West Zone beat England Lions by 9 wickets

VADODARA, February 14: Yusuf Pathan and S Trivedi wrecked the England Lions line-up to guide West Zone to an emphatic nine-wicket victory, which booked them a berth in the finals of the Duleep Trophy on Thursday.
While Pathan returned figures of 5 for 35, Trivedi scalped four wickets for 28 runs.
Resuming at an 14 for one, England Lions batting collapsed on the turning wicket here.
Only two batsmen - Ed Joyce and Adil Rashid - could match up to the host bowling attack.
Both of them hung ground for a while to delay a West Zone victory. Joyce made 66 runs studded with nine fours facing 136 balls in 155 minutes.
He raised hopes for the visitors but Pathan removed him to put the host side in command.
Rashid made 39 runs in 148 minutes facing 106 balls.
After dismissing them for at 165 runs just before tea, West Zone needed 27 runs to win and they reached the target losing just one wicket - Ajinkya Rahane - in the process.
Sahil Kukreja 12 (not out) and C Pujara 9 (not out) to take the team to victory.
Talking to PTI after the match, West Zone Captain Parthiv Patel described it as a very important victory.
The 342 runs second wicket partnership of Wasim Jaffar 151 and Ajinkya Rahane 172 and fine bowling performance of Yusuf Pathan and S Trivedi, who made this victory easy, Patel said.
"With this victory, now I will try my best to win the Duleep trophy final," Patel said.