Sriram's century puts Tamil Nadu in good position
Tamil Nadu riding on a fluent century by opener S Sriram, posted a healthy 325/5d from 100 overs on the third day of their South Zone Ranji trophy match against Andhra Pradesh here at the Guru Nanak College ground in Chennai
Waleed Hussain
24-Nov-2000
Tamil Nadu riding on a fluent century by opener S Sriram, posted a
healthy 325/5d from 100 overs on the third day of their South Zone
Ranji trophy match against Andhra Pradesh here at the Guru Nanak
College ground in Chennai.
The match was affected by rains, the second day being called off
without a ball being bowled. Umpires Adil Palai and Vilas Bandiwedgar
called off play yesterday after making three inspections. They made
two inspections on the third day, the first one at 9.45 am and the
second at 10.45. After the second inspection, the umpires decided to
take an early lunch and begin the match at 12.30 pm.
Sriram (119) and Hemang Badani (51) put on a 116 run partnership for
the second wicket, before Badani was dismissed by Nekkanti Madhukar.
Sriram struck eight boundaries and three sixes in his 207 ball innings
whereas Badani hit four boundaries from 107 deliveries. Sadagopan
Mahesh stroked his way to an unbeaten 77, with three hits to the
boundary and an equal number of hits over it. Reuben Paul (38) and S
Badrinath (31) added valuable contributions to the total. Yadali
Ranganath bagged two wickets with his offspinners.
Andhra openers, Amit Pathak (17) and Prasad Reddy (8), batted for
nine overs before bad light called off play. Andhra were 25 for no
loss at the end of the third day.