Nehra scalps five

Brief scores: Services 141 S Verma 37, P Maitrey 28; A Nehra 5-25, A Bhandari 2-22, R Sanghvi 2-42 vs Delhi 61-1 A Dani 29.

Punjab well-placed

MOHALI: Unrestrained by a fine haul of four for 93 by medium-pacer Shakti Singh, Punjab reached 317 for the loss of eight wickets on the opening day of the North Zone match against Himachal Pradesh.

At close, Sarandeep Singh 54 and Navdeep Singh 16 were at the crease. The duo had added 59 runs for the unfinished ninth wicket partnership.

Brief scores: Punjab 317-8 Vikram Rathore 44, Reetinder Sodhi 79, Pankaj Dharmani 70, Sarandeep Singh batting 54; Shakti Singh 4-93, Parveen Sharma 2-82 vs HP.

Puri slams ton

FARIDABAD:Middle-order batsman Rajesh Puri struck an unbeaten century after openers Jitender Singh and Parminder Sharma gave a solid start as Haryana posted a commanding 261 for two on the first day of their North Zone league match against Jammu and Kashmir here today.

Brief scores: Haryana 261-2 Parminder Sharma 79, Rajesh Puri batting 107 vs Jamp;K

MP 215-6

NAGPUR: Madhya Pradesh were 215 for the loss of six wickets in reply to Vidarbha8217;s 263 all out in first innings on the second day in the Central Zone match at the VCA Ground. A fine knock of 51 by Abbas Ali was the only highlight of Madhya Pradesh innings.

Brief scores: Vidarbha 263 Paresh Sutane 66, Manish Dosi 80; Narendra Hirwani 4-90, Rajesh Chauhan 3-73 vs MP 215-6 Devandra Bundela 36; Pritam Gandhe 4-61.