Date:20/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/20/stories/2008122056121800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Baroda in semifinals

CHENNAI: Baroda scripted a five-wicket victory over Maharashtra on the fourth and final day of the Cooch Behar Trophy under-19 cricket match here on Friday.

With 10 points from four matches, Baroda entered the semifinals (it has already received a bye in the quarterfinals by virtue of being the defending champion).

Tamil Nadu (6 points from 4) let UP off the hook to finish with three points for its first innings lead.

TN failed to reach the quarterfinals while UP entered the last eight collecting 14 points from four.

The scores: At Chennai: TN 527 drew with UP 274 & 277 for six in 92.1 overs (Digvijay Singh 102, Md. Zahid Ali 92, Umang Sharma 27, Shivansh Sharma 29). TN 3, UP 1.

Maharashtra 167 & 272 in 92 overs (Vishant More 83, Rohit Charan 70, Azhar Ansari 29, Bhargav Bhatt four for 38) lost to Baroda 283 & 160 for five in 39.5 overs (Aditya Reddy 71, Nikunj Mohite 28). Baroda 5, Maharashtra 0.

At Bangalore: Mumbai 297 in 119.1 overs and 273 for nine decl. in 71.2 overs bt Haryana 114 in 52.2 overs and 179 in 55.3 overs (Mukul Dagar 69, Jathar five for 45, Netrawarker five for 50).

Bengal 405 in 183.4 overs (Krishna Das four for 39, Sarupam four for 134) and 37 for two in 12.2 overs drew with Assam 339 in 141.5 overs (Arminder Oberoi 48, M. Krashanu 44, Prateek four for 78, Arijeeth Baneerjee four for 79).

At Visakhapatnam: Punjab 272 and 352 for six decl. in 130 overs (Perry Goel 90, Gurinder Singh 88, Anil Sihag 84) drew with Andhra 227.

Karnataka 374 and 130 in 62.5 overs (Liyan Khan 25, Md. Arif Parihar four for 43) drew with Rajasthan 246 and 201 for eight in 64 overs (Ankit Lamba 60, Vijay Meene 34, Tanuj Sharma 33).