Hyderabad complete formalities on fourth morning

Hyderabad coasted to a comfortable innings and 46 run victory before lunch on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy South Zone league match against Kerala. Seamer NP Singh did most of the damage, mopping up 5/39 in the visiting team's second innings to finish with a match haul of 9/109. The win lifted Hyderabad to second place in the zonal points table, with 11 from two games, while Kerala remained at five points, also from two games.

At the NFC Ground in Hyderabad, Kerala resumed on the fourth morning at 210/4, still needing 114 to make the hosts bat again. In the day's third over Kerala suffered a major setback when Kanwaljit Singh castled Sunil Oasis for 43. B Ramprakash (26) and skipper KN Ananthapadmanabhan (24) led a brief fightback, adding 45 for the sixth wicket. But that was to be the extent of their resistance. Kerala lost their last five wickets for 18 runs, being bowled out for 278 in the 86th over. All rounder Parth Satwalkar ended the match, trapping Tinu Yohannan leg before to return figures of 3/64.