da marjack bet： Hyderabad, building a good second-innings total, set Kerala a steeptarget of 327 in their Ranji Trophy league match at Cochin on Tuesday
Staff Reporter05-Dec-2001*Anirudh Singh grafts centuryHyderabad, building a good second-innings total, set Kerala a steeptarget of 327 in their Ranji Trophy league match at Cochin on Tuesday.Resuming at 124/2, Hyderabad’s batsmen did not allow a slide similarto their first innings. With Anirudh Singh playing the anchor role, anumber of small innings contributed to their final total of 334/9declared. Singh made 124 off 231 balls, with 16 fours, falling only asthe eighth wicket. For Kerala, Suresh Kumar took four for 115.Playing out 6.2 overs before stumps, Kerala reached 10 for no loss,with openers V Girilal and MP Sorab unbeaten on seven and onerespectively.*Vijay Bharadwaj wrests Tamil Nadu initiative awayTamil Nadu, looking to build a large first-innings total and then bowlKarnataka out quickly, were thwarted by Vijay Bharadwaj in their RanjiTrophy league match at Bangalore on Tuesday.The visitors’ innings ended on 468, with Robin Singh (58) and AshishKapoor (44) making quick runs and boosting their side’s overnightscore. For Karnataka, Mansur Ali Khan Ludi picked 5-81, including adeadly spell of 6.5-0-19-4.Karnataka started badly, losing both openers for just 16 runs.Barrington Rowland, the first-innings centurion, and Bharadwaj thencame together for a 202-run stand for the third wicket. Rowland made69 off 150 balls and was dismissed with the score on 218.The day ended with Karnataka on 233/3 and Bharadwaj unbeaten on 125off 160 balls, with 22 fours. He was accompanied by Thilak Naidu oneight.*Goa in dire straitsAndhra Pradesh had Goa against the wall at the end of Day Three oftheir Ranji Trophy league match at Vijayawada on Tuesday.Already in a position of strength when they resumed at 184/1, AndhraPradesh made a consistent string of scores all the way down theirbatting order. Skipper MSK Prasad made 96 off 233 balls before beingdismissed with the score on 221. Thereafter, IG Srinivas (52) and RVCPrasad (62) took the attack to the Goa bowling.Declaring at 373/9, Andhra Pradesh then blasted away Goa’s top order.Six wickets had fallen by the close of play, but the scoreboard readonly 57. RVC Prasad returned particularly fine figures of 7-4-8-3, andGoa were facing the spectre of an innings defeat on Day Four.