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Ranji Trophy South Zone League, 2000/01Kerala v Tamil Nadu
 Nehru Stadium, Kochi
 29,30 November 1,2 December 2000 (4-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints: Tamil Nadu 5, Kerala 3
 
Toss: KeralaUmpires: RP Singh and RK Seth
 Match Referee: RS Hans
 
Close of Play:
Day 1: Kerala 206, Tamil Nadu 17/0 (Bhatia 3*, Badrinath 12*, 10 overs)
 Day 2: No Play
 Day 3: Tamil Nadu 204/4 (Hemanth Kumar 84*, 99.4 overs) 
Kerala 1st innings                                              R   M   B  4 6
V Girilal             c Singh            b Balaji Rao          14  96  72  1 0
MP Sorab                                 b Balaji Rao          17 119  72  2 0
C Prashanth Menon     c Reuben Paul      b Mahesh              49 124  94  7 0
AN Kudva              run out (Madanagopal)                     0   5   6  0 0
SC Oasis              c Balaji Rao       b Mahesh              20  63  45  3 0
SR Nair                                  b Mahesh               3  35  21  0 0
B Ramprakash          c Vidyut           b Kapoor              10  54  28  1 0
*KN Ananthapadmanabhan                   b Kumaran             18  67  48  2 0
M Suresh Kumar        c Madanagopal      b Kumaran              1  20  13  0 0
+VB Kamaruddin        c Singh            b Balaji Rao          42  57  43  6 0
T Yohannan            not out                                   4  53  41  0 0
Extras                (b 5, lb 3, nb 20)                       28
Total                 (all out, 77.1 overs, 351 mins)         206
FoW: 1-33 (Girilal, 19.6 ov), 2-49 (Sorab, 25.5 ov),
     3-51 (Kudva, 26.5 ov), 4-105 (Oasis, 43.3 ov),
     5-121 (Prashanth Menon, 49.2 ov), 6-122 (Nair, 49.6 ov),
     7-143 (Ramprakash, 60.1 ov), 8-156 (Ananthapadmanabhan, 63.2 ov),
     9-157 (Suresh Kumar, 63.5 ov), 10-206 (Kamaruddin, 77.1 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kumaran                     11.2    3     31      2 (4nb)
Mahesh                      17      6     22      3
Kapoor                      19      4     49      1 (7nb)
Balaji Rao                  20.5    4     55      3 (5nb)
Vidyut                       9      1     41      0 (4nb)
Tamil Nadu 1st innings                                          R   M   B  4 6
R Bhatia                             c & b Yohannan             6  56  34  0 0
S Badrinath           c Kamaruddin       b Yohannan            15  67  49  1 0
C Hemanth Kumar       c Kamaruddin       b Prashanth Menon    101 423 317  5 0
J Madanagopal         c Kamaruddin       b Prashanth Menon     84 335 222  1 2
S Vidyut              c Kamaruddin       b Prashanth Menon      5  23  15  0 0
+S Reuben Paul        c sub (P Chandran) b Prashanth Menon      7  21  13  1 0
S Mahesh              c Oasis            b Nair                10  44  33  0 0
*RR Singh             c Suresh Kumar     b Nair                 3  34  10  0 0
AR Kapoor             c Kudva            b Nair                 5  33  22  0 0
WD Balaji Rao         not out                                   1  11   6  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 9)                   14
Total                 (9 wickets dec, 118.4 overs, 527 mins)  251
DNB: T Kumaran.
FoW: 1-22 (Bhatia, 12.3 ov), 2-25 (Badrinath, 14.5 ov),
     3-193 (Madanagopal, 95.1 ov), 4-204 (Vidyut, 99.4 ov),
     5-221 (Reuben Paul, 103.2 ov), 6-238 (Hemanth Kumar, 109.6 ov),
     7-242 (Mahesh, 112.4 ov), 8-245 (Singh, 116.2 ov),
     9-251 (Kapoor, 118.4 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Yohannan                    24     10     51      2 (3nb)
Oasis                        2      2      0      0
Nair                        26.4    7     47      3 (2nb)
Suresh Kumar                18      0     44      0
Ananthapadmanabhan          20      7     31      0
Ramprakash                  14      0     30      0
Prashanth Menon             14      0     44      4 (4nb, 1w)
Kerala 2nd innings                                              R   M   B  4 6
V Girilal                                b Bhatia               6  43  38  0 0
MP Sorab              c Balaji Rao       b Vidyut              61 243 167  5 0
C Prashanth Menon     c sub (SV Saravanan) b Balaji Rao        21  83  72  3 0
SR Nair               c Hemanth Kumar    b Balaji Rao           5  10  13  0 0
AN Kudva              c Reuben Paul      b Balaji Rao          46  94  76  5 2
+VB Kamaruddin        c Singh            b Balaji Rao           4   6   6  1 0
T Yohannan            not out                                   0   3   2  0 0
Extras                (b 4, w 2, nb 18)                        24
Total                 (6 wickets, 59.2 overs, 243 mins)       167
DNB: *KN Ananthapadmanabhan, M Suresh Kumar, SC Oasis,
     B Ramprakash.
FoW: 1-12 (Girilal, 10.3 ov), 2-65 (Prashanth Menon, 29.1 ov),
     3-73 (Nair, 31.2 ov), 4-163 (Kudva, 56.4 ov),
     5-167 (Kamaruddin, 58.4 ov), 6-167 (Sorab, 59.2 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Singh                        5      1      9      0 (2nb)
Mahesh                       9      3     11      0 (2nb)
Bhatia                      10      4     18      1
Balaji Rao                  18      3     60      4 (9nb, 2w)
Vidyut                      10.2    1     29      1 (5nb)
Kapoor                       7      2     36      0
 
Day 1
  This is the 7th First class match playing in Nehru Stadium,
    5th Ranji Trophy
 This is the 203rd Ranji Trophy for Kerala, 105th match in
    Home
 This is the 1st time Tamil Nadu playing in Nehru Stadium here
 RR Singh captaining their 5th match against Kerala (W 2, FW
    2)
 KN Ananthapadmanabhan captaining their 5th match against
    Tamil Nadu (W 1, L 1, FL 1, D 1), captaining their 28th match
    for Kerala (W 8, L 8, FW 6, FL 4, D 1)
 Ranji record for Kerala (Played 202, Won 25, Lost 118, 1st
    Inn Win 19, 1st Inn Lost 34, Drawn 4, Abandoned 2)
 Head to Head Played 45 matches, Kerala won 1, Lost 33, 1st
    Inn Win 0, 1st Inn Lost 9, Drawn 1, Abandoned 1)
 Kerala won their 1st Ranji Match against Tamil Nadu at The
    Government Victoria College Ground, Palakkad on 07 to 10
    January 1995, that match Kerala won by 123 runs
 Umpire RK Seth has given one short of Kumaran on his 3.5 ov,
    Sorab scored two but he got only one run
 Sorab was dropped when 7 by Hemant Kumar at 2nd slip of
    Mahesh on his 3.4 (Kerala 17/0 in 7.4 ov)
 After 60 mts Kerala were 19/0 in 12 ov (Girilal 5*, Sorab 8*,
    Extras 6)
 Girilal 14 caught RR Singh at 2nd slip
 After 120 mts Kerala were 45/1 in 25 ov (Sorab 13*, Menon 8*,
    Extras 10)
 Kerala 50 in 122 mts 26.1 ov (Menon 9*, Kudua 0*, Extras 11)
 At Lunch Kerala were 68/3 in 34 ov (Menon 21*, Oasis 3*,
    Extras 13)
 After 180 mts Kerala were 91/3 in 39 ov (Menon 32*, Oasis
    13*, Extras 15)
 Kerala 100 in 184 mts 42.2 ov (Menon 34*, Oasis 19*, Extras
    16)
 Oasis 20 caught Balaji Rao at 1st slip
 After 240 mts Kerala were 130/6 in 52.3 ov (Ramprakash 5*,
    Ananthapadmanabhan 4*, Extras 18)
 At tea Kerala were 143/6 in 60 ov (Ramprakash 10*,
    Ananthapadmanabhan 8*, Extras 22)
 Ramprakash 10 caught Vidyut at silly point
 Umpire RK Seth has given one short of Kapoor on his 14.2 ov,
    Ananthapadmanabhan scored two but he got only one run
 Kerala 150 in 219 mts 63.5 ov (Ananthapadmanabhan 14*, Suresh
    Kumar 1*, Extras 24)
 After 300 mts Kerala were 152/7 in 63 ov (Ananthapadmanabhan
    14*, Suresh Kumar 1*, Extras 24)
 Suresh Kumar 1 caught Madanagopal at 2nd slip
 Kerala 200 in 344 mts 75.1 ov (Kamaruddin 38*, Yohannan 4*,
    Extras 28)
 Kamaruddin 42 caught Singh at 1st slip
 Kamaruddin 42 is his best score against Tamil Nadu
 Kumaran discontinued the bowling of his 11.2 ov, Balaji Rao
    continued the bowling
Day 2
 Due to rain 2nd days play called off after the 4th inspection
 Match called off at 15:30
Day 3
 After 60 mts Tamil Nadu were 25/1 in 14 ov (Badrinath 16*,
    Hemant Kumar 1*, Extras 2)
 After 120 mts Tamil Nadu were 36/2 in 27 ov (Hemant Kumar
    7*, Madanagopal 6*, Extras 2)
 Tamil Nadu 50 in 139 mts 31.5 ov (Hemant Kumar 10*,
    Madanagopal 17*, Extras 2)
 After 180 mts Tamil Nadu were 63/2 in 42.4 ov (Hemant Kumar
    18*, Madanagopal 22*, Extras 2)
 At Lunch Tamil Nadu were 66/2 in 47 ov (Hemant Kumar 20*,
    Madanagopal 23*, Extras 2)
 Tamil Nadu 100 in 239 mts 57.2 ov (Hemant Kumar 32*,
    Madanagopal 45*, Extras 2)
 After 240 mts Tamil Nadu were 101/2 in 57.4 ov (Hemant Kumar
    32*, Madanagopal 46*, Extras 2)
 Madanagopal 50 in 183m 115b 4x1, 6x2
 Hemant Kumar 50 in 241m 197b 4x1
 After 300 mts Tamil Nadu were 137/2 in 72.2 ov (Hemant Kumar
    51*, Madanagopal 60*, Extras 5)
 At Tea Tamil Nadu were 141/2 in 76 ov (Hemant Kumar 53*,
    Madanagopal 62*, Extras 5)
 Tamil Nadu 150 in 335 mts 80.4 ov (Hemant Kumar 56*,
    Madanagopal 68*, Extras 5)
 After 360 mts Tamil Nadu were 170/2 in 87 ov (Hemant Kumar
    67*, Madanagopal 76*, Extras 6)
 2nd New ball taken after 90 ov, Tamil Nadu 182/2, 384m
    (Madanagopal 81*, Hemant Kumar 73*, Extras 7)
 Kerala 200 in 420 mts 98.2 ov (Hemant Kumar 82*, Vidyut 3*,
    Extras 10)
 After 420 mts Tamil Nadu were 200/3 in 98.2 ov (Hemant Kumar
    82*, Vidyut 3*, Extras 10)
Day 4
 Reuben Paul 7 caught sub (P Chandran) at Deep squre leg
 Hemant Kumar 100 in 393m 299b 4x5
 After 480 mts Tamil Nadu were 237/5 in 109 ov (Hemant Kumar
    101*, Mahesh 6*, Extras 13)
 Mahesh 10 caught Oasis at 1st slip
 Singh 3 caught Suresh Kumar at mid on
 Kapoor 5 caught Kudua at Mid wicket
 Menon 4-44 is his best performance in Ranji Trophy, Previous
    best 2-87 against Tamil Nadu
 At Lunch Kerala were 12/0 in 10 ov (Girilal 6*, Sorab 4*,
    Extras 2)
 After 60 mts Kerala were 16/1 in 14 ov (Girilal 7*, Menon 0*,
    Extras 3)
 Umpire RK Seth has given one short of Vidyut on his 1.2 ov,
    Menon scored two but he got only one run
 Kerala 50 in 109 mts 24.2 ov (Sorab 21*, Menon 14*, Extras 9)
 After 120 mts Kerala were 65/1 in 29 ov (Sorab 25*, Menon
    21*, Extras 13)
 Menon 21 caught Saravanan at Point
 Nair 5 caught Hemant Kumar at short leg
 At Tea Kerala were 95/3 in 38 ov (Sorab 33*, Kudua 8*, Extras
    22)
 Kerala 100 in 175 mts 42.1 ov (Sorab 35*, Kudua 14*, Extras
    22*)
 After 180 mts Kerala were 122/3 in 43.3 ov (Sorab 44*, Kudua
    23*, Extras 23)
 Sorab 50 in 191m 129b 4x5 (2nd fifty in Ranji Trophy from 9
    matches, 1st against Tamil Nadu)
 Kerala 150 in 207 mts 50.4 ov (Sorab 53*, Kudua 44*, Extras
    23)
 Mandatory over starts at 15:50, Kerala were 159/3 in 54 ov
    (Sorab 60*, Kudua 44*, Extras 23)
 After 240 mts Kerala were 163/4 in 58.2 ov (Sorab 61*,
    Kamaruddin 0*, Extras 24)
 Kamaruddin 4 caught Singh at 1st Slip
 Sorab 61 caught Balaji Rao at 1st Slip
 Match called off after 5.2 Mandatory overs
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