da realsbet: Paras Mhambrey pushed Gujarat to the brink of defeat at stumps on thethird day of their four day West Zone Ranji Trophy match againstMumbai at the Lalabhai Contractor stadium in Surat on Wednesday
da jogodeouro: 30-Dec-1999Paras Mhambrey pushed Gujarat to the brink of defeat at stumps on thethird day of their four day West Zone Ranji Trophy match againstMumbai at the Lalabhai Contractor stadium in Surat on Wednesday. Inarrears by 114 runs on the first innings, Gujarat were 93 for six atclose of play.Replying to Gujarat’s first innings total of 305, Maharashtra were allout for 419. They were given a fine start with openers Wasim Jafferand AA Pagnis putting on 123 runs in 35.5 overs. Pagnis was out for52, compiled off 100 balls and inclusive of eight hits to thefence. Then Jaffar and Vinod Kambli got entrenched in a fourth wicketassociation that added 152 runs from 44.4 overs. Jaffer was then outfor a marathon 173 for which he occupied the crease for 409minutes. He faced 312 deliveries and hit 21 fours and a six. Kamblithen kept the innings going until he was last out for 116. He faced203 balls and hit eleven fours and a six.When Gujarat batted a second time, Mhambrey struck early and thenwickets fell at regular intervals. Opener ND Modi stood firm with anunbeaten 38 for which he batted a shade over three hours but Mhambreycut through the batting and by stumps had taken four for 15.






