da dobrowin： The rain interrupted Tamil Nadu-Kerala South Zone Ranji Trophy encounter atKochi ended in a draw even as the visiting side claimed five points aftertaking the first innings lead
Anand Vasu02-Dec-2000The rain interrupted Tamil Nadu-Kerala South Zone Ranji Trophy encounter atKochi ended in a draw even as the visiting side claimed five points aftertaking the first innings lead. This meant that Tamil Nadu topped the SouthZone standings with 26 points ahead of Hyderabad (25) and Karnataka (24).By topping the South Zone standings, Tamil Nadu have retained the MDSoundararajan Trophy.Resuming on 204/4, Tamil Nadu declared their innings closed at 251/9 afterC Hemanth Kumar completed his century. Hemanth Kumar’s 101 (423 minutes,317 balls, 5 fours) ended as the top score of the match. CP Menon with 4/44off 14 overs was the pick of the Kerala bowlers. Tamil Nadu gained a leadof 45 runs.In their second essay, Kerala once again struggled against legspinner WDBalaji Rao. The former Railways tweaker claimed 4/60 as Kerala were reducedto 167/6 when the match ended. For the hosts, only MP Sorab (61) and AjayKudua (46) batted for some length of time.