da betsul： South Zone scored their second successive victory in the CK NayuduTrophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament at the AC Techgrounds in in Chennai on Tuesday beating West Zone by four wickets
Partab Ramchand28-Dec-1999South Zone scored their second successive victory in the CK NayuduTrophy inter-zonal (under-19) cricket tournament at the AC Techgrounds in in Chennai on Tuesday beating West Zone by four wickets.Put in to bat, West were restricted to 206 for nine in 43overs. Actually they made a good start with openers Parab (18) and PPJoshi putting on 32 runs and then Joshi and Nk Patel (35 off 50 ballswith three fours) increasing the score by 72 runs during a secondwicket association that lasted 15.2 overs. Joshi who was run out for76, faced 104 balls and hit five fours. PP Vora, with a gallantunbeaten 41 bolstered the middle order but there was precious littlecontribution from the others.South’s consistent batting saw them home with three balls to spare.Openers BA Pai (22) and Amit Kumar (42) put on 51 runs in 12.3overs. This was followed by a second wicket partnership of 49 runs off11 overs between Amit Kumar and R Satish. Skipper YV Rao and NA Yadavthen brought South closer to victory with a fourth wicket stand of 45runs off 6.4 overs. And finally Yadav and DS Doss (28) took South tothe doorstep with a brisk fifth wicket partnership of 45 runs off sixovers. Yadav’s 46 was compiled off just 38 balls with two fours andtwo sixes while Doss hit 28 off only 26 balls with five hits to thefence. Rain interupted play twice during the West Zone inningsreducing the number of overs.