Date:05/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/05/stories/2007120561812200.htm

Sport - Cricket

HP takes three points

CHENNAI: Ishant Sharma took four wickets to rock Himachal Pradesh, but the home side secured a draw and three points (for gaining the first innings lead) in its fourth-round Ranji Trophy Super League match against Delhi at Dharamsala.

The scores: Super League: At Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh 343 and 83 for five in 35 overs (Ishant Sharma four for 44) drew with Delhi 75 and 482 for six decl. in 145.2 overs (Gautam Gambhir 103, Aakash Chopra 215). Points: HP 3, Delhi 1.

At Siliguri: Punjab 241 and 315 in 86 overs (Pankaj Dharmani 43, Sunny Sohal 95) lost to Bengal 513 for six decl. and 45 for one in 10.3 overs. Points: Bengal 5, Punjab 0.

At Hyderabad: Hyderabad 240 and 160 in 61.4 overs (Anoop Pai 48, Debasis Mohanty five for 25) lost to Orissa 298 and 103 for one in 27.4 overs (Bikas Pati 52, S.S. Das 40 n.o.). Points: Orissa 5, Hyderabad 0.

At Mysore: Rajasthan 393 and 131 in 75 overs (Sunil Joshi four for 25) drew with Karnataka 329 and 153 for two in 22 overs (Robin Uthappa 54, Sudhindra Shinde 50 n.o., B. Ahil 42 n.o.). Points: Rajasthan 3, Karnataka 1.

At Mumbai: Maharashtra 451 and 139 for three in 48 overs (Hrishikesh Kanitkar 50 n.o.) drew with Mumbai 436 in 152.4 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 72, Amol Muzumdar 50, Ajit Agarkar 95, Ramesh Powar 106, Samad Fallah four for 114). Points: Maharashtra 3, Mumbai 1.

At Lucknow: Baroda 334 and 148 bt Uttar Pradesh 209 and 225 in 81.1 overs (Rohit Prakash Srivastava 44, Praveen Gupta 50 n.o., Yusuf Pathan four for 68). Points: Baroda 5, UP 0.

Plate League: At Guwahati: Services 406 and 158 for four decl. in 35 overs (Tahir Khan 55, Devendra Israni 44) lost to Assam 259 and 307 for four in 76.4 overs (S. Ramesh 97, S. Sharath 94 n.o.). Points: Assam 5, Services 0.

At Indore: Railways 464 vs. Madhya Pradesh 221 and 196 for three in 82 overs (Naman Ojha 81 n.o., Rahul Bakshi 58 n.o.). Points: Railways 3, Madhya Pradesh 1.

At Jamshedpur: Goa 336 and 181 for two in 67 overs (Swapnil Asnodkar 103 n.o.) drew with Jharkhand 457 for nine decl. in 164 overs (Subroto Ghosh 57, Manish Vardhan 179, Arun Vidyarthi 72, Saurav Tiwary 74, Shadab Jakati six for 149). Points: Jharkhand 3, Goa 1.

At Agartala: Kerala 179 and 275 for seven decl. lost to Tripura 185 and 270 for six in 78.5 overs (Rajib Saha 48, Rajesh Banik 76, Nishit Shetty 62 n.o.). Points: Tripura 5, Kerala 0.

At Valsad: Gujarat 312 and 121 bt Vidarbha 208 and 175 in 76.5 overs (Faiz Fazal 78, Ashraf Makda four for 41). Points: Gujarat 5, Vidarbha 0.