West Zone in final

The final will be held from December 17 to 21.

SCOREBOARD :

West Zone (1st innings): 600-8 decl

East Zone (1st innings, overnight 208-5): SS Das run out 30, N Haldipur run out 59, R Gavaskar lbw Khan 1, RR Parida c Patel b Mhambrey 14, S Karim c Muzumdar b Khan 60, T Rehman lbw Mehta 4, S Singh not out 51, U Chatterjee c Kulkarni b Siddique 17, S Satpathy run out 2, J Zaman c Khan b Kulkarni 0, A Barik b Siddique 0. Extras (b1, lb6, nb9, w1) 17.
Total (all out in 85.2 overs) 255.
Fall of wickets: 1-83, 2-84,3-110, 4-122, 5-155, 6-213, 7-243, 8-254, 9-254.
Bowling: Mhambrey 11-2-40-1, Zaheer 16-1-66-2, Siddique 15.2-5-39-2, N Kulkarni 29-9-71-1, Mehta 14-5-32-1.

West Zone (2nd innings): W Jaffer batting 75, C Williams b Satpathy 41, A Kale batting 55. Extras (nb2, w1) 3.
Total (for one wkt in 74 overs) 174.
Fall of wicket: 1-71.
Bowling: Zaman 9-3-13-0, Barik 6-0-22-0, Chatterjee 14-4-24-0, Satpathy 14-3-44-1, Sukhwinder 10-3-29-0, Gavaskar 9-3-15-0, Haldipur 6-1-14-0, Rehman 6-0-13-0.

Central in trouble
GUWAHATI: Raji Ali struck an unbeaten 122 but his effort could go in vain as Central Zone were on the verge of conceding the vital first innings lead after reaching 328 for seven at close on the penultimate day of their semi-final tie against North Zone here today.

SCOREBOARD :

North Zone (1st innings) 543

Central Zone (1st innings, 149-3): Sanjay Bangar b Robin Jr 0, Jyoti Yadav c Dharmani b Sodhi 70, Abbas Ali c Rathore bRobin Jr 31, Manoj Mudgal lbw Sodhi 27, Raja Ali not out 122, Gyanendra Pandey c Sodhi b Chopra 2, Saurav Shukla c Dharmani b Robin Jr 7, Mohd Saif lbw Mongia 35, Preetam Gandhey retd hurt 3, AW Zaidi not out 12. Extras (lb11, b2, nb5, w1) 19.
Total (for 7 wkts in 155.3 overs): 328.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-48, 3-111, 4-185, 5-188, 6-199, 7-290.
Bowling: Robin Jr 32.3-11-56-3, Shakti 25-8-77-0, Chopra 36-13-56-1, Navdip 28-8-48-0, Sodhi 24-11-46-2, Sehwag 3-0-13-0, Mongia 7-0-19-1.