Tamil Nadu inched their way to 276/7 at the end of the third day oftheir Ranji Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Chennai onWednesday
Staff Reporter13-Dec-2001*Tamil Nadu plays out a slow third dayTamil Nadu inched their way to 276/7 at the end of the third day oftheir Ranji Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Chennai onWednesday.Overnight on 107/2, Tamil Nadu added only 169 runs in the day. Thiswas due largely to batsmen taking up a defensive attitude when theside was reeling at 128/5. Sridharan Sharath and TR Arasu rescuedTamil Nadu from that position, with Sharath falling only with thescore on 245, having put on 117 runs. He made 69 off 203 balls,striking seven fours.The only other wicket to fall in the day was that of Ashish Kapoor. Atthe close of play, Arasu was unbeaten on 68 off 230, while MR Srinivaswas unbeaten on 4 off 42 balls. For Hyderabad, Narender Pal Singh took4-84.*Goa has good chance at victoryOvercoming their first-innings debacle, Goa surged back into the gamein their Ranji Trophy league match against Kerala at Panaji onWednesday.Having Kerala overnight at 6/2, Goa did not let up on the pressure.Barring C Prashanth Menon, who made 55 off 148 balls, and Ajay Kudva(44 off 120), none of the Kerala batsmen was allowed to convert astart into a significant score.Kerala were bowled out for 210, with Narayan Kambli taking 4-49 andAvinash Aware taking 5-67. At stumps on the third day, Goa were 33/0,chasing a fourth-innings total of 213 for victory.