THE RUN HOME FOR AFL FINALS CONTENDERS1. SYDNEY (64 points, 145.1 per cent) - Richmond (SCG), Saturday twilightOn top and should end the season there with a home match against 13th-placed Richmond.2. ADELAIDE (64, 142.3) - West Coast (AO), Friday nightMust navigate a tricky clash with the resurgent Eagles to snare the home qualifying final.3. GEELONG (64, 137.7) - Melbourne (SS), Saturday afternoonThe Demons have lost their edge with finals no longer on the line. Cats should do it easy.4. HAWTHORN (64, 119.3) - Collingwood (MCG), Sunday afternoonHave ceded their top spot but can sew up the double chance against Collingwood.5. GWS (60, 142.5) - North Melbourne (ES), Saturday nightWithout a top-four slip-up, this could be an elimination final preview.6. WEST COAST (60, 129.5) - Adelaide (AO), Friday nightBeaten two finalists in the past two and play another in round 23. Win or lose, good preparation.7. WESTERN BULLDOGS (60, 117.4) - Fremantle (DS), Sunday twilightSurely wont slip up in Perth if a home finals on the line, which it will be if Adelaide win.8. NORTH MELBOURNE (48, 112.9) - GWS (ES), Saturday nightAn eighth-straight loss against finals-bound opponents to Sydney and look to be making up the numbers.------------------9. ST KILDA (44, 92.5) - Brisbane Lions (ES), Sunday nightShould North Melbourne lose, the Saints will know the three-figure margin theyll need to win by to make finals. They just wont be able to do it.Key: AO-Adelaide Oval, DS-Domain Stadium, ES-Etihad Stadium, MCG-Melbourne Cricket Ground, SS-Simonds Stadium, SCG-Sydney Cricket Ground. Zapatillas Adidas NMD R2 . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Adidas Falcon Mujer Baratas .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. http://www.baratasnmd.com/ . 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Assam suffered due to a lack of partnerships, and crumbled from a promising 62 for 1 in the 35th over to 65 for 4 in the 40th with Sood and Saini doing most of the damage during this period.A four-for from captain Varun Aaron helped Jharkhand bowl Maharashtra out for 210 in Delhi. In reply, Jharkhand finished the day at 33 for 2, having lost their openers to seamer Anupam Sanklecha.Aaron, along with medium-pacer Ajay Yadav, cut through Maharashtras top order leaving them at 31 for 3 in the 13th over. Kedar Jadhav (59) and Ankit Bawne (78) rallied through a 102-run partnership for the fourth wicket. After Jadhav was dismissed, Bawne stitched another half-century stand with Ravi Tripathi, but Maharashtra lost their last six wickets for only 22 runs. Aaron finished with 4 for 47, while seamer Ashish Kumar had 3 for 32, including the wicket of Bawne.Sanklecha then had Ishan Kishan caught behind in the second over, before dismissing Shiv Gautam in the eighth over. Saurabh Tiwary was unbeaten on 9.Biplab Samantrays 53 not out held Odishas shaky firstt innings together against Vidarbha in Visakhapatnam.dddddddddddd. Odisha finished the day on 134 for 6 in 70 overs with No. 8 Deepak Behera keeping Samantray company.The first breakthrough for Vidarbha, after Odisha chose to bat, came through spin. Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate dismissed Ranjit Singh before Shrikant Wagh and Akshay Wakhare struck three times in the space of six overs to leave Odisha at 49 for 4 in the 24th over. Samantray and Subhranshu Senapati added 59 for the fifth wicket but a couple of late dismissals left Odisha on the back foot.Saurashtra captain Jaydev Shahs unbeaten 120 helped the side recover from 30 for 3 to 269 for 5 at stumps against Rajasthan in Vizianagaram. Shah was ably supported by Sheldon Jackson, who scored 76 and shared in a 119-run partnership for the fourth wicket.The pair came together in the 10th over of the match, after Rajasthans seamers Pankaj Singh, Nathu Singh and Aniket Choudhary had struck early. Both batsmen scored at a brisk rate. Jacksons 76 came off 95 balls and included 10 fours and two sixes, while Shah scored 120 off 141 balls with 23 fours.Once Jackson fell, Shah kept Saurashtra steady with a 79-run partnership Samarth Vyas and steered the side past 250 in the company of Chirag Jani who was unbeaten on 13. ' ' '