There was plenty of activity on the second day of Jammu & Kashmir’sNorth Zone Ranji Trophy match against Services at Jammu

Sankhya Krishnan12-Nov-2000There was plenty of activity on the second day of Jammu & Kashmir’sNorth Zone Ranji Trophy match against Services at Jammu. Eighteenwickets tumbled during the day and after all the dust had settled, thehosts have been left on the brink of victory. Chasing a fourth inningstarget of 108, Jammu & Kashmir were 44/1 at stumps.Earlier in the day, Jammu & Kashmir were bundled out for 176 in theirfirst innings for a lead of just 14. Ashwani Gupta remained undefeatedon 56, watching in frustration from the other end as the last sixwickets fell for 38 runs. Services seamer Sudhakar Ghag did the bulkof the damage with a haul of 6/56.J&K hit back immediately by routing Services for 121 in under two anda half hours. Skipper and lead strike bowler, Abdul Qayoom, who hasbeen in impressive form ever since the season began, added a bag of4/19 to his first innings pickings of 5/42. Ghag’s blistering 31 off17 balls was the top score in an innings that was over in 28.2 overs.Openers Vidya Bhaskar and Ajay Bhatti put on 43 in just ten overs asJ&K began strongly in their runchase. Although the former fell justbefore stumps for 30, the hosts are heavily favoured to bring a speedyconclusion to the match on Monday.