Kerala eye win after spinners dominate
Despite not bowling particularly well for most part, Kerala's spinners feasted on variable bounce to pick up 13 wickets on day three and leave their side eyeing their first win of the season
29/01Result
Group C, Ranji Trophy at Kannur, Jan 29-Feb 1 2015
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![Kerala]( "Kerala")
483 & 10/1 (1.3 ov) -
![Services]( "Services")
318 & 174 (f/o)
Player of the Match
29/01Result
Group C, Ranji Trophy at Kannur, Jan 29-Feb 1 2015
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![Kerala]( "Kerala")
483 & 10/1 (1.3 ov) -
![Services]( "Services")
318 & 174 (f/o)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Services , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
<b> Updates only </b> 09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days
29,30,31 January, 1 Febuary 2015 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Match Referee
Points
Kerala 6, Services 0
Scorecard Summary
KERALA 483 (147.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Rohan Prem45 (132)
- Sanju Samson207 (264)
- Suraj Yadav5/94 (34.2)
- Deepak Punia2/109 (27)
SERVICES 318 (87.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Yashpal Singh72 (116)
- Rajat Paliwal157 (202)
- Amit Verma5/92 (25)
- Rohan Prem2/32 (11)
SERVICES 174 f/o (45.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Nakul Verma*40 (79)
- Saurabh Kumar41 (48)
- Perumparambath Anthaf2/12 (6)
- Akshay Chandran6/39 (16)
KERALA 10/1 (1.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Sanju Samson*4 (1)
- Nikhilesh Surendran*6 (7)
- Saurabh Kumar1/5 (1)
- Hardik Sethi0/5 (0.3)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKerala wrap up first win of season
Kerala wrapped up their first win of the season an hour into the morning of day four, beating Services by nine wickets but falling narrowly short of picking up a bonus point
Kerala eye win after spinners dominate
Despite not bowling particularly well for most part, Kerala's spinners feasted on variable bounce to pick up 13 wickets on day three and leave their side eyeing their first win of the season
Samson, spinners hurt Services
A second first-class double-hundred from Sanju Samson and useful scores from the lower order moved Kerala to a total of 483 before their spinners got on top of the Services batsmen on a pitch with increasingly inconsistent bounce
Samson century anchors Kerala
An unbeaten century from Sanju Samson, his first of the season, eased Kerala to a solid 273 for 4 at the end of day one against Services in Tellichery
Ranji Trophy
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KNTKA | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| TN | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| MUM | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| MP | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| BRODA | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| RLYS | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| UP | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| BENG | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| J + K | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| DELHI | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| MAHA | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| VIDAR | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| GUJ | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| ODSA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| PNJB | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| RAJ | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| HRYNA | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| SAU | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ASSAM | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| AP | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| HP | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| JHK | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| HYD | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| KER | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| TPURA | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| SVCS | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| GOA | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |