Karnataka enter semifinals

Ganesh captured his 84th wicket (including 44 Ranji Trophy wickets) of the season while bowling out Saurashtra, chasing 380, for 182.

Scoreboard

Karnataka (1st innings): 389.

Saurashtra (1st innings): 245.

Karnataka (2nd innings): 235.

Saurashtra (2nd innings, overnight 22-2): Sudhir Tanna c Fazal b Ganesh 0, Altaf Merchant c Bharadwaj b Ganesh 17, Rajesh Garsondia c Shiraguppi b Ganesh 4, Bimal Jadeja c Bharadwaj b Ganesh 7, Sitanshu Kotak c Ganesh b Yalvigi 88, Prakash Bhatt c Fazal b GN Umesh 1, Hitesh Parsana c Arun Kumar b Yalvigi 12, Manoj Parmar c Vijay bYalvigi 22, Yusuf Bambhaniya (not out) 20, Narendra Rana lbw Ganesh 0, Kamal Chavda c A Vijay b Yalvigi 0. Extras (b4, lb6, w1) 11. Total (all out in 54 overs) 182.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-0, 2-8, 3-32, 4-33, 5-50, 6-99, 7-134, 8-170, 9-171.

Bowling: Ganesh 18-4-65-5, Umesh 14-4-38-1, Yalvigi 15-4-49-4, Arun Kumar 3-0-13-0, Katti 4-1-7-0.

Bihar-Haryana draw

Ranchi: Haryana bagged five points for their first innings lead and Bihar got three points as their Super League match ended in a draw today.

Resuming at 329 for four, Bihar were all out for 397 in reply to Haryana’s first innings total of 506 for nine declared.

Scoreboard

Haryana (1st innings): 506 for 9 decl.

Bihar (1st innings, overnight 329-4): Nikhilesh Ranjan c Ratra b Jain 0, Zeeshan Ali c Khan b Jain 33, Tariq-Ur-Rehman c Ratra b Choudhary 40, Rajeev Kumar b D Singh 44, Sunil Kumar c Ratra b Thakur 124, S Arfi c Ratra b Jain 72 Sandip Rai not out 21, Sumit Panda lbw Jain 4, Vikas Kumar c Dalal b Pankaj4, D Kumar lbw Choudhary 8, KVP Rao b Thakur 0. Extras (b7, lb7, w1, nb32): 47. Total (all out) 397.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-0, 2-94, 3-112, 4-181, 5-357, 6-363, 7-368, 8-373, 9-396.

Bowling: Jain 30-15-117-4, D Singh 24-10-67-1, Sharma 2-2-0-0, Thakur 50.5-13-126-3, Choudhary 23-9-31-2, Dalal 8-0-28-0, J Singh 3-0-14-0.

Haryana (2nd innings): J Singh not out 103, Parinder Sharma retired hurt 55, A Ratra c V Kumar B Tariq 14, Pankaj Thakur not out 15. Extras (b4, lb1, w3, nb8) 16. Total (for one wicket) 203.

Fall Of Wicket: 1-167.

Bowling: Panda 9-2-33-0, D Kumar 4-1-6-0, V Kumar 12-2-40-0, Ranjan 11-0-43-0, Rahman 12-2-48-1, Arfi 9-0-28-0.

Maharashtra draw with Orissa

Pune: Maharashtra seem to lack the killer instinct on the concluding day of their Ranji Trophy tie against Orissa at the Poona Club grounds today.

Despite the home advantage, they displayed a laid-back attitude, similar to the one in the previous match against Delhi, choosingto retire with five points.

They allowed the last four Orissa batsmen to score 194 runs, leaving them a stiff target of 274 in 33 overs. They managed 76 for four wickets. Ranjan Parida anchored Orissa with an unbeaten 95 (294m, 193b, 13×4).

“We could have gone for the maximum, but nothing seems to be going our way,” said Maharashtra coach Shyam Oak, very much aware off his boys letting the rivals off the hooks.

Scoreboard

Orissa (1st innings): 245

Maharashtra (1st innings): 347

Orissa (2nd innings overnight 175 for 5): SS Das c Kondhalkar b Siddique 69, P Jaychandra b Kulkarni 3, P Mullick c Kondhalkar b Nair 54, Sanjay Raul c Kondhalkar b Nair 14, Pradip Das b Nair 10, P Mahapatra c Kondhalkar b Siddique 8, RR Parida not out 95, Gautam Gopal c Gokhale b Nair 52, Saheed Khan c Sugvekar b Kulkarni 4, D Mohanty c Kinikar (sub) b Gokhale 5, Ajay Barik c Narse b Kulkarni 25. Extras: (b11, lb25, nb9, w1) 36. Total (all out in 118.2 overs) 375.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-8, 2-49,3-86, 4-108, 5-154, 6-181, 7-277, 8-286, 9-319.

Bowling: Nair 37-7-116-4, Kulkarni 28.2-11-56-3, Siddique 28-5-97-2, Godbole 7-1-25-0, Gokhale 13-2-38-1, Sugvekar 2-0-8-0, Godbole 2-0-8-0, Bhave: 1-0-1-0.

Maharashtra (2nd innings): Jaideep Narse not out 35, Niranjan Godbole c Gautam b Barik 0, Abhijit Kale c S Das b Barik 18, Sanjay Kondhalkar b Barik 3, Surendra Bhave b Barik 1, Iqbal Siddique not out 14. Extras: (lb2, nb3) 5. Total (for four wickets in 26 overs) 76.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-8, 2-33, 3-43, 4-49.

Bowling: Mohanty 6-1-20-0, Barik 11-1-32-4, Jaychandra 5-3-5-0, Khan 4-1-17-0.

Defiant Goud frustrates TN bid

Chennai: A spirited unbeaten century by Yere Goud effectively sealed the fate of Tamil Nadu as Railways staged a brilliant fightback, batting through the final day, to force a draw in the Group B Ranji Trophy Super League match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium today.

Railways, who conceded a 228-run lead in the first essay, ended the day at 412for 9 wickets.

Scoreboard

Railways (1st innings): 154.

Tamil Nadu (1st innings): 382.

Railways (2nd innings): Sanjay Bangar lbw Mahesh 31, Zufri Zakaria c Madanagopal b Mahesh 32, Abhay Sharma c George b R Singh 16 Yere Gaud not out 104, Prahlad Rawat c Madanagopal b Vasu 15, Devendra Singh c George b Kumaran 32, Saket Bhatia b Kumaran 12, Murali Karthik c George b Mahesh 53, Kulamani Parida c George b Mahesh 0, Zakir Hussain c & b Sharath 28, Zabed Zaman not out 0. Extras (lb13, b43, nb23) 89. Total (for 9 wickets, play called off) 412.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-77, 2-87, 3-113, 4-174, 5-258, 6-272, 7-362, 8-362, 9-412.

Bowling: Devanand 17-4-42-0, Kumaran 21-4-78-2, Vasu 43-14-88-1, Mahesh 29-5-71-4, R Singh 12-6-23-1, Sharath 7-1-20-1, Badani 2-0-13-0, V Kumar 4-0-11-0.

Martin hits ton

Jaipur: Jacob Martin’s brilliant, unbeaten ton (100 not out: 228m, 183b, 13×4) was the highlight of the final day of the Super League match between hosts Rajasthan and Baroda,which ended in a tame draw here today.

It was Martin’s 16th first class hundred.

Rajasthan logged five points from the match, Baroda three.

Scoreboard

Rajasthan (1st innings): 374

Baroda (1st innings): 198

Baroda (2nd innings, overnight 85-0): C Williams c Dave b Kapoor 73, RA Swaroop lbw Kapoor 71, H Jadhav c (sub) Jaikumar b Dave 42, Jacob Martin not out 100, Tushar Arothe c Manish b Shamsher 7, Atul Bedade not out 3. Extras (b2, lb4, w1, nb5): 12. Total (for four wickets) 308.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-147, 2-152, 3-232, 4-254.

Bowling: Shamsher 15-3-41-1, Krishna Kumar 16-1-28-0, Khoda 2-0-8-0, DP Singh 19.2-6-29-0, Dave 28.2-8-49-1, Kapoor 29-4-81-2, Kanwat 16-1-59-0, Devra 2-0-4-0, Sinha 1-0-3-0.

Bengal-Hyderabad draw

Calcutta: Hosts Bengal earned five points by virtue of their first innings lead as their Super League match against Hyderabad ended in a draw at Eden Gardens today.

Required to score 209 for victory, Bengal went for the targetinitially, but the loss of early wickets forced them to give up the run chase as they scored 115 for six in 29 overs.

Scoreboard

Hyderabad (1st innings): 188

Bengal (1st innings): 232

Hyderabad (2nd innings, overnight 103-2): A Shetty c Dasgupta b Chatterjee 47, D Manohar lbw Das 33, Nanda Kishore (not out) 76, MV Sridhar c Dasgupta b Chatterjee 14, V Pratap (not out) 67. Extras (b11, lb4): 15. Total (for 3 wickets decl in 120 overs) 252.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-80, 2-80, 3-117

Bowling: Banerjee 22-7-40-0, Bose 20-6-48-0, D Singh 14-2-36-0, Chatterjee 33-14-54-2, Das 20-6-34-1, Gavaskar 11-2-25-0.

Bengal (2nd innings): D Gandhi b NP Singh 10, N Haldipur run out 26, S Banerjee c Kishore b NP Singh 43, D Dasgupta st Singh b Raju 2, U Chatterjee b NP Singh 5, A Das (not out) 2, R Gavaskar lbw BK Singh 23, S Karim (not out) 0. Extras (b1, lb3) 4. Total (for 6 wickets in 29 overs) 115.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-14, 2-80, 3-84, 4-88, 5-90,6-115.

Bowling: NP Singh 11-0-40-3, Mohiuddin 3-0-21-0, Manohar 2-0-15-0, BK Singh 5-3-15-1, Raju 8-4-20-1.