da heads bet： A couple of fine performances by Services playerscould not prevent their team going down to a 29-run defeat at the hands of Jammu & Kashmir in theNorth Zone Ranji Trophy one day encounter at theHarbax Singh stadium in New Delhi on Thursday
Partab Ramchand07-Dec-2000A couple of fine performances by Services playerscould not prevent their team going down to a 29-run defeat at the hands of Jammu & Kashmir in theNorth Zone Ranji Trophy one day encounter at theHarbax Singh stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.Put in to bat, J & K were restricted to 175 fornine in 50 overs. Wickets fell at regularintervals with SV Ghag (3 for 30) and Arun Sharma(3 for 31) doing most of the damage. But perhapsthe most impressive performance came fromwicketkeeper Sarabjit Singh who brought off twocatches and two stumpings.Services too found runs hard to come by and theywere ultimately bowled out for 146 in 46.1 overs.The only batsman to put up a semblance of a fightwas SD Nadkarni. Going in at 40 for one in the15th over, Nadkarni scored a valiant 51 before hewas ninth out at 133 in the 44th over. Nadkarnifaced 80 balls and hit just one boundary. But hereceived very little support and the result wasthat J & K were able to pull off a creditablevictory.