AMRITSAR, Nov 21: Haryana, replying to Punjab's 435, was struggling to avoid follow on after losing three wickets for 86 runs at close on second day of the four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.Brief scores: Punjab435 (Rathore 45, Sodhi 51, Dharmani 103, D Mongia 61; P Thakur 4-131, D Singh 3-74, P Jain 2-111) vs Haryana 86-3 (Kaypee batting 47; Bharat Bhushan 3-18)J&K take leadJAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir gained a vital first innings lead of 35 runs as Himachal Pradesh were all out for 215, replying to J and K's score of 250, on the second day of the four-day match of North Zone league at the MAM Stadium.Brief scores: Jammu and Kashmir 250 (Rahal Panta 3-33, Rajiv Sharma 2-36, Jaswant Singh 2-75) vs Himachal Pradesh 215 (Rajiv Nayyar 67, Pardeep Bali 5-61, Sanjay Sharma 3-42)Play abandonedCALCUTTA: The East Zone Ranji Trophy One-dayer between Bengal and Orissa was abandoned due to bad light at the Eden Gardens here today. Both the teams will thus sharepoints.Brief scores: Orissa 228 in 50 overs (RR Parida 64, SS Das 30; S Ganguly 3-33; U Chatterjee 2-48) vs Bengal 108-2 in 21.2 overs (LR Shukla 54 not out). Play abandoned.
