da leao： A round-up of the fourth day’s play of the fifth-round matches of the Ranji Trophy Super League, 2007-08
da marjack bet： Cricinfo staff12-Dec-2007
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Sandeep Jobanputra made a half-century and took three wickets in Saurashtra’s win over Karnataka (file photo) © Cricinfo Ltd
Mumbai pulled off an unlikely win over Rajasthan after they bowled out the hosts three runs short of the target in a nail-biting finish in Jhalawar. Rajasthan had made up for their poor show in the first innings with a hundred from Vineet Saxena and half-centuries from Nikhil Doru and Robin Bist as they chased a target of 384. They needed 46 in seven overs when the fifth wicket fell – Rohit Jhalani was run out for 14. Rajasthan still had enough wickets left to play out a draw but panic in the ranks caused three more run-outs – five in all for the innings. The last three batsmen were dismissed off the final three balls of the match.
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Saurashtra effected a dramatic last-over win against Karnataka at Mysore’s Infosys Park to move up to joint second with Maharashtra and Mumbai in the Group A table. Sandeep Jobanputra, Saurashtra’s No. 10 batsman, hit a quick half-century and added 74 with Firoz Bambhaniya to set Karnataka a target of 265 in 63 overs. Jobanputra then opened the bowling and struck in the fifth over to remove opener KB Pawan with six runs on the scoreboard. He followed it up by breaking the 81-run fifth-wicket partnership between Sunil Joshi and C Raghu, when he had Joshi caught behind for 44. Jobanputra’s opening-bowling partner, Sandip Maniar, removed Raghu with 16 needed. Jobanputra came on to bowl the final over of the match with six runs required and one wicket remaining. Yere Goud and KP Appanna took singles off the first two balls before Jobanputra caught Appanna off the fourth and Saurashtra won by three runs.
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Hyderabad took 8.1 overs on the final day to get the 18 runs they needed to beat Andhra Pradesh. They lost Amol Shinde off the fifth ball of the morning, but his dismissal brought MP Arjun, who took seven wickets in the Andhra second innings, out to the middle to see Hyderabad through to the finish. Hyderabad now have ten points from five matches and are tied at second place with Orissa, who have played one game less.
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Tamil Nadu bowled out Himachal Pradesh for 127 and won the match by 180 runs in Chennai. Having been set a target of 308, Himachal resumed at their overnight score of 5 for 0 and were promptly on their way to defeat, reduced to 73 for 5 in 42 overs. SS Kumar and R Ramkumar shared seven wickets between them as the match was wrapped up in another 17 overs.
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Since there was no chance of a positive result, the Baroda batsmen helped themselves to big scores on the final day in Amritsar. Williams, who had got 106 overnight, added another 79 to the total before being bowled by Charanjit Singh. After giving Baroda their first century opening stand of the season yesterday, Williams got century partnerships with Azharuddin Bilakhia and Rakesh Solanki, who is Baroda’s leading run-scorer in the season so far. The two sides agreed to call off the match with 15 overs remaining in the day.Delhi 409 and 51 for 3 (Agharkar 2-14) beat Maharashtra 219 and 240 (Takawale 75, Bhilare 34, Awana 4-62, Nanda 4-70) by seven wickets
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Parvinder Awana’s hat-trick broke Maharashtra’s 35-over resistance and set Delhi on their way to an outright win in Nagothane. Needing just 51 to win on a difficult track, Delhi proceeded to lose three wickets but in the end managed to gain a two-point lead over their opponents, second on the list. Read the full report here.
