da 888casino： The P Ramachandra Rao Trophy match at the Nehru Stadium in Cochin involvingKerala and Goa which witnessed tall scores by both the teams ended in a draw onthe third and final day on Thursday
Natarajan Sriram28-Dec-2000The P Ramachandra Rao Trophy match at the Nehru Stadium in Cochin involvingKerala and Goa which witnessed tall scores by both the teams ended in a draw onthe third and final day on Thursday. Kerala who took the first innings lead gotfive points while Goa took home three.Opting to bat, Goa scored 259 in their first innings thanks to a sedate 110 byopener Sagun Kamat. The most significant partnership of the innings was the 135run opening stand between Kamat and N Mulgaonkar (26). S Mathen was the mostsuccessful bowler for Kerala with figures of 6 for 45. During a 259 minute stayat the crease Kamat faced 185 balls while hitting 11 boundaries.In reply Kerala took a 117 run first innings lead. The innings witnessed a fine157 run sixth wicket partnership between opener V Girilal (177) and stumper CMDeepak (102 not out) which enabled the host team to get the lead. During a 8 andhalf hour stay at the crease Girilal faced 377 balls with 17 boundaries and twosixes. On the other hand Deepak who remained unbeaten at the close of play onthe final day faced 174 balls during his 218 minute stay at the middle. He hitnine fours and three sixes.