India Domestic: Match intriguingly poised
Uttar Pradesh took on Bihar at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today for a place in the quarter final of the Under 19 level Cooch Behar Trophy
02-Dec-1999
Uttar Pradesh took on Bihar at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today
for a place in the quarter final of the Under 19 level Cooch Behar
Trophy. The match was evenly poised at close of play with UP reducing
Bihar to 70-5 after having been bowled out for 163.
UP won the toss and quickly slumped to 12-3 and then 32-4. A Pandey
and A Tewari spared UP's blushes with a 5th wicket stand of 92 but
from 124-4 UP again collapsed to 163 all out. Pandey was undefeated on
95 and he and Tewari (31) were the only two to reach double
figures. Aman Verma and Ashu Sharma triggered a Bihar counterslump as
they slipped from 57-1 to 58-5 in 5.2 overs. At stumps A Hashmi on
nought and T Pratap on 11 were at the crease.