THALASSERY, JAN 6: Sunil Oasis' 118 and his 100-run eighth wicket partnership with Sreekumar Nair could not save Kerala from follow-on after they were dismissed for 411 in their first innings in reply to Karnataka's 583-7 declared in the penultimate day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match today.Brief scores: Karnataka 583-7 decl vs Kerala 411 (Shanker 50, Sunil Oasis 118, Sreekumar Nair 74, Renjith Kumar 30 not out; Anand Katti 4-111) and 3-0.
TN in hot chase
CHENNAI: A century by opener S Ramesh (145) and a 92 by Sriram helped former Ranji Trophy champions Tamil Nadu reach 348 for three in their first innings against Andhra on the penultimate day of the four-day South Zone match.Brief scores: Andhra 495 vs Tamil Nadu 348-3 (S Ramesh 145, S Sriram 92, Ramkishen 2-153).
Goa follow on
HYDERABAD: A determined debut century by Goa opner Vivek Kolambkar (106) went in vain as Goa followed on after falling short by 195 runs in their first innings against Hyderabad on the third-dayof the four-day South-Zone match.
Brief scores: Hyderabad 438-3 decl vs Goa 243 (V Kolambkar 106, A Dablolkar 34, B Misquin 22; NP Singh 3-54, VP Raju 2-58, Sridhar 2-22) and 88-1 (Y Barade 21, V Kolambkar 37 batting, A Dabolkar batting 25).
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