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Ranji Trophy round-up

Hyderabad (South Zone), Bengal (East), Railways (Central) and Mumbai (West) lead their respective zones in the Ranji Trophy league after matches played thus far.

Hyderabad have 21 points from three matches, Bengal 13 from three, Railways 16 from three and Mumbai 11 from two.

A brief round up:

Match No: 1 (Vidarbha v Madhya Pradesh)
At VCA Stadium, Nagpur on 23, 24, 25, 26 October, 1999. Match Drawn
Vidarbha 263 (P H Sutane 66, M S Dosi 80; N D Hirwani 4-90, R K Chauhan 3-73) & 128 (M S Dosi 38 not out; M S Majithia 3-13); Madhya Pradesh 251 (D S Bundela 36, S Abbas Ali 51, A Raja Ali 40; P V Gandhe 4-84) & 50-4.
Vidarbha 5 pts, Madhya Pradesh 3 pts

Match No: 2 (Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh)
At Ravi Shankar Stadium, Durg on 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Madhya Pradesh 338 (S Abbas Ali 76, A Raja Ali 104 not out, R K Chauhan35; A W Zaidi 3-85, Musi Raza 3-73) & 250-9 (H S Sodhi 58, S Sahu 99; S Bajpai 4-76); Uttar Pradesh 383 (Jyoti P Yadav 54, M S Mudgal 50, Mohd Kaif 46, R Shamshad 50, G K Pandey 33, S A Shukla 80; N D Hirwani 3-66).
Uttar Pradesh 5 pts, Madhya Pradesh 3 pts

Match No: 3 (Vidarbha v Railways)
At VCA Stadium, Nagpur on 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Railways won by 7 wickets
Vidarbha 170 (U V Gandhe 85 not out; Murali Kartik 6-62) & 172 (Extras 35; Murali Kartik 6-31); Railways 270 (S B Bangar 84, Abhay Sharma 60, Davendra Singh 36 not out; P V Gandhe 8-88) & 73-3 (S B Bangar 34)
12 wickets in the match for M Kartik
Railways 8 points, Vidarbha 0 pts

Match No: 4 (Rajasthan v Vidarbha)
At K L Saini Stadium, Jaipur on 11, 12, 13, 14 November, 1999. Rajasthan won by an innings & 74 runs
Vidarbha 163 (P H Sutane 54, Sanjeev Sharma 4-56) & 205 (A V Deshpande 50, U V Gandhe 65; P Krishnakumar 5-31); Rajasthan 442 (Anshu Jain 78, Ajay Mehra 53, P Krishnakumar 72, Sanjeev Sharma 117, DP Singh 56; V Boddlu 3-131)
Rajasthan 8 pts, Vidarbha 0 pts

Match No: 5 (Madhya Pradesh v Railways)
At Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore on 11, 12, 13, 14 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Madhya Pradesh 538-7 decl (Jaiprakash Yadav 265, K Rajagopalan 70, M S Majithia 34, S Abbas Ali 67 not out); Railways 216 (S B Bangar 34, Abhay Sharma 37, P S Rawat 58; R K Chauhan 5-99) & Railways 86-5 (S B Bangar 39)
Yadav scored 265 in 600 mins, 429 balls, six sixes, 24 fours. On the third day, Railways following-on scored just 83 runs in 104 overs - the minimum runs scored in a full day's play in first-class history. MP's left-arm spinner Majithia's figures were 20-20-0-1
Madhya Pradesh 5 pts, Railways 3 pts

Match No: 6 (Rajasthan v Madhya Pradesh)
At K L Saini Stadium, Jaipur on 19, 20, 21, 22 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Madhya Pradesh 315 (Jaiprakash Yadav 50, S Abbas Ali 159, P Krishnakumar 6-84) & 203-8 (Jaiprakash Yadav 48, A Raja Ali 41; Mohd Aslam 3-63); Rajasthan 415 (Anshu Jain 50, N Doru 87, S Bhatia 90 not out, Sanjeev Sharma 54, Extras 55; Jaiprakash Yadav 6-74)
Yadav who scored a double hundred in the last match, recorded his best bowling figures of his career.
Rajasthan 5 pts, Madhya Pradesh 3 pts

Match No: 7 (Railways v Uttar Pradesh)'
At Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi on 19, 20, 21, 22 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Uttar Pradesh 439 (M S Mudgal 47, Jyoti Prasad Yadav 57, G K Pandey 107, S A Shukla 43, Mohd Saif 71, Musi Raza 35) & 8-1; Railways 506 (S B Bangar 130, Abhay Sharma 99, Yere Gowda 84, P S Rawat 42, Zakir Hussain 89; G K Pandey 4-93)
Railways 5 pts, Uttar Pradesh 3 pts.

Latest Central Zone league position:
Railways 16 pts (3 matches); Rajasthan 13 pts (2), Madhya Pradesh 11 pts (3), Uttar Pradesh 8 pts (2), Vidarbha 5 pts (3).

Match No: 1 (Bengal v Assam)
At Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 12, 13, 14, 15 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Assam 347 (S Saikia 124, Sumeet Ranjan Das 39, Rajesh Borah 38, Gautam Dutta 34 not out; U Chatterjee 5-54) & Assam 228-5 (T Rehman 103 not out, Sukhvinder Singh 37, VR Samant 30 not out); Bengal 351 (NL Haldipur 33, RS Gavaskar 63, SJ Kalyani 59, W Mujumdar 68 not out; Sukhvinder Singh 5-113)
Bengal 5 pts, Assam 3 pts

Match No: 2 (Tripura v Bihar)
At MBB College Stadium, Agartala on 12, 13, 14, 15 November, 1999. Bihar won by 51 runs
Bihar 174 (Avinash Kumar 43; S Chaudhuri 3-2) & 231 (Nikhlesh Ranjan 51, V Kumar 42, Rajiv Kumar 45, S Roy 3-38, A Shukla 3-47); Tripura 172 (R Chaudhuri 31, A Velaskar 34, V Prajapati 37 not out, S Chaudhuri 34) & 182 (A Velaskar 58; Avinash Kumar 5-47, KVP Rao 5-65)
Bihar 8 pts, Tripura 0 pts

Match No: 3 (Tripura v Bengal)
At MBB College Stadium, Agartala on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 1999. Bengal won by innings & 252 runs
Bengal 533-2 decl. (NL Haldipur 47, D Dasgupta 38, RS Gavaskar 212 not out, SJ Kalyani 200 not out); Tripura 163 (R Ghosh 58, U Chatterjee 7-45) & 118 (R Chaudhuri 41, U Chatterjee 4-16, W Mujumdar 4-4)
Gavaskar (212* in 506 mins, 377 balls, 1 six, 18 fours) and Kalyani (200* in 460 mins, 358 balls, 17 fours) put on an unbeaten 406 for the third wicket in 460 mins, 720 balls, as Bengal won with the loss only two wickets.
Bengal 8 pts, Tripura 0 pts

Match No: 4 (Orissa v Bihar)
At Barabati Stadium, Cuttak on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Orissa 390 (SS Das 94, PR Mahapatra 38, RR Parida 115, SK Satpathy 54 not out; KVP Rao 3-114) & 84-0 (SS Das 44 not out, P Jaychandra 39 not out); Bihar 386 (D Chakrabarty 57, V Saxena 55, Avinash Kumar 96 not out; SK Satpathy 4-65)
Orissa 5 pts, Bihar 3 pts

Latest East Zone league position:
Bengal 13 pts (2 matches),. Bihar 11 pts (2), Orissa 5 pts (1), Assam 3 pts (1), Tripura 0 pts (2)

Match No: 1 (Andhra v Tamil Nadu)
At Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Viskhapatnam on 7, 8, 9, 10 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Andhra 305 (Amit Pathak 72, Y Venugopala Rao 33, H Wadekar 41, YS Ranganth 45; T Kumaran 3-85, S Vidhuth 5-61) & 307-6 (LNP Reddy 101not out, Amit Pathak 85, Y Venugopala Rao 55); Tamil Nadu 371 (JR Madanagopal 60, SV Saravanan 126, S Reuben Paul 47, J Gokulakrishna 53; N Madhukar 6-109)
S Vidhuth captured five wickets on debut
Tamil Nadu 5 pts, Andhra 3 pts

Match No: 2 (Karnataka v Kerala)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 7, 8, 9, 10 November, 1999. Karnataka won by an innings and 137 runs.
Karnataka 483 (R L K Barrington 106, A Vijay 122, V S T Naidu 93, A P Katti 45, G N Umesh 32; B Ramprakash 3-112); Kerala 172 (S Shankar 36, A Kudva 34; M A Khan 3-46, A R Yalvigi 3-42) & 174 (S Oasis 65; M A Khan 6-66, G N Umesh 3-47)
Barrington scored his hundred on debut
Karnataka 8 pts, Kerala 0 pts

Match No: 3 (Goa v Hyderabad)
At Panjim Gymkhana, Panaji on 7, 8, 9 November, 1999. Hyderabad won by an innings and 352 runs.
Hyderabad 592-6 decl. (D Manohar 55, A Nandakishore 88, VVS Laxman 131, M Azharuddin 200 not out, V Pratap 54; SH Jakati 3-115); Goa 140 (PJ Rodriques 30; Kanwaljeet Singh 6-37, SLV Raju 4-57) & 100 (SLV Raju 3-39, Kanwaljeet Singh 4-31)
Azharuddin's 200 not out came in 340 mins, 256 balls. His fourth double hundred of his career and his first in a Ranji Trophy match.
Hyderabad 8 pts, Goa 0 pts

Match No: 4 (Karnataka v Goa)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 15, 16, 17 November, 1999. Karnataka won by an innings and 179 runs.
Goa 189 (V Kolambkar 72; G N Umesh 4-42, A P Katti 4-29) & 136 (R Naik 34; A R Yalvigi 5-43); Karnataka 504-7 decl. (R L K Barrington 48, V S T Naidu 63, B Akhil 80, A T Yalvigi 38, A P Katti 109 not out, D J Johnson 101 not out; N Kalekar 3-235 in 63.2 overs)
Maiden hundreds for Katti and Johnson
Karnataka 8 pts, Goa 0 pts

Match No: 5 (Hyderabad v Andhra)
At Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad on 15, 16, 17, 18 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Andhra 380 (L N P Reddy 37, Amit Pathak 56, Y Venugopala Rao 95, R V Ch Prasad 79, K S T Sai 49; S L V Raju 5-105, M Azharuddin 3-36) & 141-5 (R V Ch Prasad 45); Hyderabad 510-6 decl. (D Manohar 72, V V S Laxman 104, A Nandakishore 65, M Azharuddin 77, MV Sridhar 86, V Pratap 64 not out; H Ramkishen 3-181 in 68.1 overs)
Playing his 221st fc match, Azharuddin (3-36) recorded his best bowling figures of his career.
Hyderabad 5 pts, Andhra 3 pts

Match No: 6 (Tamil Nadu v Kerala)
At M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 15, 16, 17, 18 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Tamil Nadu 305 (A George 57, S Sharath 91, S Reuben Paul 36; R Menon 6-70) & 250-5 (S Reuben Paul 45, S Sharath 106 not out, JR Madanagopal 41); Kerala 290 (S Shankar 52, KNA Padmanabhan 70, SK Nai 39, B Ramprakash 70 not out; J Gokulakrishna 3-61, AR Kapoor 4-73)
R Menon claimed six wickets on debut. Sharath missed a hundred in each innings of the match.
Tamil Nadu 5 pts, Kerala 3 pts

Match No: 7 (Kerala v Hyderabad)
At REC Ground, Kozhikode (Calicut) on 24, 25, 26, 27 November, 1999. Hyderabad won by 9 wickets
Kerala 247 (S Shankar 48, MP Sorab 35, S Oasis 46, B Ramprakash 34; Kanwaljeet Singh 6-91, SLV Raju 3-102) & 179 (M Suresh Kumar 61); Hyderabad 303 (M Azharuddin 56, MV Sridhar 35, V Pratap 56, NP Singh 59; SK Nair 3-56) & 127-1 (A Nandakishore 44 not out, D Vinay Kumar 60 not out)
Hyderabad 8 pts, Kerala 0 pts

Match No: 8 (Andhra v Goa)
At Trishna Stadium, Visakhapatnam on 24, 25, 26, 27 November, 1999. Andhra won by 4 wickets
Goa 213 (P J Rodriques 35, R Naik 68; N Madukar 3-59, K S Sahabuddin 5-72) & 193 (R J Rodriques 68, V Kolambkar 34; N Madhukar 4-44, Y S Ranganath 4-61); Andhra 250 (L N P Reddy 51, V Nagini Kumar 32, Y Venugopala Rao 88; S H Jakati 3-54; N Kalekar 4-79) & 157-6 (L N P Reddy 52, I Srinivas 40; S H Jakati 3-41)
Andhra 8 pts, Goa 0 pts

Match No: 9 (Karnataka v Tamil Nadu)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 24, 25, 26, 27 November, 1999. Tamil Nadu won by 116 runs
Tamil Nadu 355 (AR Kapoor 64, S Sharath 83, SV Saravanan 64; SB Joshi 4-83) & 246-7 decl (H K Badani 87, J R Madanagopal 66; S B Joshi 4-74); Karnataka 221 (S Somasundar 55, S B Joshi 30, B Akhil 36; S Mahesh 3-34) & 264 (A Vijay 62, V S T Naidu 53, S Somasekhar 48, S B Joshi 60; A R Kapoor 5-98)
Ranji holders Karnataka suffered their first outright defeat since 1996-97 when Kerala beat them by 6 wickets at Palghat
Tamil Nadu 8 pts, Karnataka 0 pts

Latest South Zone league position:
Hyderabad 21 pts (3 matches), Tamil Nadu 18 pts (3); Karnataka 16 pts (3); Andhra 14 (3); Ker 3 pts (3); Goa 0 pts (3)

Match No: 1 (Mumbai vs Maharashtra)
At Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 15, 16, 17 November, 1999. Mumbai won by an innings and 11 runs.
Maharashtra 142 (D Jadhav 55; R V Pawar 6-19) & 148 (S S Bhave 49, D Jadhav 33; N M Kulkarni 5-44, RV Pawar 5-49); Mumbai 301 (P L Mhambrey 117, S Kannan 35; I R Siddiqui 7-69).
Opener D Jadhav (55) - on debut - was the last man to be dismissed in the first innings. Maiden first class hundred for Mhambrey.
Mumbai 8 pts, Maharashtra 0 pts

Match No: 2 (Baroda vs Gujarat)
At IPCL Sports Complex ground, Baroda on 15, 16, 17, 18 November, 1999. Match Drawn.
Gujarat 295 (N D Modi 46, N K Patel 64, B N Patel 43; M Kadri 6-46) & 414-5 (A S Kotecha 49, N D Modi 202 not out, T N Varsani 99); Baroda 329 (H R Jadhav 148 not out; H A Majmudar 4-93, M S Sheth 3-61).
Baroda 5 pts, Gujarat 3 pts

Match No: 3 (Saurashtra vs Gujarat)
At Municipal Stadium, Rajkot on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Saurashtra 503-8 decl (S S Tanna 53, R C Vasanth Kumar 131, B M Jadeja 156 not out, H J Parsana 79, D N Chudasama 35 not out; B N Mehta 5-179); Gujarat 347 (N D Modi 59, N K Patel 58, K S Padia 37, K Damani 39, P H Patel 55; H A Majmudar 35; H J Parsana 3-69, N Odedra 3-76, D N Chudasama 3-112) & 156-4 (N K Patel 100 not out).
Gujarat followed-on
Saurashtra 5 pts, Gujarat 3 pts

Match No: 4 (Mumbai v Baroda)
At IPCL Sports Complex ground, Baroda on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Mumbai 335 (Wasim Jaffer 93, A A Muzumdar 80, V G Kambli 32, R J Sutar 32, R V Pawar 36 not out; Zaheer Khan 5-125) & 228-2 (Wasim Jaffer 33, A Rane 35, JV Paranjpe 116 not out, A A Muzumdar 35 not out); Baroda 364 (C C Williams 56, S S Parab 122, M P Mewada 46; P L Mhambrey 3-53, N M Kulkarni 5-116).
Baroda 5 pts, Mumbai 3 pts

Latest West Zone league position:
Mumbai 11 pts (2 matches); Baroda 10 pts (2); Gujarat 6 pts (2); Saurashtra 5 pts (1); Maharashtra 0 pts (1)

Match No: 1 (Punjab v Himachal Pradesh)
At PCA Stadium, Mohali on 24, 25, 26, 27 October, 1999. Punjab won by 196 runs
Punjab 354 (V Rathour 44, RS Sodhi 79, P Dharmani 70, Sarandeep Singh 57, Navdeep Singh 36 not out; Shakti Singh 6-107) & 176-6 decl. (D Mongia 100, Amit Sharma 33); Himachal Pradesh 129 (Yashwinder Singh 32; Sandeep Sharma 4-46, RS Sodhi 5-30) & 205 (N Gaur 37, R Nayyar 85; RS Sodhi 3-40, Sarandeep Singh 3-48, Navdeep Singh 3-29)
Punjab did not enforce follow-on.
Punjab 8 pts, Himachal Pradesh 0 pts

Match No: 2 (Haryana v Jammu & Kashmir)
At Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad on 24, 25, 26, 27 October, 1999. Match Drawn
Haryana 469-8 decl. (Jitender Singh 36, Parender Sharma 79, Rajesh Puri 109, AS Kaypee 95, S Dalal 81; Vijay Sharma 4-63, Sanjay Sharma 3-90); Jammu & Kashmir 242 (Ranjit Bali 45, Kavaljit Singh 62; V Jain 4-79, MS Sakhalkar 3-58) & 155 (Amit Pal Singh 35, Vijay Sharma 58)
J&K followed-on
Haryana 5 pts, Jammu & Kashmir 3 pts

Match No: 3 (Services v Delhi)
At Harbux Singh Stadium, Delhi on 24, 25, 26, 27 October, 1999. Delhi won by an innings and 45 runs
Services 141 (Sanjay Verma 37; A Nehra 5-25) & 258 (Abu Samy 39, Sarabjit Singh 59, GS Thapa 40, A Bhandari 5-75); Delhi 444-8 decl. (Ashu Dani 76, Akash Malhotra 42, Ajay Sharma 31, M Manhas 125 not out, V Shewag 70; MV Rao 3-104)
Delhi 8 pts, Services 0 pts

Match No: 4 (Punjab v Services)
At PCA Stadium Stadium, Mohali on 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Punjab won by an innings and 173 runs
Punjab 533 (V Rathour 47, RS Sodhi 32, Amit Sharma 35, P Dharmani 202 not out, D Mongia 79, Sanjay Kumar 47, Sandeep Sharma 65); Services 171 (P Maitrey 40; Sandeep Sharma 3-33, Sarandeep Singh 6-41) & 189 (Sanjay Verma 67; Sarandeep Singh 4-50)
Dharmani 202* in 490 mins, 384 balls, 1 six, 25 fours. Ten wicket haul by Sarandeep Singh Services followed-on
Punjab 8 pts, Services 0 pts

Match No: 5 (Himachal Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir)
At the Police Stadium, Chamba 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Jammu & Kashmir 249 (Ranjit Bali 80, Kavaljit Singh 38; Jaswant Rai 3-64) & 16-1; Himachal Pradesh 567 (N Gaur 69, Rajiv Nayyar 271, Yashwinder Singh 55, Extras 45; Sanjay Sharma 4-117 in 77 overs)
Nayyar 271 in 1017 mins, 728 balls, 1 six, 26 fours - the longest innings played by any batsman in first-class history. The previous longest was 970 by Pakistani Hanif Mohammad against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1957-58 during his innings of 337.
Himachal Pradesh 5 pts, Jammu & Kashmir 3 pts

Match No: 6 (Delhi v Haryana)
At the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Haryana 166 (Jasvir Singh 81 not out; A Bhandari 3-39, A Nehra 3-50) & 346-5 (Jasvir Singh 47, Parender Sharma 32, Rajesh Puri 66, Sanjay Dalal 107 not out, Ajay Ratra 61 not out); Delhi 470-8 decl (Devender Sharma 56, V Dahiya 89, Ajay Sharma 143, V Shewag 47, Akash Malhotra 45; F Ghyas 3-90, S Jhakar 3-159)
Delhi 5 pts, Haryana 3 pts

Match No: 7 (Himachal Pradesh v Delhi)
At the Shaheed Krishan Chand Memorial Stadium, Mandi on 6, 7, 8, 9 November, 1999. Delhi won by 9 wickets.
Delhi 573-7 decl (Ashu Dani 126, V Dahiya 63, Ajay Sharma 85, V Shewag 165, M Manhas 72, S Joshi 35 not out) & 10-0; Himachal Pradesh 244 (Yashwinder Singh 53, Jaswant Rai 70, Extras 41; S Angurala 4-80) & 338 (N Gaur 70, R Nayyar 42, Yashwinder Singh 40, Sangram Singh 103, Jaswant Rai 30; Robin Singh Jr 7-80)
Himachal Pradesh followed-on
Delhi 8 pts, Himachal Pradesh 0 pts Match No: 8 (Haryana v Services)
At Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon on 6, 7, 8 November, 1999. Haryana won by an innings and 94 runs
Haryana 502-4 decl (Jitender Singh 125, Jasvir Singh 116, Parender Sharma 53, AS Kaypee 108 not out, Rajesh Puri 87); Services 100 (KK Dixit 36; V Jain 3-32, F Ghyas 5-39) & 308 (Narender Singh 41, CD Thomson 85 not out, P Maitrey 52, S Javed 47; F Ghyas 3-82, P Jain 4-50)
Services followed-on S Javed scored 47 at number 11, he put on 68 for the 10th wicket with Thomson
Haryana 8 pts, Services 0 pts

Match No: 9 (Punjab v Jammu & Kashmir)
At Punjab Agricultural University Ground, Ludhiana on 6, 7, 8 November, 1999. Punjab won by an innings and 288 runs Jammu & Kashmir 171 (Ranjit Bali 37, Kavaljit Singh 47, Ashwani Gupta 40; Harbhajan Singh 3-63, Navdeep Singh 5-28) & 161 (Sanjay Sharma 46 not out, Pradeep Bali 31; RS Sodhi 5-64, Navdeep Singh 3-47); Punjab 620-6 decl. (V Rahtour 114, P Dharmani 305 not out, D Mongia 31, Sanjay Kumar 36, Harminder Jagnu 106 not out; Pradeep Bali 4-161)
Dharmani scored 305* in 601 mins, 479 balls, 2 sixes, 30 fours. He put on an unbeaten 231 for the seventh wicket with Jagnu.
Punjab 8 pts, Jammu & Kashmir 0 pts

Match No: 10 (Punjab v Delhi)
At Punjab Agricultural University Ground, Ludhiana on 13, 14, 15, 16 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Punjab 530-7 decl. (V Rathour 75, RS Sodhi 104, P Dharmani 101. D Mongia 92, Sanjay Kumar 66, Harminder Jagnu 37 not out; H Chaudhary 3-151) & 227-3 (Yuvraj Singh 60, D Mongia 101 not out); Delhi 527 (Ashu Dani 140, Ajay Sharma 36, V Dahiya 42, V Shewag 187, H Chaudhury 32; Harbhajan Singh 5-156, Navdeep Singh 3-120)
Punjab gained a narrow lead of three runs
Punjab 5 pts, Delhi 3 pts

Match No: 11 (Services v Jammu & Kashnmir)
At Harbux Singh Stadium, Delhi, on 13, 14, 15, 16 November, 1999. Jammu & Kashmir won by 30 runs
Jammu & Kashmir 221 (Ranjit Bali 31, Amit Pal Singh 82, Kavaljit Singh 58; SV Ghag 4-24, S Kulkarni 3-42) & 200 (Ranji Bali 31, Amit Pal Singh 34, Ashwani Gupta 33, Sanjay Sharma 31; S Javed 3-24, S Kulkarni 4-58); Services 263 (Sanjay Verma 74, CD Thomson 74, Surendra Singh 4-67) & 128 (Sanjay Verma 49, Surendra Singh 3-18, Ashwani Gupta 3-29)
Jammu & Kashmir 8 pts, Services 0 pts

Match No: 12 (Haryana v Himachal Pradesh)
At Vishkarma High School Ground, Rohtak on 13, 14, 15, 16 November, 1999. Haryana won by 248 runs
Haryana 222 (AS Kaypee 35, V Jain 30 not out; Shakti Singh 6-85, Rahul Panta 3-54) & 361-9 decl. (Parender Sharma 36, Rajesh Puri 56, Sanjay Dalal 57, Ajay Ratra 75; Shakti Singh 5-84); Himachal Pradesh 152 (Nischal Gaur 50, Rajiv Nayyar 31; V Jain 4-30, F Ghyas 3-49, P Thakur 3-35) & 183 (Rajiv Nayyar 33, Satya Prakash 37, S Moudgil 30; P Thakur 3-32, P Jain 4-29)
Shakti Singh claimed 11 wickets in the match.
Haryana 8 pts, Himachal Pradesh 0 pts

Match No: 13 (Delhi v Jammu & Kashmir)
At Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi on 20, 21, 22 November, 1999. Delhi won by an innings and 3 runs.
Jammu & Kashmir 113 (R Kaul 42; A Nehra 5-42) & 320 (Amit Pal Singh 123, D Mahajan 123; A Nehra 6-66, N Chopra 3-65); Delhi 436-9 decl (Vishal Sharma 31, Devender Sharma 91, M Manhas 139, V Dahiya 57, N Chopra 54; Vijay Sharma 3-90)
Nehra claimed 11 wickets in the match.
Delhi 8 pts, Jammu & Kashmir 0 pts

Match No: 14 (Himachal Pradesh v Services)
At Indira Gandhi Stadium, Una on 20, 21, 22, 23 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Services 355 (H Bhaskar 51, Sarabjit Singh 32, Sanjay Verma 68, SV Ghag 43; Shakti Singh 4-89) & 248-8 decl. (H Bhaskar 39, S Dutta 30, S Kulkarni 54, P Maitrey 30; R Panta 6-103); Himachal Pradesh 347 (R Nayyar 120, Satya Prakash 54, A Verma 47; MV Rao 3-73, P Maitrey 4-61) & 164-5 (R Panta 100 not out)
In the first innings Ghag batting at number 11 scored 43 for Services. He added 78 for the 10th wicket with S Kulkarni. Panta (11 & 100 not out; 1-82 and 6-103) in this match.
Services 5 pts, Himachal Pradesh 3 pts

Match No: 15 (Haryana v Punjab)
At Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon on 20, 21, 22, 23 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Haryana 279 (Jitender Singh 102, Parender Sharma 36, P Jain 38; Sarandeep Singh 6-98) & 251-8 (AS Kaypee 46, R Puri 100*; Sarandeep Singh 3-40); Punjab 379 (V Rathour 80, Yuvraj Singh 149, D Mongia 63; P Thakur 3-126, P Jain 4-97, S Dalal 3-23)
Punjab 5 pts, Haryana 3 pts

Final North Zone league position:
Punjab 34 pts (5 matches), Delhi 32 pts (5), Haryana 27 pts (5), Jammu & Kashmir 14 pts (5), Himachal Pradesh 8 pts (8), Services 5 pts (5).
Punjab, Delhi and Haryana qualify for the Super League