Jammu & Kashmir complete easy nine wicket victory

Jammu & Kashmir scored a convincing nine wicket victory over Haryana in their North Zone Ranji Trophy tie at the Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu today. Resuming at 100/6, still 90 runs in arrears, a fighting half century from rookie wicket keeper Ajay Ratra helped Haryana avoid the ignominy of an innings defeat.

Ratra was last out for 77 (178 balls, 10 fours) to give new ball bowler Abdul Qayoom his fifth wicket of the innings. The Haryana innings terminated at 212 in the 80th over, to leave J&K with the not difficult task of scoring 23 for victory. They lost opener Vidya Bhaskar but R Bali and Kanwaljeet Singh finished off the job in the sixth over to add eight points into the home team's kitty.