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Last updated : 2012-02-11 21:45:05
South crush North Zone to lift Vizzy Trophy

South were the front runners after taking a handy 177-run first innings lead over their rivals and then reducing North to 280 for 7 in the second knock

 

Mumbai: Feb 11, 2012

 

South Zone lifted Vizzy Trophy, the Inter-Universities Inter-Zonal title, after thrashing the North Zone by seven wickets in the four-day final at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.

 

South were the front runners after taking a handy 177-run first innings lead over their rivals and then reducing North to 280 for 7 in the second knock.

 

South continued their good work by grabbing North's last three wickets for the addition of just 52 runs.

 

Left with a target of 156 to chase, South made 158 for the loss of three wickets with H Srikanth completing his second half century of the match and Rohan Yadav making an unbeaten 40.

 

South reached the target in the 42nd over.

 

Brief scores: North Zone 365 and 332 (Ravinder Singh 48, Dhruv Shaurya 96, Abhishek Gupta 73, H Satyawan 50 not out; S Daniel 6 for 128) lost to South Zone 542 and 158 for 3 (H Srikanth 88, Rohan Yadav 40 not out) by 7 wickets.

 

First Published: February 11, 2012, 9:45 pm