Ramesh helps Kerala secure a draw
A summary of matches on the fourth day of the latest round in the Ranji Trophy.
Cricinfo staff
05-Dec-2005
Sadagoppan Ramesh, the former Indian opener, scored his first century for his new team as Kerala drew with Jammu & Kashmir after the fourth day's play of the Ranji Plate Group match at Jammu. J&K had declared its innings at 426 for 6 after centuries from Kavaljit Singh and Dhruv Mahajan, but with little time left in the match, Kerala were left to bat out the final two sessions of the day. J&K earned two points owing to their first innings total.
An unbeaten 107 from Vijay Bharadwaj, who shifted from Karnataka this season, secured Jharkhand a draw against Rajasthan at Jaipur, the tourists scoring 370 for 6 after being forced to follow on. Shamsher Singh, the medium pacer, took his match tally to seven wickets in an attempt to bowl Jharkhand out, but Bharadwaj's knock proved decisive and he was assisted by a vital 84 from Rajiv Kumar, the Jharkhand captain.
The trio of Naman Ojha, Abbas Ali and B Tomar scored battling fifties to take Madhya Pradesh to 287 for 5 and ensure a draw with Assam at Indore. Resuming the day's play on 57 for no loss, MP were consistently troubled by the left-arm spin of Anand Katti, whose lengthy spell of 4 for 90 from 50 overs gave him eight in the match. Assam also walked away with two points after scoring 358 in their first innings.
This game finished earlier
Sandeep Singh and Madhusudhan Acharya snapped up six wickets between them as Vidharbha bundled out Goa for just 149 and chased the 54 required for victory to register their first win of the season at Nagpur. Goa's inability to score more than 150 in both innings will be an uninspiring aspect for their captan and coach, and they will need to pick themselves up before their next match against Tripura.