Karnataka toys with Goa

CHENNAI, DEC. 8. Mediumpacer Dodda Ganesh picked up two wickets off the last two balls of the match to be on course for a hat- trick in the next encounter as Karnataka carved out an 87-run win over Goa in the Subbiah Pillai Trophy tournament at the SPIC-YMCA ground on Friday.

Deciding to bat, the Karnataka batsmen, mainly skipper and opener Arun Kumar (58, 7x4, 1x6), Anil Kumar (59, 2x4, 1x6) and Thilak Naidu (54, 3x4, 1x6) made merry to raise 260 in 50 overs. And Goa looked good to give a fight considering the way Tanveer Jabbar (32, 5x4) and skipper Praveen Amre (50, 5x4, 1x6) shaped, but once both left it was virtually over.

The scores:

Karnataka: J. Arun Kumar c & b Satyajit 58; Mithun Beerala c Aware b Digvijay 15; G.K. Anil Kumar c Misquin b Rane 59; Vijay Bharadwaj (run out) 14; Thilak Naidu (not out) 54; B. Akhil c Tanveer b Digvijay 31; D. Ganesh (not out) 17; Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-4, w-5) 12; Total (for five wkts. in 50 overs) 260.

Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-91, 3-131, 4- 171, 5-226.

Goa bowling: Aware 10-0-63-0; Kamat 8-1- 38-0; Kapil Angle 2-0-20-0; Digvijay 10-0-44-2; Siddarth 10-0-41- 1; Rane 10-1-51- 1.

Goa: Satyajit Medappa b Ganesh 14; Vivek Kolambkar c Anil b Mansur 1; Tanveer Jabbar (run out) 32; Praveen Amre c Naidu b Vodeyaraj 50; Rohit Rane (run out) 13; Balakrishna Misquin lbw b Ganesh 16; Kapil Angle st. Naidu b Vodeyaraj 2; Anant Bhagwat b Ganesh 12; Sudin Kamat c Beerala b Mansur 12; Avinash Aware b Ganesh 0; Digvijay Singh (not out) 1; Extras (lb- 7, w-7, nb-6) 20; Total (in 43.5 overs) 173.

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-27, 3-70, 4-94, 5-131, 6-137, 7-146, 8- 163, 9-163.

Karnataka bowling: Ganesh 10-0-41-4; Mansur 7.5-1-30-2; Bharadwaj 8-0-26-0; Akhil 3-0-19-0; Vodeyaraj 10-1-28-2; Yalvigi 5-0-22-0.

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