Mhambrey compliments Kambli century

Kambli gingerly edged towards his century as Jaffer’s wicket triggered a procession to and from the pavilion with the Gujarat medium-pacers monopolising the spoils on day three. He reached the coveted figure with a powerful cover drive off Lalit Patel.

When Gujarat began their reply, Mhambrey struck in his second over toclaim Kotecha. Only opener Nilesh Modi (batting 38: 127b, 4×4), stuck to the task solidly as Mhambrey sliced through the Gujarat innings, his analysis reading 11.4-5-15-4.

SCOREBOARD
Gujarat (1st innings): 305

Mumbai (1st innings; overnight 269-3): Wasim Jaffer lbw Majumdar 173, Amit Pagnis c Varsani b Majumdar 52, Jatin Paranjpe c Bhavik Patel b Majumdar 4, Amol Muzumdar b Mehta 16, Vinod Kambli c Damani b Bhavik Patel 116, Samir Dighe c Pathik Patel b Lalit Patel 2, Paras Mhambrey c Pathik Patel b Lalit Patel 10, Rajesh Pawar lbw Bhavik Patel 2, Nilesh Kulkarni c&b Bhavik Patel 0, Abey Kuruvilla c Pathik Patel b Lalit Patel 1, Santosh Saxena not out 4 (5m, 3b, 1×4). Extras: (b13, lb9, w7, nb10) 39.
Total: (all out in 120.5 overs) 419
Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Pagnis), 2-156 (Paranjpe), 3-189 (A Majumdar), 4-341 (Jaffer), 5-357 (Dighe), 6-375 (Mhambrey), 7-384 (Pawar), 8-394 (Kulkarni), 9-409 (Kuruvilla)
Bowling: Bhavik Patel 21.5-1-87-3, Majumdar27-3-70-3, Lalit Patel 19-2-75-3, Mehta 29-6-85-1, Sheth 13-1-39-0, Varsani 4-0-12-0, Damani 7-0-29-0.

Gujarat (2nd innings): Amrish Kotecha c Paranjpe b Mhambrey 6, Nilesh Modi batting 38, Keyur Padia run out (Saxena) 5, Kirat Damani lbw Mhambrey 21, Tejas Varsani b Mhambrey 0, Mihir Sheth c&b Kuruvilla 4, Pathik Patel b Mhambrey 9; Extras: (b2, lb1, nb7) 10. Total: (for six wickets in 41.1 overs) 93
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Kotecha), 2-32 (Padia), 3-61 (Damani), 4-61 (Varsani), 5-69 (Sheth), 6-93 (P Patel).
Bowling: Mhambrey 11.4-5-15-4, Saxena 11-2-34-0, Kuruvilla 6-0-19-1, Kulkarni 7-4-5-0, Pawar 7-4-17-0.

Saurashtra improve
PUNE: Saurashtra with their backs to the wall after having conceded a 214-run lead came in their second essay notching 165 for 2 against Maharashtra on the penultimate day of their four day West Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here today.

Skipper Sitanshu Kotak (batting 39: 122b, 4×4) and Prakash Bhat(batting 54: 124b, 7×4) defied the rival pace and spin attack adding 94 runs for the unfinished third wicket stand.

Maharashtra overnight 360 for 5, added merely 70 runs this morning to be bowled out for 431. The association of debutant Kaushik Aphale (158: 234b, 333m, 22×4) and Satyen Lande (62: 138b, 171m, 8×4) lasted just six runs today before Lande was claimed by Rajesh Garsondia.

SCOREBOARD
Saurashtra (1st innings): 217

Maharashtra (1st innings; overnight 360-5): Surendra Bhave c Parmar b Chawda 30, Dhiraj Jadhav c Parmar b Garsondia 20, Mandar Sane b Chawda 0, Abhijit Kale c Parmar b Bambania 84, Shantanu Sugvekar c sub (Nilesh Odedra) b Garsondia 26, Kaushik Aphale c Parmar b Garsondia 158, Satyen Lande c Bhatt b Garsondia 62, Sanjay Kondhalkar c Parmar b Garsondia 10, Iqbal Siddiqui c Chawda b Rana 22, Milind Kulkarni c Bhatt b Rana 0, Sachin Nair not out 0; Extras: (b4, lb2, nb10, w3) 19. Total: (all out in 133.1 overs; 588 mins) 431
Fall of wickets:1-46, 2-46, 3-69, 4-145, 5-199, 6-366, 7-388, 8-427, 9-430
Bowling: Rana 24-3-80-2 (1nb, 2w), Garsondia 30.1-6-90-5 (4nb), Chawda 37-4-147-2 (5nb, 1w), Bambania 28-4-70-1, Tanna 13-2-33-0, Vasant Kumar 1-0-5-0

Saurashtra (2nd innings): Sudhir Tanna c Sane b Kulkarni 19, Vasant Kumar c Kondhalkar b Kulkarni 46, Sitanshu Kotak batting 39, Prakash Bhatt batting 54; Extras: (b2, lb1, nb4) 7. Total: (for 2 wkts in 67 overs; 294 mins) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-71
Bowling: Siddiqui 18-3-52-0 (1nb), Kulkarni 16-4-42-2 (3nb), Nair 10-2-29-0, Lande 12-4-17-0, Sane 11-1-22-0

Hyderabad follow on

CHENNAI: When Md Azharuddin was brilliantly stumped by Reuben Paul, Tamil Nadu had Hyderabad on the mat. They quickly bundled up the tail, to force a follow-on, but failed to tighten the noose on the third and penultimate day of the South Zone tie at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.

The visitors, in reply to the hosts 404, were all out for 205 in the firstinnings, a little after lunch, and were 140 for two in the second knock.

Azharuddin stands once again between Tamil Nadu and victory. The stylish Hyderabadi is unbeaten on 23 in his second essay. The visitors in reply to hosts’ 404 were all out for 205 in the first innings, a little after lunch, and were asked to follow on.

Brief Scores: Hyderabad 205 (M Azharuddin 84, S Mahesh 3-53, Aashish Kapoor 4-30) & 140-2 (Nanda Kishore batting 75, M Azharuddin batting 23) vs Tamil Nadu 404.

Kerala win in two days

MARGAO: Kerala scored a ten-wicket win over Goa in the South Zone tie that concluded in just two days.
Brief Scores: Goa 105 & 134 (Atul Ranade 32, Avinash Aware 26, Ram Prakash 3-27, Suresh Kumar 3-24) lost to Kerala 234 (Sunil Oasis 76, Ram Prakash 53, Aware 6-96) & 6-0.

Kaif slams ton

KANPUR: Sparkling batting by Mohammad Kaif (112: 314m, 245b, 14×4) and all-rounder Rizwan Shamshad (95: 214m, 165b, 10×4) enabled hosts Uttar Pradesh to muster351 runs for eight on the second day of the four-day Central Zone league match against Vidarbha. Resuming at 124 for two, Kaif and Rizwan stitched a 163-run partnership for the third wicket.
Brief Scores: UP 351-8 (M Kaif 112, Shamshad 95, Jyoti Yadav 46, Abhijit Piprode 3-61) vs Vidarbha 98.

Rajasthan on course

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan made 109 for three in reply to Railways first innings total of 132 on the second day, as only two and half hours play was possible in the four-day Central Zone tie.
Brief scores: Rajasthan 109-3 (Nikhil Doru batting 36, P Krishnakumar batting 35, Harvinder Singh 2-23) vs Railways 132.