Fielding lets Andhra down

A below-par fielding performance cost Andhra the match against Tamil Nadu in the KS Subbiah Pillai Trophy (South Zone one-dayers) and a place in the all-India knockout one-day tournament, here on Tuesday.

A below-par fielding performance cost Andhra the match against Tamil Nadu in the KS Subbiah Pillai Trophy (South Zone one-dayers) and a place in the all-India knockout one-day tournament, here on Tuesday. Half-a-dozen missed catches and at least 30 extra runs conceded in the field by the Andhra fielders helped Tamil Nadu pile up 313 for 8 in 50 overs. In reply, Andhra fell short by 39 runs, scoring 274 for 7.

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Briefscore: TN 313 for 8 (Dinesh Kaarthick 79, S Badrinath 92, K Vasudevadas 59; KS Shahbuddin 3 for 38, D Kalyankrishna 3 for 74). Andhra 274 for 7 (Venugopal Rao 103, S Arjun Kumar 33, G Elizer 34 n.o.; Hemang Badani 2 for 36, S Sriram 2 for 31).

Karnataka in knockouts

An allround performance by Sunil Joshi (47 off 29 and 5 for 20) helped Karnataka beat Goa by 123 runs and qualify for the knockout phase on Tuesday.

Karnataka 299 for 9 (Stuart Binny 74, Sunil Joshi 47, B Akhil 40, R Barrington 39, Narayan Kambli 2 for 50) bt Goa 176 for 9 in 47.2 (Robin D'Souza 27, Sunil Joshi 5 for 20).

Hyderabad 189 for 8 in 50 ovs (Amol Shinde 61, Ahmed Quadri 49, Sony K Cheruvathur 4 for 38) lost to Kerala 193 for 3 in 36 ovs (S Suresh 107 not out, Sony K Cheravathur 33).