BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Srikkanth Anirudha	c Shukla b Singh	4	5	3	0	0	80.00
Murali Vijay	c RP Srivastava b SJ Srivastava	7	13	16	0	0	53.84
Ramaswamy Prasanna	lbw b Kumar	134	281	434	15	0	47.68
S Badrinath (c)	b Singh	22	38	41	3	0	57.89
Sridharan Sharath	lbw b Kumar	25	52	69	3	0	48.07
Rajagopal Sathish	c Raina b Kumar	32	58	59	4	0	55.17
Ramadoss Naresh	b Murtaza	7	42	56	0	0	16.66
Yo Mahesh	lbw b Singh	26	80	98	3	0	32.50
Krishna Varun Kumar †	c †Amir Khan b Singh	2	15	16	0	0	13.33
Ravichandran Ashwin	not out	42	69	81	8	0	60.86
Rajamani Jesuraj	lbw b Kumar	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 14, w 1)	24
TOTAL	106.4 Ov (RR: 3.04, 443 Mins)	325
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Srikkanth Anirudha, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (Murali Vijay, 3.2 ov), 3-49 (S Badrinath, 12.4 ov), 4-87 (Sridharan Sharath, 27.5 ov), 5-140 (Rajagopal Sathish, 42.1 ov), 6-167 (Ramadoss Naresh, 55.2 ov), 7-257 (Yo Mahesh, 83.6 ov), 8-264 (Krishna Varun Kumar, 87.6 ov), 9-325 (Ramaswamy Prasanna, 106.3 ov), 10-325 (Rajamani Jesuraj, 106.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
RP Singh	26	2	91	4	3.50	112	10	0	0	1
0.5 to S Anirudha, . 4/1 12.4 to S Badrinath, . 49/3 83.6 to VY Mahesh, . 257/7 87.6 to K Varun Kumar, . 264/8
Shalabh Srivastava	23	5	72	1	3.13	108	9	0	1	3
3.2 to M Vijay, . 16/2
Praveen Kumar	23.4	4	58	4	2.45	118	5	0	0	8
27.5 to S Sharath, . 87/4 42.1 to R Sathish, . 140/5 106.3 to R Prasanna, . 325/9 106.4 to R Jesuraj, . 325/10
Rohit Prakash Srivastava	3	1	10	0	3.33	14	2	0	0	0
Piyush Chawla	11	5	31	0	2.81	56	5	0	0	2
Ali Murtaza	17	2	44	1	2.58	75	3	0	0	0
55.2 to R Naresh, . 167/6
Suresh Raina	2	0	5	0	2.50	10	1	0	0	0
Mohammad Kaif	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0

Uttar Pradesh 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Prakash Srivastava	c †Varun Kumar b Mahesh	4	16	18	1	0	25.00
Shivakant Shukla	lbw b Naresh	32	140	239	5	0	22.85
Mohammad Kaif (c)	lbw b Naresh	88	161	178	12	2	54.65
Suresh Raina	c Prasanna b Ashwin	124	230	328	20	0	53.91
Piyush Chawla	c Sathish b Ashwin	15	33	48	2	0	45.45
Ali Murtaza	c Vijay b Ashwin	68	185	250	7	0	36.75
Jyoti Yadav	lbw b Jesuraj	10	19	25	1	0	52.63
Praveen Kumar	c Prasanna b Ashwin	19	22	35	2	1	86.36
Amir Khan †	c sub (K Vasudevadas) b Ashwin	4	13	11	1	0	30.76
RP Singh	c & b Ashwin	11	27	30	2	0	40.74
Shalabh Srivastava	not out	7	13	23	1	0	53.84
Extras	(lb 8, nb 22, w 8)	38
TOTAL	139.3 Ov (RR: 3.01, 588 Mins)	420
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Rohit Prakash Srivastava, 4.2 ov), 2-133 (Mohammad Kaif, 48.3 ov), 3-153 (Shivakant Shukla, 52.5 ov), 4-191 (Piyush Chawla, 63.3 ov), 5-356 (Ali Murtaza, 123.1 ov), 6-365 (Suresh Raina, 125.1 ov), 7-385 (Jyoti Yadav, 128.4 ov), 8-398 (Amir Khan, 131.5 ov), 9-399 (Praveen Kumar, 133.1 ov), 10-420 (RP Singh, 139.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yo Mahesh	30	8	95	1	3.16	140	11	0	2	11
4.2 to RP Srivastava, . 6/1
Rajamani Jesuraj	29	11	69	1	2.37	145	11	0	3	0
128.4 to Jyoti P Yadav, . 385/7
Ramadoss Naresh	23	4	80	2	3.47	112	13	0	0	8
48.3 to M Kaif, . 133/2 52.5 to SS Shukla, . 153/3
Rajagopal Sathish	8	0	28	0	3.50	32	2	0	1	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	44.3	12	128	6	2.87	217	16	3	0	3
63.3 to PP Chawla, . 191/4 123.1 to AG Murtaza, . 356/5 125.1 to SK Raina, . 365/6 131.5 to Amir Khan, . 398/8 133.1 to P Kumar, . 399/9 139.3 to RP Singh, . 420/10
S Badrinath	5	1	12	0	2.40	22	1	0	0	0

Tamil Nadu 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Murali Vijay	st †Amir Khan b Chawla	45	148	193	4	1	30.40
Srikkanth Anirudha	c Shukla b Chawla	86	122	168	11	2	70.49
Ramaswamy Prasanna	lbw b Kumar	30	52	70	4	0	57.69
S Badrinath (c)	c Kaif b Chawla	7	22	22	1	0	31.81
Sridharan Sharath	c & b Chawla	4	14	20	0	0	28.57
Rajagopal Sathish	c & b Chawla	3	10	16	0	0	30.00
Ramadoss Naresh	b Kumar	1	12	11	0	0	8.33
Yo Mahesh	c Raina b SJ Srivastava	16	53	60	1	1	30.18
Ravichandran Ashwin	c †Amir Khan b SJ Srivastava	17	61	64	2	0	27.86
Krishna Varun Kumar †	c †Amir Khan b SJ Srivastava	5	24	22	1	0	20.83
Rajamani Jesuraj	not out	0	6	16	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 8, w 1)	9
TOTAL	86 Ov (RR: 2.59, 337 Mins)	223
Fall of wickets: 1-130 (Srikkanth Anirudha, 40.4 ov), 2-144 (Murali Vijay, 46.5 ov), 3-162 (S Badrinath, 52.6 ov), 4-178 (Sridharan Sharath, 58.4 ov), 5-178 (Ramaswamy Prasanna, 59.1 ov), 6-183 (Ramadoss Naresh, 61.6 ov), 7-183 (Rajagopal Sathish, 62.2 ov), 8-216 (Yo Mahesh, 79.5 ov), 9-218 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 81.6 ov), 10-223 (Krishna Varun Kumar, 85.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
RP Singh	3	0	10	0	3.33	11	1	0	0	0
Shalabh Srivastava	18	5	44	3	2.44	109	8	0	1	3
79.5 to VY Mahesh, . 216/8 81.6 to R Ashwin, . 218/9 85.6 to K Varun Kumar, . 223/10
Ali Murtaza	8	2	21	0	2.62	18	1	0	0	0
Praveen Kumar	16	5	38	2	2.37	81	5	0	0	5
59.1 to R Prasanna, . 178/5 61.6 to R Naresh, . 183/6
Piyush Chawla	32	6	100	5	3.12	145	9	4	0	0
40.4 to S Anirudha, . 130/1 46.5 to M Vijay, . 144/2 52.6 to S Badrinath, . 162/3 58.4 to S Sharath, . 178/4 62.2 to R Sathish, . 183/7
Shivakant Shukla	5	1	7	0	1.40	23	0	0	0	0
Mohammad Kaif	4	1	3	0	0.75	21	0	0	0	0

Uttar Pradesh 2nd Innings (T: 129 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Kaif (c)	c & b Mahesh	13	16	26	1	1	81.25
Suresh Raina	lbw b Ashwin	32	37	60	5	0	86.48
Piyush Chawla	st †Varun Kumar b Badrinath	18	25	50	1	0	72.00
Praveen Kumar	c Badrinath b Ashwin	5	10	9	1	0	50.00
Jyoti Yadav	c Sathish b Ashwin	1	5	12	0	0	20.00
Rohit Prakash Srivastava	not out	18	28	49	2	1	64.28
Ali Murtaza	c Sathish b Ashwin	4	5	10	0	0	80.00
RP Singh	b Ashwin	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Shivakant Shukla	not out	3	27	33	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 1, nb 5)	6
TOTAL	25 Ov (RR: 4.00, 126 Mins)	100/7
Did not bat: Shalabh Srivastava, Amir Khan †
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Mohammad Kaif, 4.4 ov), 2-66 (Suresh Raina, 11.2 ov), 3-72 (Praveen Kumar, 13.2 ov), 4-74 (Piyush Chawla, 14.3 ov), 5-78 (Jyoti Yadav, 15.2 ov), 6-89 (Ali Murtaza, 17.1 ov), 7-89 (RP Singh, 17.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yo Mahesh	6	0	31	1	5.16	26	3	1	0	4
4.4 to M Kaif, . 31/1
Rajamani Jesuraj	2	0	11	0	5.50	8	2	0	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	10	4	23	5	2.30	51	2	1	0	0
11.2 to SK Raina, . 66/2 13.2 to P Kumar, . 72/3 15.2 to Jyoti P Yadav, . 78/5 17.1 to AG Murtaza, . 89/6 17.3 to RP Singh, . 89/7
Ramadoss Naresh	2	0	12	0	6.00	7	1	0	0	1
S Badrinath	5	0	22	1	4.40	16	2	0	0	0
14.3 to PP Chawla, . 74/4

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Mon, 25 Dec - day 1 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 267/8 (Ramaswamy Prasanna 120*, Ravichandran Ashwin 1*, 90 ov)

Tue, 26 Dec - day 2 - UP 1st innings 204/4 (Suresh Raina 33*, Ali Murtaza 4*, 71 ov)

Wed, 27 Dec - day 3 - Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 63/0 (Murali Vijay 14*, Srikkanth Anirudha 48*, 21 ov)

Thu, 28 Dec - day 4 - UP 2nd innings 100/7 (25 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Scorer: N Karthikeyan

MATCH DETAILS

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Uttar Pradesh, elected to field first
Series	Ranji Trophy Super League
Season	2006/07
Hours of play (local time)	09.30am start, Lunch 11.30-12.10pm, Tea 2.10-2.30pm, Close 4.30pm
Match days	25,26,27,28 December 2006 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Ali Murtaza
Umpires	Amiesh Saheba Ravi Deshmukh
Match Referee	Balbir Singh
Points	Tamil Nadu 0, Uttar Pradesh 2

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UP Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
M Kaif	caught	13	16
SK Raina	lbw	32	37
PP Chawla	stumped	18	25
P Kumar	caught	5	10
Jyoti P Yadav	caught	1	5
RP Srivastava	not out	18	28
AG Murtaza	caught	4	5
RP Singh	bowled	0	2
SS Shukla	not out	3	27
Extras	(b 1, nb 5)
Total	100(7 wkts; 25 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
VY Mahesh	6	0	31	1	5.16 (4 nb)
R Jesuraj	2	0	11	0	5.5
R Ashwin	10	4	23	5	2.3
R Naresh	2	0	12	0	6 (1 nb)
S Badrinath	5	0	22	1	4.4

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	31	Mohammad Kaif	Suresh Raina
2nd	35	Suresh Raina	Piyush Chawla
3rd	6	Piyush Chawla	Praveen Kumar
4th	2	Jyoti Yadav	Piyush Chawla
5th	4	Jyoti Yadav	Rohit Prakash Srivastava
6th	11	Ali Murtaza	Rohit Prakash Srivastava
7th	0	Rohit Prakash Srivastava	RP Singh
8th	11	Shivakant Shukla	Rohit Prakash Srivastava

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Ranji Trophy Super League

Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
BRODA	7	4	1	2	17
KNTKA	7	3	1	3	17
DELHI	7	1	1	5	13
AP	7	2	1	4	12
UP	7	1	3	3	9
SAU	7	2	2	3	9
TN	7	1	1	5	8
HRYNA	7	1	5	1	7

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
BENG	6	3	0	3	17
MUM	6	3	1	2	15
HYD	6	2	1	3	12
PNJB	6	0	2	4	8
MAHA	6	1	1	4	7
GUJ	6	0	2	4	4
RAJ	6	1	3	2	4

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