Skipper Sumanth, Venugopal put Andhra in solid position
Kannur | Tuesday, Nov 3 2009 IST
 

Andhra scored 215 for five against Kerala on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy cricket tournament held here today.

Captain B Sumanth and K Shabudheen remained unbeaten with 58 and four respectively at stumps.

Andhra openers H Vattekar and V Manoj Sai progressed cautiously and took the partnership to 46 before the first wicket fell.

Y Venugopal Rao excelled in scoring 69, studded with 12 fours and one six in 90 balls and Sumanth remained unbeaten with 58, studded with seven boundaries, had accelerated the proceedings and placed the visitors in a comfortable position. For Kerala, Sreekumar Nair took two wickets and Jagadeesh and Sony Cheruvathur bagged a wicket each. The former test cricketer Tinu Yohannan was economical in his ten-over spell without getting a wicket. Score: Andhra 1st Innings H Watekar C Sachin Baby B Sreekumaran Nair 29 Prasad Reddy Runout Sreekumaran Nair 16 ASK Varma C Vinan G Nair B Sony Cheruvathur 4 Y Venugopal Rao C Tinu Yohannan B Jagadheesh 69 B Sumanth not out 58 Manoj Sai lbw Sreekumaran Nair 17 Shahabudheen not out 4 Extras:18 Total overs: 90 215/5 Fall of Wickets: 46/1, 56/2, 62/3, 140/4, 193/5 Kerala Bowling: S Sreesanth 13 - 3 - 33 - 0 Tinu Yohannan 10 - 1 - 38 - 0 Sreekumaran Nair 18 - 7 - 30 - 2 Sony Cheruvathur 13 - 4 - 31 - 1 P Prasanth 17 - 6 - 48 - 0 S Sharma 1 - 0 - 8 - 0 Jagadheesh 13 - 6 - 11 - 1 Raiphi Vincent Gomas 2 - 1 - 4 - 0 Sachin Baby 1 - 0 - 5 - 0 Rohan Prem 2 - 0 - 4 - 0

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