The North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 19978-79 started with the match between the teams of Jammu & Kashmir and Services and the match was held at Udhampur from 04-06 September, 1978. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and it saw the Services team earning 5 points and Jammu & Kashmir earning 3 points from it. The second match of the zone was played between the teams of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab and the match took place at Srinagar from 06-08 October, 1978. The Punjab team played wonderfully in the match and clinched a huge victory of an innings and 51 runs for earning the entire 9 points from the match. The Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir teams met with each other in the third match of the zone and the two teams played the match at Srinagar from 11-13 October, 1978. The match saw the Haryana team playing very well and winning it by a huge margin of an innings and 98 runs. The Haryana team earned the full 9 points from the match, as well. The fourth of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1978-79 saw a clash between the teams of Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir and the two teams played the match at Jammu from 08-10 November, 1978. The Delhi team showed a very good performance in the match and clinched a victory of an innings and 111 runs to earn the entire 9 points from it. The next match of the zone involved the teams like Services and Haryana and the match was held at Delhi from 26-28 November, 1978. The Haryana team played well in this match also and beat the Services team by a margin of 116 runs for earning 8 valuable points from it. The Punjab team then played against the Delhi team in the next match of the zone at Delhi from 26-28 November, 1978. The drawn match saw the Delhi team earning 5 points and Punjab earning 3 points from it. The Punjab team appeared in the seventh of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1978-79 also and this time, it played against the Services team at Delhi from 30 November-02 December, 1978. The match remained drawn during the specified period of time and the match officials awarded the Punjab and Services teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. The next match saw a clash between the teams of Delhi and Services at Delhi from 04-06 December, 1978. The winner of the match was the Delhi team with a huge margin of an innings and 38 runs and the team earned the entire 9 points from the match, as well. The Delhi team then clashed with the Haryana team in the next match of the zone at Rohtak from 09-11 December, 1978. The Delhi team played well in this match also and clinched a huge victory of 10 wickets for earning 8 valuable points from it. The last of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1978-79 was played between the teams of Punjab and Haryana and the match was held at Amritsar from 23-25 December, 1978. The match saw the Haryana team winning by a very good margin of an innings and 14 runs and also earning 8 valuable points from it. |