3N complete innings winover Goa

Chennai, Jan 8: Tamil Nadu completed their Ranji South Zone league commitments on a happy note with an innings and 197-run drubbing over G...

Chennai, Jan 8: Tamil Nadu completed their Ranji South Zone league commitments on a happy note with an innings and 197-run drubbing over Goa. The hosts wrapped up the issue in less than one hour on the third morning with 310 minutes and a day to spare.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 446-8 bt Goa 112 and Goa 137(A Ranade 44; Suresh 3-28, Ashish Kapoor 4-33).

Kerala win
KOZHIKODE: Opener MP Sorab’s career-best 52 and second-wicket partnership with Sankar (30) helped Kerala register a three-wicket win over Andhra Pradesh on the penultimate day of the South Zone match. Resuming at 169 for 8, Andhra pradesh were all out for 179, setting Kerala a target of 162.
Brief scores: AP 168 and 179 (Sunil Oasis 5-27, Ramprakash 4-81) lost to Kerala 186 and 164-7 (MP Sorab 52) by 3 wickets.

Hyderabad lead
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad gained a 43-run first innings lead over Karnataka. At the end of the second day’s play, the home team were 21 for no loss.
Brief scores: Hyderabad 255 and21-0 vs Karnataka 212 (J Arun Kumar 37, Barrington Rowland 37, Thilak Naidu 45; Kanwaljit 3-53, Shivaji Yadav 3-63).