East take lead

HYDERABAD, Dec 3: East Zone managed to take the lead against North Zone in the Duleep Trophy quarter-final match here today at Gymkhana but a lead of 51 against the fancied team may not be enough when East play the fourth innings.

SCORECARD

North Zone: 1st innings: 295.
East Zone 1st innings: S Saikia c R Singh b Harbhajan 32, N Haldipur c Rathore b Chopra 103, D Gandhi c J Singh b Harbhajan 20, R Gavaskar c and b Sanghvi 55, S Karim c Dharmani b Minhas 45, S Raul b R Singh 26, Tariq-ur-Rehman c Dharmani b Harvinder 31, Utpal Chatterjee c Dharmani b Harbhajan 3, Robin Morris run out 0, Gautam Dutta c Dharmani b Robin Singh 12, KVP Rao not out 2.
Total in 139.1 overs 346.
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-74, 3-184, 4-264, 5-266, 6-312, 7-315, 8-315, 9-332.
Bowling: Harvinder Singh 18.1-4-55-1, Robin Singh 23-9-55-2, Nikhil Chopra 31-7-70-1, Harbhajan Singh 41-12-74-3, Sanghvi 21-4-60-1, Ajay Sharma 3-0-16-0, Minhas 2-1-2-1.
North Zone 2nd innings: Jitender Singh c Karim b Utpal Chatterjee 25, Vikram Rathore batting 38, Akash Chopra batting 0; Extras b3, lb3, nb1 7.
Total for one wicket in 25 overs: 71.
Fall of wicket: 1-70.
Bowling: Morris 3-1-13-0, Gautam Dutta 2-0-14-0, Utpal Chatterjee 10-5-25-1, KVP Rao 10-2-13-0.