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India A8217; draw level in series
AHMEDABAD: Left-handers Amay Khurasia 68 and S Ramesh 52 struck half centuries to steer India A8217; to a comfortable six-wicket win over West Indies A8217; in the second one-day cricket match here today.
SCOREBOARD
West Indies A8217;: A Griffith run out 57, K Semple camp;b Kanitkar 27, W Hinds c Kanitkar b Pandey 18, N McGarrell lbw Pandey 0, R Smith b Kanitkar 19, C Gayle b Chopra 25, R Sarwan lbw Ganesh 0, I Bishop c Pratap b Kanitkar 11, M Nagamooto not out 4, R King not out 2. Extras lb9, w6, nb6: 21. Total for 8 wkts off 50 overs: 184.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-68, 2-110, 3-111, 4-119, 5-154, 6-155, 7-174, 8-179.
Bowling: Ganesh 10-0-37-1, Sodhi 8-0-22-0, Pratap 2-0-12-0, Pandey 10-0-24-2, Kanitkar 10-0-35-3, Chopra 10-0-45-1.
India A8217;: D Gandhi b King 5, S Ramesh c Phillip b King 52, A Khurasia b Nagamooto 68, H Kanitkar not out 35, R Gavaskar c Griffith b King 0, S Karim not out 19. Extras lb3, w2, nb1: 6. Totalfor 4 wkts, 47.1 overs: 185.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-10, 2-126, 3-136, 4-136.
Bowling: King 10-0-48-3, Bishop 9-0-43-0, Semple 10-0-33-0, McGarrell 9.1-1-30-0, Gayle 3-0-10-0, Nagamooto 6-0-18-1.
West prevail on first innings lead
RAJKOT: West Zone entered the final of the Duleep Trophy cricket match, overcoming East Zone by a 47-run first innings lead after the semi-final match between them ended in a draw.
SCOREBOARD
West Zone 1st innings: 473.
East Zone 1st innings: SS Das lbw Arothe 45, Nikhil Haldipur b Bahutule 170, Rajiv Kumar run out 18, Tariq-ul-Rehman c Paranjpe b Mhambrey 49, Sanjay Raul lbw Mhambrey 2, Iqbal Khan b Arothe 0, Robin Morris lbw Kulkarni 13, Utpal Chatterjee lbw Siddique 5, Vinayak Samant c Paranjpe b Kulkarni 84, Laxmi Ratan c Kotak b Bahutule 10, Wrichik Mazumdar not out 9. Extras b14, lb3, nb2, w2: 21. Total all out 426.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-64, 2-100, 3-211, 4-222, 5-223, 6-247, 7-257, 8-380, 9-411.
Bowling:Mhambrey 30-9-69-2, Siddique 28-5-96-1, Kulkarni 53-20-83-2, Arothe 31-11-47-2, Bahutule 40.2-6-96-2, Kotak 6-2-18-0.
West Zone 2nd innings: Samir Dighe lbw Robin Morris 9, Wasim Jaffer not out 26, Jatin Paranjpe run out 0, Abhijit Kale not out 24. Extras b4, lb1, nb5, w3: 13. Total for two wickets 72.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-15, 2-24.
Bowling: Morris 6-1-18-1, Ratan 10-2-25-0, Mazumdar 10-4-24-0, Rehman 5-5-0-0, Kumar 2-2-0-0, Das 1-1-0-0.
Five-wicket victory for Central Zone
VALSAD: A brave frontal assault by Central Zone skipper Gagan Khoda 81 saw his team winning the Duleep Trophy semi-final match against North by five wickets after chasing 187 on the fifth and final day at the Sardar Patel Stadium here today.
SCOREBOARDNorth Zone 1st innings: 113.
Central Zone 1st innings: 346-9 decl.
North Zone 2nd innings: 467.
Central 2nd innings: S Bangar lbw Mehra 0, J Yadav c Dharmani b Mehra 5, Yogesh Ghare c Dahiya b Mehra 8, Mohd Kaif b Jain51, Gagan Khoda lbw Mehra 81, Devendra Bundela not out 39, Manoj Mugdal not out 23. Extras nb21, lb5, b5: 31. Total for 5 wkts in 76.2 overs: 238.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-0, 2-17, 3-50, 4-115, 5-191.Bowling: Mehra 25-4-74-4, Jain 13-4-39-0, Jain 16-4-46-1, Sehwag 18-0-57-0, Dani 3-1-5-0, Nayyar 1-0-2-0, Dharmani 0.2-0-5-0.
Saheli Dhar wins National B8217; title
CHENNAI: With top boards witnessing quick draws, because of qualification, Saheli Dhar Barua of Railways took a quick draw with Dolan Champa Bose to walk away with the 25th Sportstar National Women8217;s B8217; Chess Championship at the Nehru Stadium on Sunday. Saheli, with 7.5 points was richer by Rs 10,000. Koneru Humpy, the 11-year-old World under-12 champion from Vijayawada became the youngest qualifier for National A8217;. She drew with Arpi Shah in the ninth and final round.
Final Placings: 1. Saheli Dhar Barua Rlys 7.5, 2. Aarthie Ramaswamy TN 7, 3. Dolan Champa Bose Bihar 7, 4. S Meenakshi TN 6.5, 5. AnupamaGokhale PSCB 6.5, 6. Swati Mohota Bengal 6.5, 7. Bindu Saritha Kerala 6.5, 8. Koneru Humpy Andhra 6, 9. Safira Shanaz TN 6, 10. E Sheena Kerala
