Indians shine on a rain-hit day

Virender Sehwag was the only failure as India rattled up 265 for seven in 50 overs before their World Cup practice match against KwaZulu Nat...

Virender Sehwag was the only failure as India rattled up 265 for seven in 50 overs before their World Cup practice match against KwaZulu Natal was ended early by a thunderstorm on Tuesday. Sehwag was dismissed for four but Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh scored 66 apiece at a run a ball in a fourth-wicket partnership of 102, while captain Saurav Ganguly made 41 and Sachin Tendulkar 47. KwaZulu Natal scored 69 for two from 18 overs in reply before the match was abandoned.

In other matches…

New Zealand: 208 for 7 in 50 overs (Chris

Harris 51, Nathan Astle 42, Scott Styris 40) bt Easterns: 130 (Jacob Oram 5-35).
Pakistan: 264 for 7 (Younis Khan 50, Salim Elahi 43, Yousuf Youhana 32) bt (under D/L method) Gauteng: 123 for 4 (Razzaq 3 for 25).
Eastern Province: 176 (Caddick 2 for 26, Andy Flintoff 2 for 32) lost to England: 177 for 5 (Paul Collingwood 78, Alec Stewart 55 not out)
Australia: 280 for 9 in 50 overs (Lehmann 64 not out, D Martyn 40, Brad Hogg 31) bt North West: 129 (Brett Lee 3 for 27, Warne 2 for 14)
Northerns: 365 for 2 (Martin van Jaarsveld 124 not out, Ab de Villiers 109) bt Canada: 148 (Fazil Sattaur 47).
KwaZulu Natal: 191 for 6: (Doug Watson 50) bt Bangladesh (153: Al-Sahariar 45)by 38 runs.
West Indies: 267 for 8 (Chanderpal 97 not out, Lara 45, Gayle 44) bt Free State 226 for 8 (Collymore 3 for 20).
Netherlands: 130 lost to Western Province: 131(for no loss) by ten wickets.