Published: Nov 26, 2015, 08:45 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:58 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry‘s live coverage of the fourth and final day of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group C match between Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Goa at the Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu on Thursday. The match has been a high-scoring affair between the two sides so far, and the result prediction at the moment points strongly towards a draw on the fourth day. J&K were batting on a score of 325 for the loss of five wickets after the passage of 77 overs at the end of the third day’s play, with Mithun Manhas and Aamir Aziz batting on 95 and 12 respectively. Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: GOA 79/1, BATTING: Sagun Kamat 18 (26), Snehal Kauthankar 0 (4) — MATCH DRAWN!!!! That’s it, the match ends in a draw as Goa earne three points, while J&K earn a point.
OUT! Darshan Misal ct Ram Dayal b Amir Sofi 41 (46)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: GOA 47/0, BATTING: Sagun Kamat 18 (26), Darshan Misal 13 (27) — Goa continue a comforable batting start, although a slow one, but steady as they lead by 102 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: GOA 26/0, BATTING: Sagun Kamat 10 (14), Darshan Misal 0 (4) — The good start keeps going by the GOa opners as they know the match is all set for a a draw, while Amogh Desai has been retired hurt for 8.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: GOA 5/0, BATTING: Amogh Desai 1 (5), Sagun Kamat 0 (1) — As J&K declare on 497, GOa begin their quest on aslow note, while they lead by 60 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 497/9, BATTING: Samad 39 (110), Rohit Sharma 4 (10) — GONE!!!! A couple more down for J&K as they stare at the innings fold up, while they still trail by 55 runs, as Ram Dayal and Umar Nazir are the men to be dismissed.
OUT! Ram Dayal b RR Singh 33 (109), Umar Nazir b RR Singh 0 (3)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 461/7, BATTING: Ram Dayal 20 (90), Samad 26 (87) — Nothing new here as it’s the same story. J&K batsmen just keep batting on at present with ease, while they trail by 91 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 429/7, BATTING: Ram Dayal 5 (46), Samad 13 (49) — The same story continue to unfold here as both the batsmen continue to bat easily and no harm is done in the post-lunch session yet, with J&K trailing by 123 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 423/7, BATTING: Ram Dayal 5 (24), Samad 7 (34) — Steady start by the batsmen in the post-lunch session as they batsmen bat easy as of now, while they trail by 129 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 414/7, BATTING: Ram Dayal 1 (2), Samad 2 (8) — LUNCH!!!! J&K lose a couple of wickets in the form of Amir Sofi and Mithun Manhas for 47 and 135, respectively, while they still trail by 138 runs.
OUT! Amir Sofi ct Keenan b RR Singh 47 (85), Mithun Manhas ct Gauresh b Shadab Jakati 135 (231)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 378/5, BATTING: Mithun Manhas 116 (208), Amir Sofi 38 (69) — J&K batsmen continue to bat with both the batsmen batting comfortably, while the Goa bowlers seem to be struggling a bit.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: J&K 353/5, BATTING: Mithun Manhas 101 (183), Amir Sofi 27 (41) — Ton for Mithun Manhas as K&K continue to bat steady right from the start of the day, while they still trail by 200 runs.
After getting off to a shaky start, that saw the hosts get reduced to a perilous 9 for the loss of two wickets, it was Ian Dev Singh who once again came to the rescue for his side with a knock of 115 off 184 balls, which contained 20 boundaries. It was his second consecutive century in the ongoing tournament, having struck a defiant 126 in the previous game against Jharkhand. Ian and Pranav Gupta — put on 100 runs together for the third wicket.While Ian, after resuming on 13, scored a 184-ball 115 that included 20 boundaries, Pranav hit a quickfire 56 off 60 balls with the help of 11 fours.
Earlier, on Day 2 for Swapnil Asnodkar hit a wonderful double century as Goa declared their innings closed at 552 for 5 in their first innings and then reduced Jammu & Kashmir to 43 for 2 on the second day of a Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match. Resuming on 263 for 1, overnight batsmen — Asnodkar, who was on 74, and Sagun Kamat, on 57 — went on to put up a solid 213 runs for the second wicket to take the team past the mark of 400 runs.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: GOA 47/0, BATTING: Sagun Kamat 18 (26), Darshan Misal 13 (27) —
