Former one day international Jacob Martin slammed an unbeaten knock of 242 as Baroda cruised to a mammoth 562 for seven on day three of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match in Ghaziabad on Saturday.
Baroda were leading by 216 runs with three wickets remaining and Martin and P Shah (22) at the crease at the close of play.
Resuming at 268 for two, Baroda went past the 300 mark after which overnight centurion Connor Williams (138 off 242 balls, 13x4, 1x6) fell to Ashish Winston Zaidi.
Partnering Kiran Powar (51), Martin, however, took the score past the rival total and the former's departure had little impact on him as he milked the UP attack with consummate ease.
It in fact could have been worse for the hosts but spinner Piyush Chawla picked four middle order wickets to restrict Baroda to 526 for seven at stumps.
Scoreboard:
Uttar Pradesh 1st innings 346
Baroda 1st innings (Overnight 268 for 2)
Irshad Sindhi lbw b Zaidi 9
Connor Williams c Amir Khan b Zaidi 138
Rakesh Solanki c Amir Khan b P Kumar 16
Jacob Martin not out 224
Kiran Powar c Kumar b Piyush Chawla 51
Yusuf Pathan c & b Piyush Chawla 21
A P Bhoite lbw b Piyush Chawla 41
Rajesh Pawar b Piyush Chawla 1
P Shah not out 22
Extras (B-9, LB-9, W-13, NB-8) 39
Total (For seven wickets in 167 overs) 562
Fall of Wickets: 1/12 2/40 3/301 4/395 5/431 6/487 7/495
Bowling: A W Zaidi 29-5-87-2 P Kumar 39-6-112-1 S Raina 1-0-9-0 Piyush Chawla 46-3-177-4 Praveen Gupta 45-9-127-0 Jyoti Yadav 6-0-23-0 Gyanendra Pandey 1-0-9-0
