For three years, he nourished a hope; having won the 2004 edition of Scorpio Speedster clocking 138 kmph and a subsequent stint in Australia, Parvinder Awana made a long awaited entry into first class cricket this season for Delhi after suspiciouly dabbling for a spot in Rajasthan team. He didnt have a dream debut but neverthless achieved a feat that few can dream of. The medium pacer playing in his second Ranji Trophy match took a hat-trick to help Delhi take an outright victory. Maharashtra were comfortably placed with Yogesh Takawale and Vishal Bhilare adding 100-runs for the fifth wicket partnership and the encounter seemed to head towards a draw with scoreboard reading 202 for 4, a lead of 12. But Awana definietly had something else in his mind as with his acurate line and length and pace the pacer removed Bhilare, Kedar Jadhav and Sairaj Bahutule in three deliveries to change the game Delhi’s way. And after this successful over the hosts scorecard read 202 for 7, and the last three wickets fell for 38 runs and Delhi requiring 51-runs for victory. Delhi lost three wickets while chasing the small target. •Brief scores: Delhi 409 & 51/3 (S Agharkar 2/14 ) beat Maharashtra 219 & 240 ( H Kanitkar 50, Y Takawale 75, V Bhilare 34; Awana 4/62, Nanda 4/70) by 7 wicketsMumbai defeat RajasthanMumbai: Murtuza Hussain scalped two wickets in the last over to help Mumbai registered a dramatic two-run win over Rajasthan in their Ranji Trophy super league Group A match at the Sports Complex ground in Jhalawar on Wednesday. Rajasthan needed just 10 runs in the last over with three wickets in hand when Mumbai skipper Amol Muzumdar handed the cherry to Hussain. The 21-year-old medium pacer, was hit for a four off his first delivery. With six more runs needed, Afroz Khan was clean bowled by Hussain and very next ball a mix-up resulted in Shamsher Singh’s run out. With the hosts needing two more runs to win from the last ball Hussain bowled out Mohd. Aslam to help Mumbai walk away with five points and share the second spot along with Saurashtra and Maharashtra with 15 points each. •Brief Scores: Mumbai 295 & 267/4 decl. beat Rajasthan 179 & 381 (V Saxena 122, NS Doru 82, R Bist 64; M Hussain 2/28) by two runs Summarised scoresSuper League•Hyderabad: Hyderabad 132 &155/7 (A S Yadav 43; D Kalyankrishna 3/41) beat Andhra Pradesh:159 &127 by three wickets•Mysore: Saurashtra: 245 & 245 (F Bambhaniya 46, K Vaghela 34; N C Aiyappa 4/87) beat Karnataka 226 & 261 (C Raghu 77, S Maniar 4/54, S Jobanputra 3/74) by three runs•Amritsar: Punjab: 496/8 decl. drew with Baroda 156/5 ( S S Parab 80, C Williams 185, A Bilakhia 47, R Solanki 111, P Shah 53 n.o.,S Gaekwad 54 n.o.)•Chennai: Tamil Nadu 234 & 296/6 decl. beat Himachal Pradesh 223 & 127 ( M Gupta 23,A Mannu 24; S Sureshkumar 4/31, Ramkumar 3/26) by 180 runs
