Batting first, West posted a respectable 244 for seven wickets in 50 overs and then restricted South zone to 180 for nine, thanks to a fine spell by Paras Mhambrey (3 for 28).

In a match rendered inconsequential, with Central Zone already having won the championship, former India medium pacer Dodda Ganesh for South failed to make any impression on the placid Maligaon pitch.

Scoreboard

West Zone: S Sugwekar b Padmanabhan 54 S Kotak c Pratap b Ramkrishna 2 A Kale c Pratap b Padmanabhan 65 V Kambli not out 69 J Martin b Padmanabhan MSK Prasad b Bharadwaj 10 P Mhambrey c Bharadwaj b Ramakrishna 7 B Mehta b Ramakrishna 7 N Kulkarni not out 1 Extras: (b-4, lb-5, w-9, nb-8) 26 Total (for seven wickets in 50 overs) 244

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-111, 3-157, 4-166, 5-190, 6-214, 7-232.

Bowling: Ganesh 10-0-54-0, Ramakrishna 9-1-38-3 Pratap5-1-22-0, Srinath 6-0-23-0 Padmanabhan 10-0-40-3, Bharadwaj 10-0-58-1.

South Zone: S Srinath c Mehta b Mhambrey 4 MSK Prasad c Mehta b Kulkarni 15 V Pratap c Dighe b Mhambrey 22 S Sharath c & b Mhambrey 0 RVC Prasad lbw Mehta 27 HK Badani c Martin b Kulkarni 9 A Nandkishor c Sugwekar b Mehta 37 B Bharadwaj c & b Kotak 19 A Padmanabhan c Kuruvilla b Kotak 14 H Ramakrishna not out 0. Extras (lb-4, w-10, nb-2) 16 Total: (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-47, 3-47, 4-50, 5-71, 6-106, 7-147, 8-148, 9-148.

Bowling: Kuruvilla 8-0-32-0, Mhambrey 7-1-28-3, Kulkarni 9-2-16-2, Mehta 9-6-38-2, Kotak 8-1-32-2, Wakenkar 8-0-30-0, Kambli 1-1-0-0.North Zone win

CALCUTTA: East Zone ended their Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament losing their last league match to North by 27 runs. A valiant 75 by East captain Saba Karim and a brisk 32 by Sanjay Raul were of little use as East ended their innings at 240 for nine in reply to North's 267 for six.

Scoreboard

North Zone: A Dani st Karim bGavaskar 42; V Rathore run out 27; N Sidhu c Kaderkar b Gavaskar 24; P Dharmani run out 58; V Sehwag run out 78; M Minhas b Mohanty 12; R S Sodhi not out 11; D Mongia (not out) 5. Extras: 10 (lb 1, w-9). Total: (for six wickets in 50 overs) 267 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-101, 3-105, 4-219, 5-245, 6-259.

Bowling: Mohanty 10-2-31-1, Dutta 9-1-50-0, Khan 10-0-50-0, Gavaskar 10-0-51-2, Raul 7-0-54-0, Gandhi 4-0-30-0.

East Zone: SS Das c Dharmani b Bhandari 10; N Haldipur c Dharmani b Sodhi 8; D Gandhi c Dharmani b Singh 14; R Gavaskar lbw b Bhandari 7; S Karim c Minhas b Singh 75; R Raja c Rathore b Mongia 34; S Raul run out 32; M Kaderkar c Dharmani b Bhandari 17; G Dutta b Bhandari 6; D Mohanty not out 2; S Khan not out 6. Extras: 29 (B 2, lb 9, W 14, nb 4). Total: (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 240.

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-24, 3-46, 4-54, 5-143, 6-207, 7-217, 8-230, 9-231.Bowling: Bhandari 10-4-18-4, Sodhi 10-0-63-1, Singh (Jr) 10-0-44-2, Sharma 8-0-39-0, Sehwag 8-0-41-0, Mongia 4-0-24-1.