da bet7： Baroda’s in form opener Cecil Williams carried his bat for 237 to helphis team gain the first innings lead as the West Zone Ranji Trophyleague match against Saurashtra ended in a tame draw at the Municipalstadium in Rajkot on Thursday
da fazobetai： 14-Jan-2000Baroda’s in form opener Cecil Williams carried his bat for 237 to helphis team gain the first innings lead as the West Zone Ranji Trophyleague match against Saurashtra ended in a tame draw at the Municipalstadium in Rajkot on Thursday.The feature of the last day’s play was the intense struggle for thefirst innings lead. Resuming at 313 for four in reply to Saurashtra’s437, Baroda lost wickets at regular intervals but their hopes werekept alive by Williams holding one end firmly and also keeping theruns coming. Baroda lost eight wickets for 385 when Williams wasjoined by Z Khan. The two batsmen shared a ninth wicket prtnership of42 runs off only 4.2 overs before Khan was out for a breezy 32 offjust 16 balls with six fours and a six. Baroda were still ten runsshort when Buch joined Williams, who had in the meantime reached hisdouble century. The last wicket pair took the score past Saurashtraand added 60 runs off 15.5 overs before Buch was out for 25, compiledoff 47 balls and inclusive of four hits to the ropes. Williamsremained unconquered after batting 628 minutes. He faced 480 balls andhit 30 fours and a six.In the remaining time, Saurashtra scored 127 for four wickets in theirsecond innings with Buch picking up all the wickets to fall for 55runs. The consistent opener Vasanth Kumar slammed 42 out of 46 off 39deliveries with seven hits to the ropes.
