Spinners do the trick for Kerala

CHENNAI, DEC. 5. Kerala beat Goa by three runs in the Subbiah Pillai Trophy cricket tournament in a tie that was reduced to 35- overs-a-side owing to wet outfield, at the Southern Railway grounds here on Tuesday.

Kerala, put in to bat, was able to muster only 144. But significant contributions from spinners Chandra Sekhara (three for 18) and Sreekumar Nair (four for 27) helped Kerala clinch the issue.

The scores:

Kerala: M.P. Sorab (run out) 52; C. Sanju c Anant Bhagwat b Sudin Kamat 0; Prasanth C. Menon c Medappa b Sudin Kamat 1; Ajay Kudua c Anant Bhagwat b Audhoot Amonkar 11; Sunil Oasis c Anant Bhagwat b Kapil Angle 36; Chandra Sekhara c Audhoot Amonkar b Rohit Rane 5; Sreekumar Nair (not out) 9; Ananthapadmanabhan c Praveen Amre b Rohit Rane 5; Hari Krishnan (not out) 15; Extras (w-6, nb-1, lb-2, b-1) 10; Total (for seven wkts. in 35 overs) 144.

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-7, 3-31, 4-97, 5-113, 6-117, 7-124.

Goa bowling: Avinash Aware 7-0-13-0, Sudin Kamat 6-0-27-2, Audhoot Amonkar 3-0-13-2, Digvijay Singh 6- 1-21-0, Kapil Angle 5-0-27-1, Rohit Rane 6-0-24-2, Satyajit Medappa 2-0-16-0.

Goa: Audhoot Amonkar c Sreekumar Nair b Tinu Yohanan 12; Vivek Kolambkar c Ajay Kudua b Sreekumar Nair 19; Tanveer Jabbar b Sreekumar Nair 55; Praveen Amre c Tinu Yohanan b Chandra Sekhara 2; Satyajit Medappa c Sunil Oasis b Chandra Sekhara 4; Anand Bhagwat b Chandra Sekhara 0; Rohit Rane c Prasanth C. Menon b Sreekumar Nair 10; Sudin Kamat st Hari Krishnan b S.K. Nair 2; Kapil Angle (not out) 22; Avinash Aware (not out) 3; Extras (w-8, nb-2, b-2) 12; Total (for eight wkts. in 35 overs) 141.

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-61, 3-73, 4-86, 5-86, 6-112, 7-114, 8- 125.

Kerala bowling: Tinu Yohanan 6-0-35-1, Fazil Muhammed 3-0-20-0, Ananthapadmanabhan 7-1-24-0, Sunil Oasis 5-0-15-0, Chandra Sekhara 7-1-18-3, Sreekumar Nair 7-1-27-4.

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