Brief Scores

Services 288 & 103 (Robin Singh 5-26, Bhandari 3-44) lost to Delhi 466.

Big victory for Punjab

AMRITSAR: Punjab took just 23 minutes this morning to rout Jammu and Kashmir by an innings and 183 runs in the four-day North Zone match at the Gandhi Grounds here today.

Brief Scores

Punjab 475-8 decl bt J&K 156 & 136 (Kanwaljit Singh 30, Ashwani Gupta 54; Sandeep Sawal 2-38, Navdeep 6-55)

Arun, Vijay hold fort

BANGALORE: Defending champions Karnataka, whojust about managed to take the first innings lead, were forced to a draw by Andhra Pradesh in the South Zone match at the KSCA Stadium on Sunday.

Brief Scores

AP 211 & 424 drew with Karnataka 231 & 300-5 (J Arun Kumar 141, Vijay Bharadwaj 75, A Vijay 38 n.o.).

TN bat through

HYDERABAD: Tamil Nadu batted throughout the day scoring 372 for eight as the the four-day South Zone match between them and Hyderabad ended in a draw here today.

Brief Scores

Hyderabad 192 drew with Tamil Nadu 372-8 (V Santha Kumar 51, Sriram 101, S Sharath 98, TR Arasu 54 n.o.; Noel David 2-83, NP Singh 3-67, V Raju 2-65).

UP in command

NAGPUR: Ulhas Gandhe (89 batting), stood tall amidst Vidarbha's first innings spoils caused by Uttar Pradesh's left-arm spinner Shivdhar Bajpai on the penultimate day of the Central Zone match here today.

Brief Scores

UP 295 vs Vidarbha 237-8 (Y Ghare 48, U Gandhe 89 n.o.; S Bajpai 6-81).

MP gain lead

NEW DELHI: MadhyaPradesh bowlers ran through the Railway batting to ensure a vital 40-run first innings lead and were 51 for two in their second knock on the third day of their central zone league tie at the Karnail Singh Stadium here today.

Brief Scores

MP 266 and 51-2 vs Rlys 226 (S Bangar 48, P Rawat 47; H Sodhi 2-26, S Lahore 2-42, R Chauhan 2-64, N Hirwani 2-71).