18-Mar-2009 252
Skipper Wasim Jaffer struck a century to help West zone clinch their ninth Deodhar Trophy title, outplaying East Zone by 218 runs in the final of the inter-zonal one-day tournament at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today.
Electing to bat, Jaffer’s 108-ball 116 and Cheteshwar Pujara’s 86-ball 94 to set the foundation for West Zone’s record 362 total.
In reply, East Zone crumbled to 144 in 39.4 overs. Ravindra Jadeja (61 not out) and Abhishek Nayar (54 not out) blew away the struggling East attack, hitting 99 runs in the last seven overs.
The East Zone, who made a surprise move this morning opting to play with an extra batsman (Haladhar Das), clearly missed a fifth back-up bowler.
Made to bowl six overs, skipper Manoj Tiwary conceded 68 runs at a rate of 11.33, while Deepak Sharma gave away 37 runs from his five overs.
Having been dropped twice on 25 and 49 by Wriddhiman Saha and Deepak Sharma, former India opener Jaffer notched his sixth List A century in 95 balls, hitting 15 fours and one six. Pujara struck two sixes and seven fours in his knock.
BRIEF SCORES:
WEST ZONE: 362/5 in 50 overs (W Jaffer 116, C Pujara 94, R Jadeja 61 n.o, A Nayar 50 n.o: Ranadeb Bose 2/54)
EAST ZONE: 144/10 in 39.4 overs (Dhiraj Goswami 40 n.o: S Trivedi 2/27, J Odedara 2/32, A Nayar 2/32, R Jadeja 2/16)
