Date:18/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/18/stories/2008111856611800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Karnataka in a commanding position

MYSORE: Sunil Joshi bowled Karnataka into a strong position against Andhra at the end of the second day’s play in the Group ‘B’ Ranji Super Lague encounter here on Monday.

At close of play, Andhra in reply to Karnataka’s first innings total of 366, finished the day at 161 for seven in 55 overs and is struggling to save the follow-on. Joshi returned figures of four for 23.

For Andhra, Manoj Sai (70, 128m, 106b, 11x4s) andM. Suresh (29 not out, 4x4s) added 104 runs for the seventh wicket. Earlier in the day, Joshi scored a half-century and forged a 74-run partnership for the ninth wicket with N.C. Aiyappa

The scores: Karnataka — 1st Innings: K.B. Pawan c V. Manoj Sai b P. Vijay Kumar 32, Robin Uthappa c H. Watekar b Gnaneshwar Rao 133, Ganesh Satish lbw b Suresh 1, Rahul Dravid b Kalyan Krishna 39, C. Raghu run out 7, Manish Pandey c Prasad Reddy b Kalyan Krishna 4, V.S.T. Naidu c H. Watekar b Sarat Babu 13, R. Vinay Kumar c H. Watekar b Kalyan Krishna 27, Sunil Joshi b H. Watekar 65, N.C. Aiyappa c Manoj Sai b Kalyan Krishna 34, K.P. Appanna (not out) 4, Extras (lb-2, nb-1, w-4) 7; Total (in 113.4 overs) 366.

Fall of wickets: 1-106; 2-113; 3-197; 4-206, 5-216, 6-223, 7-241, 8-279, 9-353.

Andhra Bowling: Vijay Kumar 31-5-94-1, Kalyan Krishna 31-7-85-4, Sarat Babu 20-3-75-1, M. Suresh 18-4-72-1, H. Watekar 7.4-1-25-1, Gnaneshwar Rao 6-2-13-1.

Andhra — 1st Innings: H. Watekar c V.S.T. Naidu b N.C. Aiyappa 7, L.N.P. Reddy lbw b Sunil Joshi 14, Gnanshwar Rao lbw b Aiyappa 17, B. Sumant lbw b Vinay Kumar 4, A.S.K. Verma c Aiyappa b Sunil Joshi 0, A.G. Pradeep lbw b Sunil Joshi 8, V. Manoj Sai c V.S.T. Naidu b Sunil Joshi 70, M. Suresh (batting) 29, Extras (b-4, lb-4, nb-4) 12; Total (for seven wkts. in 55 overs) 161.

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-38, 3-42, 4-42, 5-47, 6-57, 7-161.

Karnataka bowling: Vinay Kumar 15-5-48-1, N.C. Aiyappa 13-2-52-2, Manish Pandey 1-0-1-0, Sunil Joshi 16-8-23-4, K.P. Appanna 7-1-21-0, C. Raghu 3-1-8-0.