A superb knock of 153 by captain Connor Williams helped Baroda to a mammoth total of 476 for nine declared on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super league match against Hyderabad on Sunday.
Williams, who resumed at an individual overnight score of 91, added 62 to his kitty with 11 boundaries and a six. He was ably assisted by R Solanki (78 runs), AA Bilakhia and P Shah who made 68 runs each. Solanki and Bilakhia hit seven fours each, while Shah scored five boundaries and a six. SS Parab and Yusuf Pathan too pitched in with 24 and 28 runs respectively.
For the hosts, Lalith Mohan and and Pragyan Ojha took four and three wickets respectively. In the second innings, Hyderabad, who made 261 in the first innings, made 40 for one wicket in the second. Speedster Irfan Pathan, who claimed four wickets in Hyderabads first innings, struck again taking the wicket of D Manohar (0).
Hyderabad (1st Innings): 261
Baroda (1st Innings, overnight 191/2):
C Williams c Shakeer b Lalith Mohan 153
S Parab c Shinde b Ojha 24
A Bilakhia c Pai b Ojha 68
R Solanki c Shakeer b Ashwin Yadav 78
Y Pathan b Ojha 28
P Shah c Shoaib b Lalith Mohan 68
I Pathan lbw b Shinde 26
A Chouhan lbw b Lalith Mohan 12
K Panchal not out 8
R Pawar c Ojha b Lalith Mohan 2
Extras: (b-5, lb-2, nb-2) 9
Total: (for 9 wkts dec in 145.1 ov) 476
Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-178, 3-314, 4-354, 5-354, 6-425, 7-456, 8-467, 9-476
Bowling: S Shoaib 15-4-52-0, A Yadav 24-3-71-1, L Mohan 39.1-6-132-4, P Ojha 44-8-139-3, A Shinde
21-3-68-1, A Yadav 2-0-7-0
Hyderabad (2nd Innings):
D Manohar c Shah b I Pathan 0
D Ravi Teja batting 27
S Pai batting 12
Extras: (b-1) 1
Total: (for one wicket in 17 overs) 40
Fall of wickets: 1-0
Bowling: I Pathan 7-3-15-1, Sumit Singh 6-1-13-0, Y Pathan 3-0-11-0, R Pawar 2-2-0-0
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