Jaffer, Muzumdar prop Mumbai

Vadodara, Nov 22: A fine 93 by opener Wasim Jaffer and 80 by Amol Muzumdar helped Mumbai score 253 for six on the opening day of their fo...

Vadodara, Nov 22: A fine 93 by opener Wasim Jaffer and 80 by Amol Muzumdar helped Mumbai score 253 for six on the opening day of their four-day West Zone tie against Vadodara today. Put in to bat, Mumbai lost wickets at 13 and 14. But Jaffer and Muzumdar steadied the innings and took the score to 138, when Muzumdar was trapped leg before.

Scoreboard
Mumbai (1st innings): Wasim Jaffer c & b Kadri 93, Amit Pagnis c & b Khan 0, J Paranjpe c Arothe b R Patel 0, Amol Muzumdar lbw R Patel 80 Vinod Kambli b Khan 32, Amol Rane b Khan 10, R Sutar batting 18 Paras Mhambrey batting 1. Extras (b1, lb 9, nb9): 19
Total (for six wickets): 253
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-14, 3-138, 4-202, 5-220, 6-248.
Bowling: Khan 27-5-98-3; R Patel 20-7-53-2; Mulherkar 10-0-28-0; Kadri 13-5-13-1; Swaroop 14-03-39-0; Bhoite 6-0-12-0.

Vasant slams century
RAJKOT: Opener Vasant Kumar’s fine century (131: 362m, 278b, 18×4) helped Saurashtra make 254 for four against Gujarat intheir West Zone match today.

Scoreboard
Saurashtra (1st innings): Sudhir Tanna c N Modi b M Parmar 53, Vasant Kumar run out 131, Sitanshu Kotak c M Parmar b B Mehta 7, Prakash Bhatt b B Mehta 0. Bimal Jadeja (batting) 51. Extras (b2, lb2, nb8): 12Total (for 4 wickets off 89.2 overs): 254
Fall of wickets: 1-106, 2-115, 3-115, 4-254
Bowling: B Patel 10-2-21-0, Mazumdar 9-0-30-0, M Parmar 20-4-50-1, B Mehta 31-2-93-2, Damani 8-1-21-0, Varsani 9.2-2-23-0, N Patel 2-0-12-0.
NORTH ZONE: At New Delhi: J-K 113 & 320 (Amitpal Singh 123, Dhruv Mahajan 123, Ashish Nehra 6-66, Nikhil Chopra 3-65) lost to Delhi 436-9 decl by innings and three runs
At Gurgaon (Day 3): Haryana 279 & 40-3 vs Punjab 379 (Vikram Rathour 80, Yuvraj Singh 149, Dinesh Mongia 63, Pradeep Jain 4-97)
At Una, HP: Services 355 & 90-3 (Rahul Panta 3-27) vs HP 347 (Rajiv Nayyar 112, Satya Prakash 54, Pankaj Maitrey 4-61,
CENTRAL ZONE: At New Delhi (Day 3): UP 439 &8-1 vs Railways 506 (S Bangar 130, A Sharma 99, Y Goud 84, Z Hussain 89; G Pandey 4-93).
EAST ZONE: At Cuttack (Day 1): Orissa 208-5 (SS Das 94, RR Parida 41 batting, Dheeraj Kumar 2-56) vs Bihar.
At Agartala (Day 1): Bengal 275-2 (Rohan Gavaskar batting 104, S Kalyani batting 71).