da marjack bet： New Delhi: Delhi were in a position of considerable strength at stumpson the first day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match againstJammu & Kashmir at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds here yesterday
21-Nov-1999New Delhi: Delhi were in a position of considerable strength at stumpson the first day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match againstJammu & Kashmir at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds here yesterday. Afterdismissing J & K for 113 runs in 29 overs, Delhi were 165 for three atclose of play.Put in to bat, J & K, who only the day before had shocked the hometeam in the one day game, lost their first four wickets for 14runs. All the wickets were taken by Aashish Nehra. The collapsecontinued and only R Kaul with a fighting 45 showed some defiancebefore he was last out. He and P Bali (24) added 41 runs for theeighth wicket after seven wickets had gone down for 64 runs. Nehrafinished with five for 52 off eleven overs.When Delhi batted, Devinder Sharma was in fine form and by stumps hadscored 68 not out. He faced 155 balls and hit eight fours.