da realbet: On an rather interesting day’s play Railways reduced the hosts UttarPradesh to 157 and gained a first innings lead of 77 runs, and went onto extend it by another 125 by the end of the third day at the SportsStadium in Meerut on Wednesday
da cassino: Natarajan Sriram15-Nov-2000On an rather interesting day’s play Railways reduced the hosts UttarPradesh to 157 and gained a first innings lead of 77 runs, and went onto extend it by another 125 by the end of the third day at the SportsStadium in Meerut on Wednesday.Resuming at the overnight score of 98 for 5, the UP innings folded upin a further 30.5 overs. Skipper Gynender Pandey (56 not out) whoscored a sedate half century fought a lone battle. After the fall ofhis overnight partner Rizwan Shamshed (25) none of the other batsmenmanaged to stay long at the crease thus leaving Pandey stranded.Parida (5 for 33) added one more scalp to his credit while the otherwickets were shared allround.In reply Railways made a sedate start to their second innings withopeners TP Singh (32) and Sanjay Bangar (5) adding 33 runs in 10.1overs. Then Shalab Srivastava sent back Bangar and skipper AbhaySharma (4) in quick succession. TP Singh also did not last long and hedeparted, bowled by Raza. But Yere Goud (26) and Raza Ali (34) added63 runs for the fourth wicket. But UP made a come back after the fallof Raza Ali, bowled by Pandey, when Mohd Kaif struck two blows toleave the visitors in a spot of bother at Stumps. Railways by the endof the day had extended their lead to 202 runs.






