da wazamba： New Delhi: Fine bowling spells by Ashwami Gupta and Surinder Singhhelped Jammu and Kashmir to beat Services by 30 runs on the final dayof their fourth four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the HarbaxSingh stadium here today
Madhu Sanghi17-Nov-1999New Delhi: Fine bowling spells by Ashwami Gupta and Surinder Singhhelped Jammu and Kashmir to beat Services by 30 runs on the final dayof their fourth four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the HarbaxSingh stadium here today.Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services, resuming on 24 fortwo, were skittled out for 128 half an hour before tead with left-armmedium pacer Surinder Singh (three for 18) and off-spinner AshwaniGupta (three for 29) doing the most damage.The morning session saw just 43 runs coming for the loss of threewickets and at lunch, the hosts were struggling at 67 for five.In thesecond session, wickets fell at regular intervals, with the seventhand eighth falling on 114 before the hosts innings folded up.Barring a patient 49 by skipper Sanjay Verma, which took Services pastthe 100 mark, none of the other batsmen moade any significantcontribution. Verma stayed at the wicket for 104 minutes facing 84balls and hits seven hits to the fence in his 49. Pankaj Maitreystayed at the wicket for 110 minutes and faced 69 balls but he couldcontribute merely four runs to the total.With this win J & K now have 14 points from four matches whileServices could not earn any points in the same numbers of fixtures.