da stake casino： Tamil Nadu were poised for an innings victory over Goa at stumps onthe second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the MAChidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday
07-Jan-2000Tamil Nadu were poised for an innings victory over Goa at stumps onthe second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match at the MAChidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday. After dismissing thevisitors for 112 and gaining a first innings lead of 334, Tamil Naduenforced the follow on and took four Goa wickets for 90 runs at close.Tamil Nadu totally dominated the day’s proceedings. Resuming at 350for 7, they declared their innings at 446 for eight. Overnight not outbatsmen Tanveer Jabbar and S Mahesh added 154 runs for the eighthwicket off 36.5 overs before the latter was out for 77. Mahesh faced122 balls and hit ten of them to the ropes. Sharath delayed thedeclaration till Jabbar got his century. At the declaration, Jabbar, aright handed stylist was unbeaten with exactly 100. He faced just 119balls and hit 14 fours and two sixes. Opening bowler A Aware finishedwith five for 125 off 29 overs.Goa’s batting problems started early. In his first over, Maheshremoved A Bhagwat. In his next over, he got rid of V Kolambkar, alsofor a duck. Except for YC Barde, the rest of the batsmen succumbedmeekly before Mahesh and off spinner Aashish Kapoor. Barde made 69off 100 balls with ten fours and a six. He came in when the score wasfive for two in the third over and was eighth out at 112 in the 38thover. N Naik when 14 was hit on the left hand by a ball from Maheshand retired hurt. Mahesh finished with four for 37 off 16 overs whileKapoor had three for 30 from ten overs.Goa fared only a little better in the follow on. Wickets fell atregular intervals and Goa face a virtually impossible task in stavingoff an innings defeat.