Ranji Round-Up

Goa shot out for 28!THALASSERY: After playing the lead role in dismissing Goa for a measly 28, Kerala skipper KN Ananthapadmanabhan crafted ...

Goa shot out for 28!

THALASSERY: After playing the lead role in dismissing Goa for a measly 28, Kerala skipper KN Ananthapadmanabhan crafted an unbeaten 81 103b, 128m, 12215;4, 1215;6 to pilot his side to an impressive nine-wicket win over Goa with one day to spare in their Ranji Trophy match here today.Anantha strung an unbroken 130 run-second wicket stand with opener Shankar 40 to surpass the 134-run target.

Earlier, Goa were dismissed for their lowest total in only 20.4 overs. The wreckers-in-chief were medium-pacer Sunil Oasis and Anantha. Oasis returned career-best bowling figures of 4.4-0-6-4, while Anantha claimed 3-12.Brief Scores: Goa 253 amp; 28 in 20.4 overs TR Sudheesh 2-10, KN Anantha 3-12, Sunil Oasis 4-6 lost to Kerala 148 in 69.1 overs Sunil Oasis 42; N Kalekar 4-34, Sayyed Khalid 3-31 amp; 134-1 in 36.1 overs S Shankar 40 n.o., KN Anantha 81 n.o. by nine wickets

Sai, Srinivas slam tons

BANGALORE: KST Sai 124: 203b, 244m, 17215;4 and I Srinivas 100; 222m, 152b, 10215;4, 3215;6belted maiden tons in contrasting styles to take Andhra to a position of safety against hosts Karnataka in the South Zone Ranji Trophy league cricket tie at the KSCA Stadium here on Saturday.

Brief Scores: Andhra 211 amp; 424 in 108 overs Amit Pathak 67, RV Ch Prasad 56, KST Sai 124, I Srinivas 100; D Ganesh 4-122, Mansoor Ali Khan 3-109, Anand Yalvigi 3-77 vs Karnataka 231

Punjab poised for innings win

AMRITSAR: Jammu and Kashmir were on the brink of an innings defeat on the third day of the four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match at the Gandhi Grounds here today. After following on, Jammu and Kashmir were struggling at 133 for 7 after conceding a massive 339-run first-innings lead.

Brief Scores: Punjab 475-8 decl vs Jamp;K 136 in 54 overs Sanjay Sharma 28, Pardeep Bali 39, Sandeep Sharma 3-31, Sandeep Sawal 3-42, Navdeep Singh 2-18 amp; 133-7 in 71 overs Kawaljeet Singh 30, Ashwani Gupta 54; Navdeep Singh 4-43

Ajay Sharma cracks double ton

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NEW DELHI: The 34-yera-oldAjay Sharma today scored a brilliant 213 19215;4, 2215;6 8212; his 29th three-figure knock and sixth double hundred.He put on 299 runs for the fourth wicket in 326 minutes with skipper Vijay Dahiya, who recorded his maiden hundred 137: 14215;4, to place Delhi in a position to force an outright victory over Services in their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Kotla here today.

Brief Scores: Services 288 amp; 68-3 in 36 overs vs Delhi 466 in 131 overs Ajay Sharma 213, Vijay Dahiya 137; JP Pandey 3-105, Arun Sharma 3-81

Sapru, Parteki share honours

NAGPUR: Uttar Pradesh8217;s Rahul Sapru 108: 207b, 11215;4 and Dilip Parteki of hosts Vidarbha 5-85 shared the second day8217;s honours of the Central Zone Ranji Trophy tie at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground here today.

Overnight drizzle and poor light saw the match commence only 30 minutes after lunch.

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Brief Scores: UP 295 in 141 overs Saurabha Shukla 38, Rizwan Shamshad 43, Rahul Sapru 108, Manoj Mudgal 42; Dilip Parteki 5-85, Preetam Gandhe 3-97,Lalchand Rajput 2-23 vs Vidarbha 14-1 in 8.3 overs

Confident start by Railways

NEW DELHI: Railways made a confident start reaching 108 for two wickets in their first innings after the tail-enders helped Madhya Pradesh to 266, on the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league tie today. Opener Sanjay Bangar 46 4215;4, 1215;6 and Yere Goud 5 were at the together at close.

Brief Scores: MP 266 in 130.4 overs JP Yadav 46, Amay Khurasia 48, Prashant Dwivedi 46, Rajesh Chauhan 36, Sunil Lahore 45 n.o. Kulamani Parida 4-65, Murali Kartik 4-54 vs Railways 108-2 in 52 overs S Yadav 28, Sanjay Bangar batting 46