Bharadawaj shines

PANAJI, Dec 26: Vijay Bharadawaj 6-34 helped defending champions Karnataka post an innings and 73 runs victory over Goa on the penultim...

PANAJI, Dec 26: Vijay Bharadawaj 6-34 helped defending champions Karnataka post an innings and 73 runs victory over Goa on the penultimate day of the South Zone match here today.

Brief scores: Karnataka 457 J Arunkumar 131, F Khaleel 82, S Siriguppi 66; N Kambli 5-150 vs Goa 140 Y Barde 30, V Kolambkar 37; D Ganesh 4-24, M Ali Khan 4-40 and 244 Mohd Ali 49, Rajesh Naik 40; V Bharadwaj 6-34.

Kerala avoid defeat

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala skipper KN Ananthapadmanabhan 127 n.o. helped his team avoid the ignominy of an innings defeat in their second innings against TN.

Brief scores: TN 416 drew with Kerala 172 amp; 304-8 Ananthapadmanabhan 127 n.o., Ramprakash 31; T Kumaran 3-80.

Hyderabad gain lead

VISHAKAPATNAM: Hyderabad gained a first innings lead of 75 runs against Andhra on the penultimate day.

Brief scores: Hyderabad 270 and 225-7 A Shetty 65; Ramkishen 3-83 vs Andhra 195 I Srinivas 69; NP Singh 3-59, Vishnuvardhan 2-44, V Raju 2-42, D Manohar 2-24.

Bihar startwell

JAMSHEDPUR: Bihar amassed 225 for the loss of two wickets in their first innings after bowling out Tripura for 347 on the second day of the East Zone match.

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Brief scores: Tripura 347 Rajarshi Chowdhury 91, Mayur Kaderkar 94, Timir Chandra 52; Vikas Kumar 3-118 vs Bihar 225-2 Sunil Kumar 54, Rajiv Kumar 85 batting, Tariq-ur-Rahman 43 batting.

Gandhi slams century

GUWAHATI: A scintillating unbeaten century by Devang Gandhi and an equally inspired 95 by Saba Karim took Bengal to 362 for five.

Brief scores: Assam 168 vs Bengal 362-5 Devang Gandhi batting 169, Saba Karim 95; G Dutta 3-58.

Delhi struggling

JAMMU: J amp; K medium-pacer Surinder Singh struck four vital blows to restrict strong Delhi to 81 for seven on a truncated first day of the North Zone league match.

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Brief scores: Delhi 81-7 Surinder Singh 4-28 vs Jamp;K.

Sarabjit steadies Services

NEW DELHI: Sarabjit Singh scored 65 as Services reached 201 for five at close against Haryana.

Brief scores:Services 201-5 Sarabjit Singh 65, Sanjay Verma 29, CD Thomson batting 29, Amit Nadkarni batting 31.