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AGENCIES
India `A' draw level in series
AHMEDABAD: Left-handers Amay Khurasia (68) and S Ramesh (52) struck half centuries to steer India `A' to a comfortable six-wicket win over West Indies `A' in the second one-day cricket match here today.
SCOREBOARD
West Indies `A': A Griffith run out 57, K Semple c&b Kanitkar 27, W Hinds c Kanitkar b Pandey 18, N McGarrell lbw Pandey 0, R Smith b Kanitkar 19, C Gayle b Chopra 25, R Sarwan lbw Ganesh 0, I Bishop c Pratap b Kanitkar 11, M Nagamooto not out 4, R King not out 2. Extras (lb9, w6, nb6): 21. Total (for 8 wkts off 50 overs): 184.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-68, 2-110, 3-111, 4-119, 5-154, 6-155, 7-174, 8-179.
Bowling: Ganesh 10-0-37-1, Sodhi 8-0-22-0, Pratap 2-0-12-0, Pandey 10-0-24-2, Kanitkar 10-0-35-3, Chopra 10-0-45-1.
India `A': D Gandhi b King 5, S Ramesh c Phillip b King 52, A Khurasia b Nagamooto 68, H Kanitkar not out 35, R Gavaskar c Griffith b King 0, S Karim not out 19. Extras (lb3, w2, nb1): 6. Total(for 4 wkts, 47.1 overs): 185.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-10, 2-126, 3-136, 4-136.
Bowling: King 10-0-48-3, Bishop 9-0-43-0, Semple 10-0-33-0, McGarrell 9.1-1-30-0, Gayle 3-0-10-0, Nagamooto 6-0-18-1.
West prevail on first innings lead
RAJKOT: West Zone entered the final of the Duleep Trophy cricket match, overcoming East Zone by a 47-run first innings lead after the semi-final match between them ended in a draw.
SCOREBOARD
West Zone (1st innings): 473.
East Zone (1st innings): SS Das lbw Arothe 45, Nikhil Haldipur b Bahutule 170, Rajiv Kumar run out 18, Tariq-ul-Rehman c Paranjpe b Mhambrey 49, Sanjay Raul lbw Mhambrey 2, Iqbal Khan b Arothe 0, Robin Morris lbw Kulkarni 13, Utpal Chatterjee lbw Siddique 5, Vinayak Samant c Paranjpe b Kulkarni 84, Laxmi Ratan c Kotak b Bahutule 10, Wrichik Mazumdar not out 9. Extras (b14, lb3, nb2, w2): 21. Total (all out) 426.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-64, 2-100, 3-211, 4-222, 5-223, 6-247, 7-257, 8-380, 9-411.
Bowling:Mhambrey 30-9-69-2, Siddique 28-5-96-1, Kulkarni 53-20-83-2, Arothe 31-11-47-2, Bahutule 40.2-6-96-2, Kotak 6-2-18-0.
West Zone (2nd innings): Samir Dighe lbw Robin Morris 9, Wasim Jaffer not out 26, Jatin Paranjpe run out 0, Abhijit Kale not out 24. Extras (b4, lb1, nb5, w3): 13. Total (for two wickets) 72.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-15, 2-24.
Bowling: Morris 6-1-18-1, Ratan 10-2-25-0, Mazumdar 10-4-24-0, Rehman 5-5-0-0, Kumar 2-2-0-0, Das 1-1-0-0.
Five-wicket victory for Central Zone
VALSAD: A brave frontal assault by Central Zone skipper Gagan Khoda (81) saw his team winning the Duleep Trophy semi-final match against North by five wickets after chasing 187 on the fifth and final day at the Sardar Patel Stadium here today.
SCOREBOARDNorth Zone (1st innings): 113.
Central Zone (1st innings): 346-9 decl.
North Zone (2nd innings): 467.
Central (2nd innings): S Bangar lbw Mehra 0, J Yadav c Dharmani b Mehra 5, Yogesh Ghare c Dahiya b Mehra 8, Mohd Kaif b Jain51, Gagan Khoda lbw Mehra 81, Devendra Bundela not out 39, Manoj Mugdal not out 23. Extras (nb21, lb5, b5): 31. Total (for 5 wkts in 76.2 overs): 238.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-0, 2-17, 3-50, 4-115, 5-191.Bowling: Mehra 25-4-74-4, Jain 13-4-39-0, Jain 16-4-46-1, Sehwag 18-0-57-0, Dani 3-1-5-0, Nayyar 1-0-2-0, Dharmani 0.2-0-5-0.
Saheli Dhar wins National `B' title
CHENNAI: With top boards witnessing quick draws, because of qualification, Saheli Dhar Barua of Railways took a quick draw with Dolan Champa Bose to walk away with the 25th Sportstar National Women's `B' Chess Championship at the Nehru Stadium on Sunday. Saheli, with 7.5 points was richer by Rs 10,000. Koneru Humpy, the 11-year-old World under-12 champion from Vijayawada became the youngest qualifier for National `A'. She drew with Arpi Shah in the ninth and final round.
Final Placings: 1. Saheli Dhar Barua (Rlys) 7.5, 2. Aarthie Ramaswamy (TN) 7, 3. Dolan Champa Bose (Bihar) 7, 4. S Meenakshi (TN) 6.5, 5. AnupamaGokhale (PSCB) 6.5, 6. Swati Mohota (Bengal) 6.5, 7. Bindu Saritha (Kerala) 6.5, 8. Koneru Humpy (Andhra) 6, 9. Safira Shanaz (TN) 6, 10. E Sheena (Kerala)
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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