Kerala crumble on Day One

Goa made the most of its advantage with the toss, bowling Kerala out on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Panaji on Monday.

Opting to field first, Goa had Kerala in many problems when three batsmen fell for 12 runs. The biggest partnership of the innings came from Ajay Kudva and Sreekumar Nair, who put on 82 runs for the sixth wicket.

Kudva fell first, having made 46 off 118 balls. Nair was the ninth wicket to fall; he made 51 off 145 balls. The innings folded for 199, in 77 overs. For Goa, Avinash Aware, Narayan Kambli and Husen Khalid picked three wickets each. In reply, Goa were 22 for no loss at stumps.