Ashwani, Surinder bowl J & K to victory
New Delhi: Fine bowling spells by Ashwami Gupta and Surinder Singh helped Jammu and Kashmir to beat Services by 30 runs on the final day of their fourth four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbax Singh stadium here today
Madhu Sanghi
17-Nov-1999
New Delhi: Fine bowling spells by Ashwami Gupta and Surinder Singh
helped Jammu and Kashmir to beat Services by 30 runs on the final day
of their fourth four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbax
Singh stadium here today.
Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services, resuming on 24 for
two, were skittled out for 128 half an hour before tead with left-arm
medium pacer Surinder Singh (three for 18) and off-spinner Ashwani
Gupta (three for 29) doing the most damage.
The morning session saw just 43 runs coming for the loss of three
wickets and at lunch, the hosts were struggling at 67 for five.In the
second session, wickets fell at regular intervals, with the seventh
and eighth falling on 114 before the hosts innings folded up.
Barring a patient 49 by skipper Sanjay Verma, which took Services past
the 100 mark, none of the other batsmen moade any significant
contribution. Verma stayed at the wicket for 104 minutes facing 84
balls and hits seven hits to the fence in his 49. Pankaj Maitrey
stayed at the wicket for 110 minutes and faced 69 balls but he could
contribute merely four runs to the total.
With this win J & K now have 14 points from four matches while
Services could not earn any points in the same numbers of fixtures.