On a rain affected day, Karnataka State Cricket Association XI lostwickets at regular intervals and were 187 for seven off 41.3 overs atclose on the first day of their Coromandel Cement Cup quarterfinalagainst Oil & Natural Gas Corporation at the

Staff Reporter05-Aug-2001* KSCA XI struggle against ONGCOn a rain affected day, Karnataka State Cricket Association XI lostwickets at regular intervals and were 187 for seven off 41.3 overs atclose on the first day of their Coromandel Cement Cup quarterfinalagainst Oil & Natural Gas Corporation at the MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Sunday.Winning the toss, KSCA were off to a poor start with RowlandBarrington being out for a duck to the first ball he faced. MithunBeerala (38) and Deepak Chougule (29) steadied the innings with asecond wicket partnership of 69 runs off 13.3 overs. Then after fourwickets had gone down for 99 runs, two former India players VijayBhardwaj (25) and Sunil Joshi (28) added 50 runs for the fifth wicketoff 12.2 overs. But then both left in successive overs andwicketkeeper RC Shanbal (3) also left soon as KSCA slipped to 155 forseven. Skipper Anil Kumble (4) and David Johnson (28) however sharedan unbroken eighth wicket stand of 32 runs off just four overs.Johnson played a bright little innings, facing only 17 balls andhitting four fours and a six. Among the bowlers, Sharandeep Singh (3for 58) and skipper Shamshad (2 for 39) did the most to restrict theKSCA score.The match started only at 12.20 due to the wet conditions of theground caused by overnight rain. Play was stopped due to rain at 3.40and finally called off for the day at 4.30.* Yalvigi keeps KSCA Colts in checkOff spinner Anand Yalvigi turned in a fine performance at the RSIground in Bangalore on Sunday. Playing for Roofit XI, Mumbai, he tookfour wickets for 38 runs off 20 overs to help restrict KSCA Colts to200 for eight in 71.4 overs on a rain affected first day’s play in theCoromandel Cement Cup quarterfinal.Winning the toss, KSCA Colts started badly losing KS Ponnappa (5) at13. Wicketkeeper and opening batsman BMV Uthappa (69) and KM Aiyappa(35) shared a second wicket partnership of 91 runs off 22.4 overs toset the innings back on track. Uthappa faced 123 balls and hit eightfours. He was third out at 125 in the 35th over. Yalvigi dismissedboth the batsmen and then struck again in the middle order. Wicketsfell at regular intervals but AR Mahesh stood firm and at close wasbatting with a watchful 32 off 101 balls with four hits to the ropes.K Adhav gave good support to Yalvigi by capturing two wickets for 49runs.The match started at 10 due to the dampness of the pitch. Raininterrupted play at 3.50 and play was finally called off for the dayat 4.30.* Mishra, Goud prop up BPL Sports ClubValuable contributions by opening batsman Adithya Mishra and skipperYere Goud saw BPL Sports Club score 176 for five off 54.5 overs on thefirst day of their Coromandel Cement Cup quarterfinal againstChemplast at the Central college grounds in Bangalore on Sunday.Winning the toss, BPL Sports Club were given a good start with openersAdithya Mishra (68) and Mohit Goyal (6) putting on 72 runs off 14.3overs. As the scores indicate, Mishra dominated the partnership. Hefaced only 52 balls and hit eleven fours and two sixes and was firstout. Goyal who struggled for two hours and 77 balls was second out at99 in the 30th over. K Sriram (0) fell in the next over. But Goud, whocame in at No 3 and N Mulki (25) added 48 runs for the fourth wicketoff 18 overs. KN Ramesh (12) was fifth out at 173 but Goud carried ontill close of play. The veteran right hander batted for 157 minutes,faced 109 balls and hit eight fours. Ramkumar was the pick of theChemplast bowlers picking up four wickets for 50 runs off 21.5 overs.The match started at 10 due to wet conditions caused by overnight rainPlay was halted by rain at 3.45 and was called off for the day at4.25.* Vinay Kumar, Yadav in 154-run partnershipPut in to bat, Hyderabad Cricket Association did well in getting 303for nine wickets in the allotted 90 overs on the first day of theirCoromandel Cement Cup quarterfinal against India Pistons at theGangothri Glades ground in Mysore on Sunday.Openers Daniel Manohar (29) and skipper A Nand Kishore (67) gave HCA agood start putting on 65 runs off 32.4 overs. Anirudh Singh (4) didnot last long but then Nand Kishore and Vinay Kumar added 37 runs forthe third wicket. Nand Kishore was then out, after batting 223minutes, facing 129 balls and hitting three fours and six. HCA reallyconsolidated through a fourth wicket partnership of 154 runs off 28.3overs between Vinay Kumar and AS Yadav. The latter dominated hitting87 from 89 balls with the help of nine fours and a six. Medium pacerTinu Yohannan who bowled Yadav then got among the wickets and HCA slidfrom 271 for three in 82 overs to their final total. In the processthey lost six wickets for 29 runs off 6.3 overs. Yohannan picked upfive of the wickets and finished with five for 42 off 17 overs. VinayKumar however remained unbeaten with 81. He batted 198 minutes, faced153 balls and hit the ball to the ropes four times.