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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2013 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India record big win as Shami wreaks havoc J&K 282/8 in reply to Goa's 317 at stumps KOLKATA, Nov 8: site 177 off 301 balls with the 23-year-old Shami blew apart ning out Veerasammy Permaul Ramdayal takes 5-for; Adil, Majid slam help of 23 fours and a six, while the West Indies batting be get- as the 49th over opened the gates Debutant Mohammed Shami Ashwin made his runs off 210 ting the old ball to swing consid- for the Indians. The visitors, at produced a devastating spell of balls, hitting 11 fours. erably. that stage, were on the verge of reverse swing to return with a half-centuries as J&K in sight of 1st innings lead defeat at 152/8. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Brief Scores: cessive overs. bundled out Saurashtra for a pal- dream match haul of nine wick- Shami first uprooted Darren ets as India spanked West Indies Goa 1st innings: 317 all out Badrinath's double try 165 but let go the advantage Sammy’s middle stump and with JAMMU, Nov 8: Promising in 97.1 overs (Keenan Vaz 99, by losing four wickets in reply by an innings and 51 runs in the the fourth ball, he unsettled speedster Ramdayal Punia first cricket Test and take a 1-0 Saurabh Bandekar 64 not out; ton takes TN to 532/8 in a Group B Ranji Trophy Shane Shillingford’s offstump turned out to be the most suc- Ram Dayal 5/85). INDORE: Subramaniam match at Jamia Millia Cricket lead in the two-match series en route to his fourth wicket. cessful bowler for J&K with fig- here today. Jammu and Kashmir 1st Badrinath (248) slammed a dou- Ground, here today. Ashwin joined in the party ures of 5/85 in his 22.1 overs as innings: 282 for eight in 80 ble hundred as Tamil Nadu piled Pacers Anureet Singh (5/52) Ravichandran Ashwin also when he had Tino Best and it Jammu and Kashmir were 282 made it a memorable day by overs (Adil Reshi 80, Majid Dar on the woes of Madhya Pradesh and Hardik Rathod (3/34) was a formality from thereon. for 8 in their first innings in 58; Shahdab Jakati 4/71). as the visitors reached a massive shared eight wickets between cracking his second Test century The Indies staged a steady reply to Goa's 317 all out at and then chipped in with three Yadav's 3-wicket haul 532 for eight on the second day them to close the first innings of recovery with Powell and Bravo stumps on the second day of a of their Ranji Trophy Group B visitors, who started the day at wickets as the hosts bundled out to frustrate the Indians for a brief Group C match of the Ranji the visitors for a paltry 168 in puts Haryana on top match here today. 88 for four. while in the post-lunch session. Trophy at Sher-e-Kashmir NAGPUR: Off-spinner Badrinath added 122 more Anureet added two scalps to the second innings to clinch the Ashwin put down a difficult Sports Stadium in Srinagar, match with two days to spare. Jayant Yadav's three-wicket runs today to his overnight 126 his three yesterday for a five- low catch from Powell while today. burst put Haryana in a comfort- and was the last man out today wicket haul while left-arm pace- Rohit Sharma, too, made his Ojha continued his streak of bad Earlier, resuming the day at Test debut special, cracking a able position as they reduced at the Holkar Cricket Stadium man Rathod polished off the tail. luck as the opener was dropped 281 for 8, Goa added 36 more Vidarbha to 94 for three having here. Railways though could not magnificent 177 in the first of by Bhuvneshwar at long leg. runs to the total before being the two-match series which is scored a decent 329 in their first His 248 came from 448 balls make the most of the situation as Desperate to break the bowled out for a decent total of innings in a Ranji Trophy Group and was studded with 28 bound- they were struggling at 61 for also retiring legend Sachin Powell-Bravo partnership, 317 runs. The remaining 2 wick- Tendulkar’s last outing in inter- A match here today. aries. Badrinath was the second four at the end of second day's Dhoni tried out various options ets of Goa were scalped by At stumps, Vidarbha's pro- TN batsman who hit a triple play. national cricket. Speedster Mohammad Shami celebrating dismissal of West and even gave the ball to Ramdayal to help him take a 5- Apart from Sharma, the star fessional Hemang Badani (35 digit score. Yesterday, Baba Nitin Bhille (16) and Indies skipper Darren Sammy in Kolkata on Friday. Tendulkar for a second time in wicket haul. He consistently batting) was at the crease in Aparajith had hit 118. Mahesh Rawat (20) were at the of the match was undoubtedly the match. bowled in good areas and forced Shami who claimed 5/47 in the company of Ranjit Paradkar (8 Sibsankar, Gokul hit crease for the visitors. Making his debut at his home It was Ashwin who effected Kohli was hit on his abdomen the batsmen to commit mistakes batting). Vidarbha still need 236 second innings and returned ground, Bengal pacer Shami, the key breakthroughs first up as region because of uneven bounce and plot their dismissals. The tons, Assam in command HP take 45-run first impressive match figures of 9 runs to get an all-important first who took 4/71 in the first he did not let Kieran Powell (36) and had to go out of the field. overnight batsmen SS Bandekar innings lead. GUWAHATI: Assam rode innings lead over Tripura for 118 at the Eden Gardens. innings, utilised the conditions and Darren Bravo (37) steady Ashwin then gave the break- remained unbeaten on 64 runs, on a century each from Shami’s effort is the second Hosts Kerala make AGARTALA: Captain Rishi to maximum effect as he rocked the ship after Chris Gayle’s (33) through when he trapped Powell while HH Gadekar contributed Sibsankar Roy and Gokul Dhawan led from the front with best by an Indian on debut after the West Indies batting line-up early exit. with a low delivery. valuable 20 runs to the total. KA mammoth total Sharma to find themselves at a Narendra Hirwani’s 16/136 a well-made 67 to help with his lethal reverse swinging After Ashwin broke the sec- Samuels was the next bats- Vaz, who missed the ton by a commanding position at the end Himachal Pradesh take a vital against the same opponents in deliveries that skidded in ond-wicket 68-run partnership, man to get out as Shami returned whisker on day-1 remained the against Andhra of second day's play in the Ranji KANNUR: Andhra ended 45-run first innings lead over Chennai way back in 1988. sharply. Shami got into the rhythm as the before tea to win an lbw appeal top scorer with 99 runs. Trophy Group C match against the second day at 42 for no loss Tripura at the end of second Earlier, Sharma missed out It was India’s fifth Test victo- Indies lost two wickets in two in what looked like another dubi- In response, J&K rode on Hyderabad, here today. in reply to Kerala's first innings days' play in a Ranji Trophy on a double century on debut by ry in a row after their 4-0 rout of overs before tea to brighten ous decision by English umpire fabulous half-centuries by Adil Sibsankar scored 134 off 373 score of 486 in the Ranji trophy Group C match, here today. 23 runs while Ashwin slammed Australia as the victory also India’s hope of wrapping up the Nigel Llong after Tendulkar’s Reshi (80) and Majid Dar (58) deliveries (17x4s), while Gokul Group-C matches at Thalassery. Resuming at the overnight his second Test ton in a record snapped the West Indies’ six- match on the third day itself. controversial dismissal yester- and scored 282/8 before the remained unbeaten on 126 that After the century of Sanju V score of 26 for one after bowling 280-run stand for the seventh match winning streak. After a fine spell of 7-0-18-2 day. stumps were drawn today. Adil came off 285 balls (17x4s) to Samson, Kerala skipper Sachin out Tripura for 141 yesterday, wicket as India extended their In their second innings, West that continued post tea, Indian It was a gripping seven-over hit 12 delectable boundaries in power Assam to 422 for six at Baby 62 and his 151 run fifth Himachal batsmen too found the lead to a mammoth 219 runs Indies collapsed from 101 for captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni spell from Shami who reversed his 126-ball knock, while Majid the close of play at Barsapara wicket stand with Robert going tough as they lost wickets before being bowled out for 453. one to 168 all out to hand India made the Bengal pacer bowl the ball as the Caribbean outfit smashed 4 fours and 2 sixes in Cricket Stadium. Fernadez, who scored 88, and P at regular intervals. Starting their second innings an easy win. from the High Court end and it once again ran for cover.