da heads bet： Taking into account their batting failure in the first innings UttarPradesh made commendable amends the second time round to end the thirdday at 296/6 against Madhya Pradesh in the Central Zone Ranji Trophytie at the Green Park in Kanpur on
Staff Reporter20-Jan-2001Taking into account their batting failure in the first innings UttarPradesh made commendable amends the second time round to end the thirdday at 296/6 against Madhya Pradesh in the Central Zone Ranji Trophytie at the Green Park in Kanpur on Saturday.Having conceded a first innings lead of 140, UP resumed their secondknock at 12 for no loss this morning. Opener N Ali (5) fell leg beforeto Jai P Yadav in the third over of the day. Mohd Kaif, hisreplacement at the crease, did not last long either. With thescoreboard reading 39, Kaif departed, caught by Golwalkar off DevendraBundela. This brought in Rizwan Shamshad to the crease and heresponded well with a timely unbeaten 117.Both Jyoti Yadav (35) and the UP skipper Gyanendra Pandey (24)accompanied Shamshad along the way. But with the score at 115, adouble blow by Bundela left them in a spot of bother. Bundela firsthad Pandey caught by Srivastava in the 44th over and two balls laterMohd Saif was trapped leg before.UP stumper Manoj Mudgal joined Shamshad to forge a 143 run sixthwicket stand. In the meantime Shamshad reached his century from 186balls. The fag end of the day saw Bundela strike for the fifth time inthe innings to remove Mudgal for 55. Mrityunjay Tripathi accompaniedShamshad through to stumps. Bundela was the most successful bowler forMP with figures of 5 for 81.