Deccan mustered an uncharacteristically spirited performance to secure a nine-run victory over the Royal Challengers and with it end Bangalore's run in the 2012 IPL.
England made major strides toward securing a big victory over the West Indies, but couldn't quite finish the job inside three days as Shivnarine Chanderpaul refused to go down without a fight at Lord's on Saturday.
The Kolkata Knight Riders resigned the Pune Warriors to a resounding 34-run defeat in Saturday's Indian Premier League fixture at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium.
Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav did the initial damage before a characteristic blitz from David Warner saw the Delhi Daredevils scream to victory over the Kings XI Punjab.
Any talk that Andrew Strauss's place in the England team was in danger was quashed as the captain hit an unbeaten ton to lead his side to 259 for three against the West Indies.
The Rajasthan Royals' ambitions of winning a second IPL title are over for another year as their five-wicket defeat at the hands of Deccan ended their prospects of a top four finish.
Chris Gayle sent the records tumbling on Thursday as his 128 not out led Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 21-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils on Thursday.
Stuart Broad's fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket ensured that England overcame some West Indian resistance to dominate the opening day of the first Test at Lord's.
The Delhi Daredevils booked their berth in the play-off stage of the 2012 Indian Premier League thanks to a tidy enough victory of the Kings XI Punjab at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday.
Dwayne Bravo hit the final ball of the match for six to take Chennai to a thrilling five-wicket victory over Kolkata and keep their hopes of an IPL playoff berth alive.
An incredible unbroken partnership of 122 between Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard saw the Mumbai Indians come back from the dead to clinch a five-wicket victory.
Ajit Chandila's hat-trick - the ninth in the history of the Indian Premier League - led the Rajasthan Royals to a thumping victory over the Pune Warriors in Jaipur.
The Chennai Super Kings stepped up their quest for a third successive Indian Premier League title with a convincing nine-wicket win over the Delhi Daredevils in Chepauk on Saturday.
An unbeaten century stand between Kieran Powell and Darren Bravo carried the West Indies to 133 for three on day three of their four-day fixture against the England Lions at Wantage Road in Northampton.
Rohit Sharma struck a remarkable century to set up a comfortable 27-run win for the Mumbai Indians over the Kolkata Knight Riders in Saturday's Indian Premier League clash at Eden Gardens.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore resigned the Pune Warriors to their 10th defeat of the 2012 Indian Premier League in Friday's one-sided clash at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium.
James Taylor took one step closer to a berth in the Test squad as his fine century put the England Lions in a position of dominance on day two of their four-day fixture against the West Indies at Wantage Road in Northampton on Friday.
Superb late hitting from Albie Morkel and Srikkanth Anirudha turned Thursday night's match on its head as the Chennai Super Kings clinched a crucial clash.
The West Indians did little to dispel the notion that they will be no match for England over the coming weeks as they were bowled out for 147 by the England Lions.
If Tuesday's defeat to the Kings XI Punjab saw the Deccan Chargers' Indian Premier League campaign go from bad to worse, Thursday's thumping at the hands of Delhi Daredevils sent them careening down the drain.
