Azhar, Vinay help Hyderabad down Karnataka

HYDERABAD, JAN 5: Former India skipper Mohammed Azharuddin hit 94 off 89 balls and shared a match winning 179-run third wicket stand with Vinay Kumar (97) to take Hyderabad to a two-wicket win over Karnataka in the South Zone one-day cricket match here on Wednesday.

Brief scores: Karnataka 299-8 in 50 overs (Mithun Beerala 33, B Akhil 59, Tilak Naidu 63, Somashekar Shiruguppi 48; Pavan Kumar 2-69, Parth Satwalker 2-45) lost to Hyderabad (M Azharuddin 94, Vinay Kumar 97, David Johnson 3-69, Dodda Ganesh 2-57, Mansoor Ali Khan 2-48)

TN DRUB GOA: Tamil Nadu scored a five-wicket win over Goa in the South Zone one-day limited overs match at Chennai. Tamil Nadu reached the target of 136 in just 11.3 overs.

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Brief scores: Goa 135 (Anand Bhagwat 44; Gokulakrishnan 4-23, S Sriram 3-9) lost to Tamil Nadu 136-5 in 11.3 overs (S Mahesh 69; Avinash Aware 3-41)

KERALA WIN: Kerala defeated Andhra Pradesh by 62 at Kozhikode.Brief scores: Kerala 199-8 in 50 overs bt AP137-9 in 43 overs.