Sanjeev shines
JAIPUR: A century by Sanjeev Sharma (117) and useful knocks from skipper P Krishnakumar and DP Singh gave Rajasthan a 260-run first innings lead against Vidarbha on the second day of the Central Zone tie today. It was Sharma's (117: 238m, 204b, 8x4, 1x6) second hundred of his career.
Brief scores: Vidarbha 163 vs Rajasthan 423-8 (A Jain 78, P Krishnakumar 72, S Sharma 117, DP Singh 52 batting; A Piprode 2-52).

Bihar shot out for 174
AGARTALA: Hosts Tripura were 25 for one in reply to Bihar's 174 on theopening day of the East Zone match. Bihar, who elected to bat, were 110 for seven but a valuable 71-run partnership between Bikash Kumar and Abhinash Kumar helped the visitors recover.
Brief score: Bihar 174 (KV Rao 43; S Choudhury 3-2, G Banik 2-66, A Saha 2-39) vs Tripura 25-1.

Saikia hits century
CALCUTTA: Opener Subhrajit Saikia struck a splendid century to help Assam reach 225 for six on the opening day of the East Zone match against Bengal today. Saikia struck 19 boundaries and one six during his 343-minute vigil.
Brief scores: Assam 225-6 (Subhrajit Saikia 124, Sumit Ranjan Das batting 26; Utpal Chatterjee 4-50) vs Bengal.

Last-ball win for Delhi
LUDHIANA: Tailender Rajesh Gehlot smashed a six off the penultimate ball as Delhi scored a thrilling one-wicket victory over Punjab with one ball to spare in the North Zone One-day match.
Brief scores: Punjab 259 in 49.3 overs (V Rathore 65, P Dharmani 69; A Sharma 5-32) lost to Delhi 262-9 in 49.5 overs (ADani 64, N Chawla 64; Y Singh 2-37).

J&K trounce Services
NEW DELHI: Ashwani Gupta (137) and Kawaljeet Singh (3/50) helped Jammu & Kashmir beat Services by 55 runs in their North Zone one day match today.
Brief scores: J&K 285-8 in 50 overs (Ashwani Gupta 137 not out, Amitpal Singh 41; S Javed 3-47, CD Thomson 2-53) bt Services 230 in 45 overs (CD Thomson 50, Amit Nadkarni 73; V Sharma 2-40, S Singh 2-22, S Sharma 2-28, Kavaljeet Singh 3-50).

Panta's six in vain
ROHTAK: Medium-pacer Rahul Panta's haul 6 for 29 runs went in vain as Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh by two wickets in a low scoring Ranji one-day encounter here today.
Brief scores: HP 132 in 49.2 overs (Rajeev Nayyar 59 n.o; Sanjay Dalal 4-23) lost to Haryana 133-8 in 42.2 overs (Amarjeet Kaypee 32; Rahul Panta 6-29) by two wickets.

HIMACHAL PLAYER ECLIPSES HANIF'S MARK
CHAMBA: Rajeev Nayyar, skipper of Himachal Pradesh, has set a new record for the longest stay at the wicket,surpassing the record set by Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad.

Nayyar stayed at the crease for 1,017 minutes scoring 271 runs in a North Zone Ranji tie against Jammu and Kashmir last Wednesday to break Hanif's record of 970 minutes against West Indies at Bridgetown in January, 1958. Hanif scored 337 runs in that match to see Pakistan draw the match.

Nayyar has so far hit up 4,550 Ranji runs with the help of 15 centuries. He pushed Bhupinder Singh Jr of Punjab (297 runs in 785 minutes) against Delhi in 1994-95 to second place. (UNI)