Rain saves England from defeatThe first Ashes cricket Test between England and Australia ended in a draw when the match was cut short by a tropical storm as England struggled to survive. Needing to bat through the fifth and final day to save the match, England were in desperate trouble at 179 for six when the match was abandoned two and a half hours before the close. Scores: Australia 485 and 237-3 declared. England 375 and 179-6.India `A' teamHrishikesh Kanitkar will lead the India `A' team in the first two Test matches to be played in Bangalore and Chennai. Board for Control of Cricket in India secretary Jayant Lele said that ``this team is for the two Test matches to be played in Bangalore and Chennai, and the team for the one-dayers will be selected in Chennai during the second Test to be played there.''India pip PakTwo young Pakistani men - Mohammed Khaliq and Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi - displayed tremendous character to shake awake the top seeded Indians in the quarter-finals of the $ 84,000 Asia Cup at the RK Khanna centre court in Delhi today. India scraped into the semis with a 2-1 win. Earlier, second seeded Uzbekistan breezed through their morning date with China 3-0.Pakistan winPakistan beat Zimbabwe by 111 runs to win the final one-day game and take the series 2-1. Scores: Pakistan 302 for 6. Zimbabwe 191.BSF championsBorder Security Force defeated Punjab and Sind Bank 2-1 in a subdued all-Jalandhar final to claim their seventh title in the 35th Nehru-ONGC Senior Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium in New Delhi.Darmen leadsIt was a black day on the top four boards as Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhstan widened his lead to a full point in the seventh round in the NTPC-Triveni World Junior Chess Championship for boys in Kozhikode. The Kazakh overcame second seed Zhang Zhong of China, a potential threat to his title chances and got a nice cushion with 6.5 points after seven rounds.
