At the end of the penultimate day's play, the visitors were placed at a precarious 81 for three in their second innings. At close of play, Vanka Pratap on 18 (32m, 27b, 3x4) and MV Sridhar on 5 (21m, 15b, 1x4) were at the crease. That was after Hyderabad were bundled out for 259 in the first essay.

Brief Scores

Karnataka 458 vs Hyderabad 249 (Vanka Pratap 63, Vishnu Vardhan not out 65; Venkatesh Prasad 4-56, Dodda Ganesh 2-85, Sunil Joshi 3-61) & 81-3 (VVS Laxman 38, Vanka Pratap batting 18, MV Sridhar batting 5; Prasad 1-17, Joshi 2-13)

Innings win for TN

MARGAO: Tamil Nadu scored an innings and 110-run win over Goa on the penultimate day of the four-day South Zone Ranji Trophy matchat Arlem Ground today.

Brief Scores

Goa 119 and 100 (Sudin Kamat 30, Robin Singh 4-33, T Kumaran 3-28, D Vasu 2-14, P Subbiha 1-18) vs Tamil Nadu 329-7 decl (S Sriram 100, D Vasu 68, Robin Singh 49; Nitin Kalekar 3-98).

Kerala reeling

VIZIANAGARAM: A stubborn seventh-wicket partnership of 59 runs between Kamaruddin (55 not out) and Chandrasekhara (38 not out) enabled Kerala score 195 for loss of six wickets against Andhra in their first innings on the third day of the South Zone match here.

Brief Scores

Kerala 195-6 (Kamaruddin 55n.o., Ajay Kuduwa 33) vs Andhra Pradesh.

Vidarbha in trouble

NAGPUR: Cloudy weather, controversial umpiring and some suicidal batting put the possible Vidarbha victory under covers, as the hosts, after gaining 56-run first innings lead, were reeling at 65 for 5 in their second innings at the end of penultimate day's play against Rajasthan in thier Central Zone Ranji Trophy league match here today.

Overnight rains delayed the startby 75 minutes and then two interruptions on bad light appeals by the Rajasthan batsmen were quite enough to irritate the Vidarbha players.

Brief Scores

Vidarbha 189 & 65-5 (K Sadashiv Iyer batting 29, Krishnakumar 22; Devendra Pal Singh 2-15, Aashish Kapoor 2-10) vs Rajasthan 133 (P Krishnakumar not out 58; Dilip Parteki 4-31, Pritam Gandhe 3-58).

Kaif rescues UP

KANPUR: Mohammed Kaif scored 44 to propel Uttar Pradesh to 191 for five at close in their first innings on the penultimate day, marked by light interruptions in their Central Zone tie against Madhya Pradesh here.

Brief Scores

MP 248 vs UP 191-5 (Mohd Kaif 44, Gyanendra Pandey 37).