Brief scores: Karnataka 224-5 in 92 overs (Sujith Samsunder 106, Vijay Bharadwaj batting 90; T Kumaran 2-35).

Hyderabad on high

HYDERABAD: Powered by three half-centuries, Hyderabad scored 235 for four in their first innings on the opening day against Kerala.

Brief scores: Hyderabad 235-4 in 90 overs (Arvind Shetty 43, M V Sridhar 54, Vanka Pratap 50, Nanda Kishore batting 51; Ram Prakash 2-51).

Goa restrict Andhra

PANAJI: Goan bowlers Prashant Kakode (5-68) and Sayyed Khalid (2-10) restricted Andhra Pradesh to 216 in the first innings on the opening day of the four-day South Zone match.

Brief scores: Andhra Pradesh 216 all out (Nanginikumar 73, Vennugopal 30; Kakode 5-68, Khalid2-10).

Orissa take lead

AGARTALA: A fine spell of six wickets for 64 by S Satpathy helped Orissa take a lead over hosts Tripura by 14 runs on the second day of the East Zone match at the Narsingh ground.

Brief scores: Orissa 168 and 147-5 vs Tripura 154.

Delhi beat Himachal

NEW DELHI: Delhi collected full points beating Himachal by 49 runs in the truncated One-day North Zone match at Ferozeshah Kolta ground.

Brief scores: Delhi 212-6 in 45 overs (Ashu Dani 78, Mithun Minhas 48, Rahul Panta 2-23, Jaswant Rai 3-39) bt Himachal 123-8 in 31 overs (V Sharma 42, Amit Bhandari 2-28, S Dogra 2-21, Ajay Sharma 2-20).

UP edge out Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Opener Gagan Khoda's brilliant ton went in vain as Uttar Pradesh beat Rajasthan by two runs in a thrilling finish in the Central Zone One-day match.

Khoda's 124 (145b, 9x4, 2x6) had put Rajasthan, chasing a victory target of 224, in a strong position before they succumbed to 241 all out in the last over.

Briefscores: UP 243-7 in 50 overs (Kaif 62 n.o, Saif 87 n.o; Krishan Kumar 2-48, Kapoor 2-43) beat Rajasthan 241 all out in 49.4 overs (Khoda 124; Kaif 4-23, Brijendra Singh 3-30, G Pandey 2-55).

Punjab split points

NEW DELHI: Services and Punjab shared points when their One-day North-Zone match was washed out midway through the first session as rain started pouring and bad light prevented any further play at the Palam Grounds.

Brief scores: Services 76 for no loss (Narendra Singh 34 n.o., Sarabjeet Singh 36 n.o.)

Haryana beat J&K

JAMMU: Fine half-centuries from Rajesh and Shafeeq Khan helped Haryana beat Jammu and Kashmir by 70 runs in their One-day match of the North Zone league.

Brief scores: Haryana 213-7 in 50 overs (Vijay Yadav 38, Rajesh Puri 52, Shafeeq Khan 59) bt J&K 143 in 49.5 overs (Kamaljeet 29, Sanjay Sharma 53 n.o., Raju 2-26, Ashwani 2-44, Sanjay 2-59)