WEST Indies captain Chris Gayle was out first ball after choosing to bat against Australia in the second limited overs match at Adelaide Oval.

Australia eased to a 2-0 series lead over the West Indies with a thumping eight-wicket win in Adelaide that looked inevitable after the tourists were reduced to 16 for four batting first.

New Delhi: With the Nagpur Test in danger of going South Africa's way the BCCI is desperate for India to hang on to the No. 1 Test ranking.

India may be facing the prospect of an innings defeat inside four days but dashing opener Virender Sehwag on Monday sounded confident that the hosts would pull a rabbit out of the hat and save the opening Test against South Africa.

Grand plans announced yesterday by the Rajasthan Royals to stage a Twenty20 cricket festival in England this July will be met with stiff resistance from the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Nagpur: Dale Steyn produced a sensational exhibition of seam bowling to rip apart India's fragile middle order and leave the hosts staring at an embarrassing defeat in the first Test against South Africa here on Monday.

New Delhi: With his eighteenth Test century on the third day of the first Test against South Africa in Nagpur, Virender Sehwag equalled Mohammad Azharuddin's record of scoring four Test centuries against the Proteas.

Nagpur: India 66/2 at day3 stumps, still trailing by 259 with Vijay and Tendulkar at the crease. Earlier Steyn took 7/51 to bowl out India for 233 and make them follow on.

Ross Taylor blasted 78 in just 51 balls to help New Zealand seal their One-Day International series against Bangladesh with a comprehensive five-wicket win in Dunedin.

Nagpur: India coach Gary Kirsten believes his team can still win the first Test against South Africa and said the onus is now on the batsmen to bring the home side back into the match.