da luck： Karnataka were facing the prospect of a crushing defeat at the handsof Kerala in a Ranji Trophy South Zone clash at the Nehru Stadium inKochi
da cassino online： Sankhya Krishnan24-Nov-2000Karnataka were facing the prospect of a crushing defeat at the handsof Kerala in a Ranji Trophy South Zone clash at the Nehru Stadium inKochi. At close the visitors were reeling at 31/4 in their secondknock after the top order caved in abjectly to the Kerala attack.Earlier a century from Sunil Oasis had given the hosts a sizable 129run first innings lead.Having made 30 overnight, the 27 year old Oasis became the firstKerala player to reach the landmark of 2500 runs in the Ranji Trophyearly in the morning. Resuming at 168/3, Kerala lost four men in thefirst session, sliding to 213/7 before Oasis launched an effectiverecovery in the company of the tail. Left arm spinner Santosh Vadiarajhad cleaned up the middle order with three wickets, including two inan over, as the hosts went into lunch at 232/7.No.9 batsman M Suresh Kumar (25) led a charmed life, being droppedtwice in the course of a fifty run partnership with Oasis. After hisdeparture VB Kamaruddin proved to be another difficult customer,adding 66 runs with Oasis for the ninth wicket. Oasis who was droppedon 78 by Akhil at first slip off Vijay Bharadwaj went on to reach hissixth Ranji century in 44 games. He was finally dislodged by VenkateshPrasad for 120 (276 balls, 10 fours, 1 six). Kamaruddin (24) and TinuYohannan (21) took the score to 365 before Kerala skipperAnanthapadmanabhan declared the innings closed.It was Oasis who struck the first blow in Karnataka’s second essay,removing Arun Kumar for 11 in the fourth over. His fellow openingbowler Yohannan trapped Mithun Beerala leg before as the visitorsslumped to 18/2. Left arm spinner Sreekumar Nair then struck two lateblows to take out Barrington Rowland and nightwatchman Vadiaraj insuccessive overs. Vijay Bharadwaj and AR Mahesh were holding theinnings together at close and Karnataka will resume on Saturday with98 still required to avoid an innings defeat.
