The match between the teams of Gujarat and Baroda was the first league match of the West Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 and the match was held at Ahmedabad from 18-20 November, 1958. The Baroda team played very well in the match and earned the full 9 points by winning it with a margin of 10 wickets. In the next match of the Zone, the teams of Bombay and Gujarat clashed with each other at Bombay from 05-06 December, 1958. The Bombay team played extremely well in the match and won it by a huge margin of an innings and 219 runs. The Bombay team also earned the entire 9 points from the match. The third match of the West Zone saw a battle between the teams of Baroda and Maharashtra at Baroda from 06-08 December, 1958. The match was drawn during its stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Baroda and Maharashtra teams 6 and 3 points, respectively for the match. The teams of Saurashtra and Maharashtra met with each other for the fourth match of the West Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 and the math took place at Rajkot from 12-14 December, 1958. The drawn match saw the Saurashtra team earning 5 points and Maharashtra team earning 3 points from it. Then the two teams of Maharashtra and Bombay then clashed with each other at Poona from 25-27 December, 1958 and this match was also a drawn one. The Bombay team earned 6 points and Maharashtra earned 3 points from the match. The teams of Baroda and Saurashtra then played against each other at Baroda from 25-27 December, 1958. The Baroda team played nicely in the match to clinch a victory of an innings and 48 runs and also to earn the entire 9 points from it. The seventh league match of the West Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 was played between the teams of Gujarat and Saurashtra at Ahmedabad from 29-31 December, 1958. The match saw the Saurashtra team winning by a huge margin of 9 wickets. The teams of Bombay and Baroda played against each other in the next match of the West Zone at Bombay from 09-11 January, 1959. The drawn match earned the Bombay team 5 points and the Baroda team also earned 3 points from the match. The ninth match of the West Zone in the tournament saw a clash between the teams of Maharashtra and Gujarat at Poona from 10-12 January, 1959. The match went on to draw and the match officials awarded the Maharashtra and Gujarat teams 6 and 3 points, respectively for the match. The last league match of the West Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 was played between the teams of Bombay and Saurashtra at Jamnagar from 15-17 January, 1959. Bombay played well in this match also and clinched a victory of 181 runs to earn the full 9 points from the match. |