North Zone add CK Nayudu Trophy to their coffers
North Zone won the Under 19 level CK Nayudu Trophy at Chennai on December 31st as they maintained their all win record by inflicting a six wicket defeat on West Zone at the Guru Nanak College ground
05-Jan-2000
North Zone won the Under 19 level CK Nayudu Trophy at Chennai on December 31st
as they maintained their all win record by inflicting a six wicket defeat
on West Zone at the Guru Nanak College ground. In the day's other
match at the Southern Railway ground, South Zone beat wooden spoonists
East Zone by 68 runs to finish runners up. North Zone will take on the
Rest of India for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy at the MAC Stadium in
Chepauk tomorrow.
West Zone made 204-6 from 50 overs after being put in to bat. The
highlight of the innings was a 125 run second wicket parnership
between PP Joshi (71, 110 balls, 3 fours) and captain NK Patel (56, 85
balls, 4 fours). But after Patel departed in the 35th over, West were
pegged down and could score only 58 from the last 15 overs. For North
the bowlers to stand out were Yuvraj Singh with 2-39 from 9 overs and
Amit Suman with 1-25 from 10.
North then got to their victory target of 205 with twenty balls to
spare. Yuvraj Singh, captaining the side in the absence of RS Sodhi,
was again the man of the moment, stroking his way to 68 from 67 balls.
An unbroken fifth wicket stand of 52 between A Ratra (25) and SP Singh
(27) completed the job for North.
After winning the toss and electing to bat South were all out for 236
in 48 overs. Although South stumbled to 81-4 in the 24th over, there
was a middle order rally by NA Yadav (46) and DS Doss (61) who put on
79 for the fifth wicket in 14.2 overs. Doss was especially punishing,
hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes in his 59 ball knock. Vidyuth and Lazarus
also hit two sixes apiece but a couple of run outs towards the end
meant that South had contrived to leave two overs unused. For East RN
Ghosh was the most successful bowler with 3-45.
East never looked to be in the hunt as they kept losing wickets at
regular intervals. No one reached 30 and East competed a miserable
tournament by surrendering in the 46th over for 168. Kerala leggie CM
Shyam took 3-45 with all six South bowlers being among the wickets.