets for 13 runs in seven overs.

As expected, the Netherlands completed a seven wicket victory over Fiji at a windswept Ajax ground today, in conditions that were in stark contrast to the previous days of the tournament. After heavy rain prevented a prompt start, the match was reduced to 45 overs. Both teams helped the ground staff to clear water from the covers, not a familar sight on our Test grounds.The Netherlands won the toss, asked Fiji to bat, and made an immediate breakthrough when Rika snicked an easy catch off Khan’s first ball. Rika lingered at the wicket, more showing disappointment at his own shot rather than dissent at the decision. The Fijians found runs very hard to obtain against an accurate pace attack, with T Sorovakatini (9) taking as many as 46 balls for his score.The Fijians nonetheless showed more application than they had done against the Scots, and saw off the new ball attack, only for wickets to fall to the change bowlers de Leede and Kloppenburg. The run rate fell even further when spinner Esmeijer (1/12 from 9 overs) combined with left-armer van Troost (3/20 off 8 overs) to capture a flurry of wickets and leave the batting side at 79/7 in the 33rd over. Cakacaka and Seuvou added a useful 28, and the Fijians battled hard to take their final total to 127. The Dutch attack was accurate, albeit unthreatening, and Esmeijer bowled superbly in the difficult conditions provided by a strong cross-wind.The Fijians made the Dutch work hard for their win, with Batina in particular bowling a tight accurate line and Tawatatau bowling Zulfikar Ahmed to break the opening partnership. Neil Maxwell bowled four impressive and hostile overs, and was very unlucky not to break the useful second wicket partnership between van Oosterom and Kloppenburg, having an easy catch put down at gully, and several close lbw appeals turned down.The dropped catch apart, the Fijian fielding was keen and effective but the Dutch batted solidly and took advantage of some incosistent line from change bowlers Kamikamica and Sevou to accelerate the run scoring rate. Tukana bowled Kloppenburg for a solid 40 but, by the time van Oosterom was superbly caught on the boundary shortly after reaching an accomplished half-century, the Dutch only needed another 10 runs. It was a measure of the Fijian’s keeness that it took them 6 overs to get them.The hard-working Fijian team was then put to work again assisting the ground staff in the hazardous task of covering the square in a wind so forceful that the sightscreens had blown over.Both teams performed well under the difficult conditions, with the difference between them being the quality of the upper order batting.

* Tendulkar feeling better, another bone scan on August 10Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who skipped the on-goingtriangular one-day series in Sri Lanka due to a hairline fracture tohis right toe, is feeling better and is likely to go in for anotherbone scan on August 10.Sports medicine expert Anant Joshi, who is treating Tendulkar, toldPTI in Mumbai on Wednesday that Tendulkar sounded cheerful when hespoke to him. Saying that the 28-year-old master batsman was feelingbetter, Joshi added "I am hopeful that the injury would heal soon.Because it is a hairline fracture it can’t be seen on the X-ray andthat is why we are doing another bone scan."When asked when Tendulkar would be able to join the Indian team in SriLanka, Joshi said "it all depends on how soon the fracture heals. Thesecond bone scan will give us some indication. Sachin has also beenadvised to wear some protection on the injured area to release thepressure on it," he added.* MCA picks 42 probables for pre-season trainingSachin Tendulkar, who missed the ongoing triangular series in SriLanka due to a hairline fracture to his right toe, and Vinod Kamblifigure in the Mumbai Cricket Association’s probables list for thecoming domestic season.Mumbai’s new coach and former Test opener Lalchand Rajput said inMumbai on Tuesday that 42 players have been selected to attend thecamp by the chairman of the selection committee, former Indian captainDilip Vengsarkar. According to a press release from Mayank Khandwala,joint secretary, MCA, It is compulsory for the selected players toattend the camp to be held from August 1, the only exceptions being ifa player is injured (like Tendulkar) or doing duty for India (likeSameer Dighe and Ajit Agarkar). The release says the players have beenselected for pre-season training and the final probables will onlyselected by mid-September.The probables list: Sameer Dighe, Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer, AmolMuzumdar, Sairaj Bhutule, Paras Mhambrey, Rajesh Pawar, Ajit Agarkar,Vinod Kambli, Vinayak Mane, Jatin Paranjpe, Kiran Powar, SushantManjrekar, Pravin Tambe, Nilesh Kulkarni, Ramesh Powar, Sriram Kannan,Amit Dani, Swapnil Hazare, Musavir Khote, Rupam Malviya, Omkar Salvi,Vishal Tawde, Amol Rane, Abhijeet Shetye, Robin Morris, Sachin SawantKunal More, Hrishikesh Shende, Saket Adhikari, Avishkar Salvi, UsmanMalvi, Sinosh Panicker, V Yelligati, Rohan Bane, Bhavin Thakkar, PaulValthaty, Vineet Indulkar, Sahil Kukreja, Swapnil Patil, Raju More andSohan Dalvi.

Graeme Hick’s fifth CricInfo Championship century of the season and the 116th of his first-class career derailed promotion hopefuls Warwickshire at Edgbaston.The Worcestershire captain amassed an undefeated 196 and put on 217 with Vikram Solanki on a bad day for the home side’s hopes of closing the gap on the top three counties in the Second Division.A wayward bowling performance, especially in an afternoon session of 156 runs, allowed their local rivals to post a score of 435 for 5 on the first day. Hick closed with 21 fours and three sixes from 294 deliveries.It was also Warwickshire’s misfortune to run into two batsmen who launched a lavish counter-attack after Neil Carter had removed openers Anurag Singh and Philip Weston at a personal cost of 17 runs in 6.4 overs.Their hundreds arrived almost in tandem – Solanki the first there in 143 balls, followed by Hick in 147 – and a double-century stand arrived at exactly five-runs-an-over.The carnage ended when occasional off-spinner Mark Wagh had Solanki stumped for 112, including 15 fours and three sixes, and there was further respite for Warwickshire with Nick Boulton’s edge to second slip off Alan Richardson.But Hick made it clear he was in the mood to bat to the close. A straight six was a rare interruption in an effective containing spell by Wagh and the former England batsman took 102 balls to reach a relatively cautious third 50.Yet he still monopolised a stand of 82 with David Leatherdale until his partner became Keith Piper’s fourth victim of the day. The two century-makers had been so dominant that Andy Bichel became the next highest scorer with a late dash to 39 not out.

For most teenagers a Test century on debut remains a distant dream, butfor Mohammad Ashraful it was a dream come true.”I had difficulty sleeping last night, as I dreamt about Lara’s 375 and mescoring a century,” he said afterwards.”I told my captain about what I had dreamt in the morning and he told me Icould make it come true, so I just decided to play positively.”Ashraful, who according to his passport celebrates his 17th birthday onSunday – though his birth date had been thought to be 7th July 1984 – became the youngest ever player to score a Test century, bettering Mushtaq Mohammad’s record set in 1961 when he had scored a century against India at the tender age of 17 years and 82 days.He did not play like a teenager, however, as he slammed the Sri Lankanbowlers all round the Sinhalese Sports Club. He went on to score 114 off 212balls hitting 16 fours.He played Sri Lanka’s spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan expertly, using hisfeet and driving over the top, pull-sweeping over mid-wicket, anddexterously late cutting whenever the ball was a fraction short.”I did not feel under any pressure out in the middle, in fact I felt reallycomfortable,” he claimed. “I have practiced against a bowler with aMuralitharan-like straighter ball back home and I had no trouble pickinghim.”Bangladesh still lost the game by a whooping innings a 137 runs, butBangladeshi captain Naimur Rahman was still chirpy after an astonishingthird day, in which his side his side had recovered from 81-4 to score 328,their second highest total in their five-Test history.”It was good for the team to comeback like they did here today as it provedthat we can perform,” Rahman said afterwards.”I always thought this was going to be his match, but Ashraful’s innings wasextraordinary – he played liked an experienced champion.””If he can go out there and do that then we all can,” he said. “His inningswill give the team a lot of confidence.””This game was a good experience as we are learning from our opponentseveryday,” he added.

Warwickshire are only five wickets away from clinching promotion to Division One of the championship after they reduced Derbyshire to 91-5 at the close of the third day.Centuries from Nick Knight and Ian Bell allowed Warwickshire to declare on 400-6 leaving Derbyshire to score 294 to avoid an innings defeat but their batting failed yet again.They go into the fourth day still 203 runs behind with all the recognised batsmen gone and only heavy rain will deny Warwickshire the victory they need to secure a place in the top three.The Bears have dominated this game from the start and Derbyshire have done little to halt their advance towards promotion.Knight and Bell’s stand of 245 for the fourth wicket was followed by a partnership of 73 in eight overs between Dougie Brown and Neil Smith to take their side to maximum batting points.That made sure they finished above Gloucestershire and the prospect of Derbyshire denying them victory faded once Steve Stubbings was lbw to Charlie Dagnall for the second time in the game.Dougie Brown then pinned Mathew Dowman lbw and when Michael Di Venuto drove Brown to mid off, Warwickshire were starting to celebrate.Dagnall yorked Chris Bassano and although bad light held up play for 55 minutes, Brown had Steve Selwood lbw for nine just before the close.