da luck： Madhya Pradesh translated their overwhelming superiority overSaurashtra into an outright victory by 218 runs to enter the semifinalof the Cooch Behar Trophy at Jamshedpur on Friday
Partab Ramchand10-Dec-1999Madhya Pradesh translated their overwhelming superiority overSaurashtra into an outright victory by 218 runs to enter the semifinalof the Cooch Behar Trophy at Jamshedpur on Friday.Already virtually assured of a berth into the penultimate round atclose of play on Thursday, MP did not relax but pressed for awin. Resuming their second innings at 249 for nine, they were all outfor 262 on the final morning. The tenth wicket stand between No 10 ANSharma and No 11 Ashok Sharma was worth 50 runs. Dhruv took the lastwicket to finish with seven for 76 off 42 overs.Set a virtually impossible victory target of 395 runs Saurashtra weredismissed for 216 in 60.5 overs. Only MJ Mehta (48) and skipper USKaravadra (46) showed some semblance of a fight. M Mishra (5 for 21)and Ashok Sharma (4 for 43) caused the damage.