da mrbet： Haryana were struggling to avoid an innings defeat at the hands of Jammu &Kashmir on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy clash at theMaulana Azad Stadium in Jammu today
Sankhya Krishnan01-Nov-2000Haryana were struggling to avoid an innings defeat at the hands of Jammu &Kashmir on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy clash at theMaulana Azad Stadium in Jammu today. A marvellous century by Ajay Jadeja ona day when the match-fixing noose was tightening around his neck saw hostsJ&K advance to 364, for a lead of 190. Opening bowler Abdul Qayoom thentook the baton from Jadeja, grabbing 4/35, to leave Haryana tottering at100/6 in their second innings, still 90 runs adrift of their opponents.Resuming at 247/5, Jadeja lost two more partners before he found a staunchally in Qayoom. The pair added 70 for the eighth wicket before Jadeja wascaught by Jasvir Singh off leg spinner Amit Mishra for 120 (296 balls, 13fours, 2 sixes). Seven runs later, Mishra had Qayoom (28) stumped by AjayRatra to bring the curtain down on the innings in the 141st over. Theleggie returned figures of 5/99 in 47.3 overs.Qayoom was nicely warmed up for the action to follow and ripped through theHaryana middle order to bring them to their knees at 67/6 in the 30th over.Sanjay Dalal (14) and Ajay Ratra (17) then added an unbroken 33 in amini-recovery before stumps.