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Ranji Trophy - South Zone League

Mohandas Menon

Match No: 1 (Andhra v Tamil Nadu)
At Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Viskhapatnam on 7, 8, 9, 10 November, 1999.
Match Drawn
Andhra 305 (Amit Pathak 72, Y Venugopala Rao 33, H Wadekar 41, YS Ranganth 45; T Kumaran 3-85, S Vidhuth 5-61) & 307-6 (LNP Reddy 101 not out, Amit Pathak 85, Y Venugopala Rao 55); Tamil Nadu 371 (JR Madanagopal 60, SV Saravanan 126, S Reuben Paul 47, J Gokulakrishna 53; N Madhukar 6-109)
Tamil Nadu 5 pts, Andhra 3 pts
S Vidhuth captured five wickets on debut

Match No: 2 (Karnataka v Kerala)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 7, 8, 9, 10 November, 1999.
Karnataka won by an innings and 137 runs.
Karnataka 483 (RLK Barrington 106, A Vijay 122, VST Naidu 93, AP Katti 45, GN Umesh 32; B Ramprakash 3-112); Kerala 172 (S Shankar 36, A Kudva 34; MA Khan 3-46, AR Yalvigi 3-42) & 174 (S Oasis 65; MA Khan 6-66, G N Umesh 3-47)
Karnataka 8 pts, Kerala 0 pts
Barrington scored his hundred on debut

Match No: 3 (Goa v Hyderabad)
At Panjim Gymkhana, Panaji on 7, 8, 9 November, 1999. Hyderabad won by an innings and 352 runs.
Hyderabad 592-6 decl. (D Manohar 55, A Nandakishore 88, VVS Laxman 131, M Azharuddin 200 not out, V Pratap 54; SH Jakati 3-115); Goa 140 (PJ Rodriques 30; Kanwaljeet Singh 6-37, SLV Raju 4-57) & 100 (SLV Raju 3-39, Kanwaljeet Singh 4-31)
Hyderabad 8 pts, Goa 0 pts
Azharuddin's 200 not out came in 340 mins, 256 balls. His fourth double hundred of his career and his first in a Ranji Trophy match.

Match No: 4 (Karnataka v Goa)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 15, 16, 17 November, 1999.
Karnataka won by an innings and 179 runs.
Goa 189 (V Kolambkar 72; GN Umesh 4-42, AP Katti 4-29) & 136 (R Naik 34; AR Yalvigi 5-43); Karnataka 504-7 decl. (RLK Barrington 48, VST Naidu 63, B Akhil 80, AT Yalvigi 38, AP Katti 109 not out, DJ Johnson 101 not out; N Kalekar 3-235 in 63.2 overs)
Karnataka 8 pts, Goa 0 pts
Maiden hundreds for Katti and Johnson

Match No: 5 (Hyderabad v Andhra)
At Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad on 15, 16, 17, 18 November, 1999.
Match Drawn
Andhra 380 (LNP Reddy 37, Amit Pathak 56, Y Venugopala Rao 95, RVCh Prasad 79, KST Sai 49; SLV Raju 5-105, M Azharuddin 3-36) & 141-5 (RVCh Prasad 45); Hyderabad 510-6 decl. (D Manohar 72, VVS Laxman 104, A Nandakishore 65, M Azharuddin 77, MV Sridhar 86, V Pratap 64 not out; H Ramkishen 3-181 in 68.1 overs).
Hyderabad 5 pts, Andhra 3 pts
Playing his 221st fc match, Azharuddin (3-36) recorded his best bowling figures of his career.

Match No: 6 (Tamil Nadu v Kerala)
At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 15, 16, 17, 18 November, 1999.
Match Drawn
Tamil Nadu 305 (A George 57, S Sharath 91, S Reuben Paul 36; R Menon 6-70) & 250-5 (S Reuben Paul 45, S Sharath 106 not out, JR Madanagopal 41); Kerala 290 (S Shankar 52, KNA Padmanabhan 70, SK Nai 39, B Ramprakash 70 not out; J Gokulakrishna 3-61, AR Kapoor 4-73)
Tamil Nadu 5 pts, Kerala 3 pts
R Menon claimed six wickets on debut. Sharath missed a hundred in each innings of the match.

Match No: 7 (Kerala v Hyderabad)
At REC Ground, Kozhikode (Calicut) on 24, 25, 26, 27 November, 1999.
Hyderabad won by 9 wickets
Kerala 247 (S Shankar 48, MP Sorab 35, S Oasis 46, B Ramprakash 34; Kanwaljeet Singh 6-91, SLV Raju 3-102) & 179 (M Suresh Kumar 61); Hyderabad 303 (M Azharuddin 56, MV Sridhar 35, V Pratap 56, NP Singh 59; SK Nair 3-56) & 127-1 (A Nandakishore 44 not out, D Vinay Kumar 60 not out)
Hyderabad 8 pts, Kerala 0 pts

Match No: 8 (Andhra v Goa)
At Trishna Stadium, Visakhapatnam on 24, 25, 26, 27 November, 1999.
Andhra won by 4 wickets
Goa 213 (P J Rodriques 35, R Naik 68; N Madukar 3-59, KS Sahabuddin 5-72) & 193 (RJ Rodriques 68, V Kolambkar 34; N Madhukar 4-44, YS Ranganath 4-61); Andhra 250 (LNP Reddy 51, V Nagini Kumar 32, Y Venugopala Rao 88; SH Jakati 3-54; N Kalekar 4-79) & 157-6 (LNP Reddy 52, I Srinivas 40; SH Jakati 3-41)
Andhra 8 pts, Goa 0 pts

Match No: 9 (Karnataka v Tamil Nadu)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 24, 25, 26, 27 November, 1999.
Tamil Nadu won by 116 runs
Tamil Nadu 355 (AR Kapoor 64, S Sharath 83, SV Saravanan 64; SB Joshi 4-83) & 246-7 decl (HK Badani 87, JR Madanagopal 66; SB Joshi 4-74); Karnataka 221 (S Somasundar 55, SB Joshi 30, B Akhil 36; S Mahesh 3-34) & 264 (A Vijay 62, VST Naidu 53, S Somasekhar 48, SB Joshi 60; AR Kapoor 5-98)
Tamil Nadu 8 pts, Karnataka 0 pts
Ranji holders Karnataka suffered their first outright defeat since 1996-97 when Kerala beat them by 6 wickets at Palghat

Match No: 10 (Karnataka v Andhra)
At DSA Stadium, Kakinada on 25, 26, 27, 28 December, 1999.
Karnataka won by 46 runs
Karnataka 248 (MR Beerala 83, VST Naidu 32, S Somasekhar 43, A Yalvigi 37 not out; YS Ranganath 5-69) & 273 (J Arun Kumar 53, MR Beerala 94, A Vijay 47; H Watekar 4-47); Andhra 331 (RCVCh Prasad 78, I Srinivas 85, YS Ranganath 47; D Ganesh 5-115) & 144 (KS Sahabuddin 45*; Mansur Ali Khan 6-47)
Karnataka 8 pts, Andhra 0 pts

Match No: 11 (Tamil Nadu v Hyderabad)
At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 27, 28, 29, 30 December, 1999.
Match Drawn
Tamil Nadu 404 (S Sriram 121, HK Badani 52, JR Madanagopal 55, J Gokulakrishna, S Mahesh 46; NP Singh 5-100); Hyderabad 205 (D Manohar 34, M Azharuddin 84; S Mahesh 3-53) & 338-8 (A Nandakishore 135, D Vinay Kumar 36, M Azharuddin 69, M Ahmed 51; AR Kapoor 4-97)
Tamil Nadu 5 pts, Hyderabad 3 pts
Hyderabad followed-on

Match No: 12 (Goa v Kerala)
At Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margoa on 28, 29 December, 1999.
Kerala won by 10 wickets
Goa 105 (R Menon 5-45, M Suresh Kumar 5-21) & 134 (AA Ranade 32; B Ramprakash 3-27, M Suresh Kumar 3-21); Kerala 234 (S Oasis 76, B Ramprakash 53; A Aware 6-97) & 6-0
Kerala 8 pts, Goa 0 pts

Match No: 13 (Tamil Nadu v Goa)
At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 6, 7, 8 January, 2000.
Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 197 runs
Tamil Nadu 446-8 decl (S Sriram 147, S Sharath 63, Tanveer Jabbar 100 not out; A Aware 5-125) & 137 (A Bhagwat 31, AA Ranade 44; S Suresh 3-28, AR Kapoor 4-33); Goa 112 (YC Barde 69, S Mahesh 4-37, AR Kapoor 3-30)
Tamil Nadu 8 pts, Goa 0 pts

Match No: 14 (Kerala v Andhra)
At REC Ground, Kozhikode (Calicut) on 6, 7, 8 January, 2000.
Kerala won by 3 wickets
Andhra 168 (LNP Reddy 48, AS Pathak 31; KNA Padmanabhan 4-42, B Ramprakash 6-68) & 179 (LNP Reddy 49, V Nagini Kumar 47; B Ramprakash 4-81, S Oasis 5-27); Kerala 186 (S Sasikanth 38, S Oasis 33, B ramprakash 44, KNA Padmanabhan 30; VJT Ram Mohan 4-33, H Watekar 3-44) & 164-7 (MP Sorab 52, S Shankar 30)
Kerala 8 pts, Andhra 0 pts

Match No: 15 (Hyderabad v Karnataka)
At Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad on 6, 7, 8 January, 2000.
Match Drawn
Hyderabad 255 (D Vinay Kumar 56, M Azharuddin 43, J Shivaji Yadav 37; GN Umesh 5-61, AP Katti 3-53) & 312-6 decl (A Shetty 46, D Vinay Kumar 93, P Satwalkar 80; D Ganesh 3-52); Karnataka 212 (J Arun Kumar 37, RLK Barrington 37, VST Naidu 45; Kanwaljeet Singh 3-53, J Shivaji Yadav 3-63) & 239-4 (MR Beerala 46, RLK Barrington 64, S Somasundar 55 not out, VST Naidu 31 not out).
Hyderabad 5 pts, Karnataka 3 pts

Final South Zone league position:
Tamil Nadu 31 pts (5 matches); Hyderabad 29 pts (5); Karnataka 27 pts (5); Ker 19 pts (5); Andhra 14 (5); Goa 0 pts (5)