GUWAHATI, Jan 29 � Fancied North Zone and Head Quarter earned facile victories in the 43rd All India Food Corporation of India (FCI) Zonal Cricket Tournament.
In two group league matches played at the Nehru Stadium here today, North trounced North East Zone by eight wickets while in the other match Head Quarter handed a seven-wicket drubbing to West Zone. West Zone were restricted to 122 for nine in the allotted 20 overs and in reply North plundered 125 losing three wickets in 15.2 overs.
The second match was also a one-sided one as in reply to North East Zone�s paltry 108 for eight, North Zone hammered 111 for two in 14.4 overs.
However, despite their defeats today, both North East and West Zone have qualified for the semifinal stage from group A and B respectively as second teams. North and Head Quarter topped group A and B respectively.
Brief scores: West 122/9 (Pranay Menon 33, Rizwan Pathan 23, Siddhesh Kinlekar 19, Vinay Choudhury 4/16, Sanjay Pandey 2/27). Head Quarter 125/3 (Mohit Sharma 64, Rajinder Bisht 41, Dhruv Shorey18).
NE Zone 108/8 (Romario Sharma 32, Kon Orang 19, Sanzow Brahma 17, Rishav Das 16, Rishi Dhawan 3/13, Pankaj Thakur 2/16). North Zone 111/2 (Faiz Ahmed 44, Lakan Singh 33, Akash Malhotra 16, Romario Sharma 2/24).
Today�s matches: (S/F) West vs North; NE vs HQ.
