Big win for Madhya Pradesh

VIDARBHA: (first innings): all out 277

MP (first innings): 508 for six decl

VIDARBHA: (2nd innings) P Sutane c N Hirwani b S Lahore 24, R Shahne a A Ali b D Bundela 23, P Hedao lbw S Lahore 41, Y Ghare c D Bundela b N Hirwani 20, L Rajput c A Ali b Lahore 41, U Gandhe not out 48, P Gandhe c Chauhan b Hirwani 11, B Zaveri lbw Pande 15, A Bhagwat b Pande 10, T Gonsalves 21, P Sadhu b Pande 00.

Extras: (nb-8, b-3, lb-2) 13.

Total: 267 all out, 108 overs, 393 mts.

Fall of wickets: 1/41, 2/57, 3/91, 4/143, 5/164, 6/182, 7/212, 8/236, 9/267

BOWLING: S Pande 19.1-1-74-5, R Chauhan 27-5-62-0, S Lahore 31-8-68-3, N Hirwani 28-2-42-2, D Bundela 3-0-16-1

MP second innings: J P Yadav lbw T Gonsalves 17, K Patel not out 02, D Bundela not out 14

Extras: (lb-2, nb-2) 4

Total: 37 for one wicket, 32 mts, 7.5 overs

Fall of wickets: 1/21

BOWLING: T Gonsalves: 3-0-23-1, A Bhagwat 3-0-04-0, P Sutane 1-0-04-0, U Gandhe 0.5-0-4-0

Result: MP won by nine wickets.

Swaroop hits century

RAJKOT: An unbeaten 142 by RA Swaroop and his first wicket partnership of 184 with M Kadri helped Baroda score 240 for one wicket in their first innings in reply to Saurashtra first innings total of 469 on the third day of the West Zone league match at the Municipal Corporation ground here today.Saurashtra added 12 to their overnight total of 457 for nine this morning before Kashyap Mehta was bowled by spinner Darshan Mulhelkar. He made 30.

Brief scores: Saurashtra 469. Baroda 240-1 (M Kadri 68, RA Swaroop not out 142).

Kartik spins Rlys home

NEW DELHI: Railways needed just one delivery after lunch on the final day to record an emphatic innings and one-run victory over Rajasthan in their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Karnail Singh Stadium here today.

Brief Scores: Rajasthan 189 and 184 (M Kartik 6-35). Railways 374 for 9 decl.

Karnataka crawl

HYDERABAD: Karnataka crawled to 290 for 5 on the penultimate of the South Zone match against Hyderabad today.

Karnataka, resuming from their overnight scored of 117 for two could add 173 in 90 overs and lost three wickets — Rahul Dravid (99), Vijay Bharadwaj (68) and K Sriram (13).

Brief scores: Hyderabad 433. Karnataka 290-5 (Rahul Dravid run out 99, Vijay Bharadawaj c Manohar b Laxman 68).

Rain spoils

KOCHI: Kerala were 159 for nine in reply to Andhra’s first innings score of 180 when play was called off following rains on the third day of the four-day South Zone league match at the Jawaharlal stadium here today.

Brief scores: Andhra 180. Kerala 159-9

Navdeep deadly

JALANDHAR: Batting like novices, Jammu and Kashmir batsmen let their bowlers down while losing by 82 runs to Punjab in the Pepsi North Zone Ranji Trophy one-dayer here at the Burlton Park Cricket Stadium today.

Navdeep Singh ripped the Jammu and Kashmir batting apart. The leg-spinner claimed six for 37 to send Jammu and Kashmir to 138 all out.

Brief scores: Punjab 220 in 49 overs (A Kapoor 36, S Mahajan 33; V Sharma 2-33, Bhatti 2-24, Ashwani 3-46) bt J & K 138 in 37.1 overs (Kanwaljeet 61; Sandeep 2-23, Navdeep 6-37)

Service stun Haryana

FARIDABAD: Spearheaded by skipper MV Rao who took five wickets, unfancied Services stunned formidable Haryana by 75 runs in the North Zone one day Ranji cricket match at the Nahar Singh Stadium here today. Services scored 240 for eight in their allotted 50 overs and then bowled out Haryana for 165 runs in 46.2 overs.

Bengal set to win

BALASORE: Hosts Orissa were skittled out for a meagre 158 in their second knock, setting an easy target of 148 for Bengal to win on the penultimate day of the four-day East-Zone Ranji Trophy league match played here at Permit Ground here today. At stumps the visitors were 30 for one.