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Solanki smashes unbeaten century

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Baroda still 80 runs short of Andhra's total

VADODARA: Baroda, faced with the primary task of getting 372 to overtake Andhra in the first innings, produced a professional batting display to reach 262 for three on the third day at the Motibaug ground here on Tuesday.

Showing the way was captain Jacob Martin with a controlled, composed 78 (223b) as the Ranji Trophy Super League Group `A' match heads for a stalemate. The visitor will need an extraordinary bowling show to deny the home side the first innings honours on a slow track.

Rakesh Solanki produced an enterprising, entertaining 104 not out (259b) while partner Pinal Shah's compact batting against the new ball meant heartbreak for Venugopala Rao's determined bunch.

Andhra may end up paying the price for the first innings crawl (372 runs off 161 overs) against an experienced batting side.

The scores:

Andhra — 1st innings: 342.

Baroda — 1st innings: C. Williams c M.S.K. Prasad b Shahabuddin 23, S. Parab c Sumanth b Shahabuddin 45, R. Solanki (batting) 104, Jacob Martin b Kalyan Krishna 78, Pinal Shah (batting) 2; Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-5): 10; Total (for three wkts. in 107 overs): 262.

Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-88, 3-255.

Andhra bowling: Shahabuddin 17-6-43-2, Kalyan Krishna 19-6-44-1, Vijay Kumar 19-4-29-0, Venugopala Rao 11-1-34-0, Mohd. Faiq 30-9-77-0, R.V.C. Prasad 3-0-7-0, Varma 8-0-23-0.

Other scores:

Super League:

At Kolhapur: Punjab 550 v Maharashtra 308 for five in 106 overs (D. Jadhav 72, H. Kanitkar 131, S. Sriram 45).

At Delhi: Karnataka 446 and 32 for one in 14.5 overs v Delhi 308 in 119 overs (V. Kohli 90, P. Bisht 156, B. Akhil five for 58).

At Kolkata: Gujarat 329 and 119 for one in 48 overs (A. Bilakhia 63 batting) v Bengal 326 in 99.3 overs (R. Gavaskar 74, L.R. Shukla 93, H. Majumdar five for 65).

At Rajkot: Tamil Nadu 500 for eight decl. v Saurashtra 325 for four in 118 overs (S. Jogiyani 49, S. Kotak 84, C. Pujara 145 batting).

Plate League:

At Dibrugarh: Assam 181 and 123 for four in 57 overs (J. Arunkumar 43 batting) v Madhya Pradesh 143 in 70.1 overs (S.V. Saravanan five for 24).

At Nagpur: Vidarbha 106 and 126 lost to Railways 163 and 73 for five in 20.5 overs.

At Margao: Kerala 221 and 389 for eight decl. in 90.5 overs (S. Ramesh 119, R. Fernandez 58, Sreekumar Nair 96, R. D'Souza four for 44) v Goa 205 and 22 for no loss in eight overs.

At Jamshedpur: Services 216 and 101 for three in 44 overs (Jasvir Singh 64 batting) v Jharkhand 361 in 144.4 overs (Santhosh Lal 54, S. Panda 83, M. Diwakar 50, Shahid Khan 42, A. Sharma four for 114, Yashpal Singh four for 79).

At Agartala: Orissa 306 bt Tripura 74 and 170 in 66.3 overs (D. Mohanty four for 36, S. Satpathy four for 46).

At Jammu: Himachal Pradesh 506 for five decl. v Jammu and Kashmir 209 in 74.5 overs (Kavaljit Singh 65, Hardeep Singh 61, Sarandeep Singh six for 42) and 166 for five in 57.4 overs (A. Bhatt 65).

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