da lvbet： Displaying commanding form, former India left hander Vinod Kamblicracked 154 as West Zone piled up runs on the second day of theirDuleep Trophy semifinal against East Zone at Calcutta onFriday
Partab Ramchand10-Dec-1999Displaying commanding form, former India left hander Vinod Kamblicracked 154 as West Zone piled up runs on the second day of theirDuleep Trophy semifinal against East Zone at Calcutta onFriday. Resuming at 254 for two, they ended the day at 544 for sevenoff 181 overs.Kambli was in irresistable form as he hit 23 fours and a six in a stayof four hours. West Zone lost yesterday’s century maker Williamsearly. The left hander added just two runs to his overnight score of105. His dismissal brought Kambli to the crease and he and skipperAmol Mujumdar proceeded to ground the East Zone attack into the dustwith a fourth wicket partnership of 189 in 51.2 overs. Finally at 450,Mujumdar was caught by Das off Zaman for 90. He faced 223 balls andhad 12 hits to the fence.Kambli who dominated this stand was also the dominant partner in thesixth wicket partnership of 51 runs off 16.4 overs with PH Patel(13). Shortly afterwards, Kambli was caught by Satpathy offChatterjee. The 27-year-old Kambli who had come in at 261 for three inthe 95th over, was sixth out at 510 in the 169th over. Chatterjee whodismissed both Patel and Kambli now struck again when he had Mhambreycaught by Das for nine. IR Siddiqui (18) and BN Mehta (6) were battingat draw of stumps. Among the bowlers, skipper and left arm spinner UChatterjee was the most successful taking four for 128 from 53overs. Medium pacer Zaman took the remaining three wickets for 125.