Two Duleep Trophy matches in South Zone

Two Duleep Trophy matches during the 2000-2001 season will be played in the South Zone. South Zone meet North Zone at a venue in Andhra from January 4 to 7 while South Zone play Central Zone in Goa from February 1 to 4. This was decided at a meeting of the South Zone fixtures committee at the MAC stadium in Chennai on Sunday.

The meeting also decided the dates for the South Zone invitation tournaments. The KSCA Diamond Jubilee Trophy tournament will be held at Bangalore from August 1 to 18, the All India Buchi Babu invitation tournament will be held at Chennai from August 15 to 31 while the Moin Ud Dowla Gold Cup invitation tournament will be held at Hyderabad from September 2 to 14.

The change in the format for the KS Subbiah Pillai Trophy has meant that all the matches will be played at a single venue. Hitherto the one day games used to precede the Ranji Trophy matches. This time, all matches in the one day competition will be held at Chennai. The dates are as follows:

December 5: Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka, Hyderabad vs Andhra, Kerala vs Goa. December 6. Tamil Nadu vs Goa, Karnataka vs Hyderabad, Andhra vs Kerala. December 8: Tamil Nadu vs Andhra, Karnataka vs Goa, Hyderabad vs Kerala. December 9: Tamil Nadu vs Hyderabad, Karnataka vs Kerala, Andhra vs Goa. December 11: Tamil Nadu vs Kerala, Karnataka vs Andhra, Goa vs Hyderabad.

The other fixtures:

Under-14 tournament: 1,2,3 November - Hyderabad vs Karnataka (Karnataka), 1,2,3 November - Andhra vs Kerala (Andhra), 1,2,3 November - Tamil Nadu vs Goa (Goa), 8,9,10 November - Hyderabad vs Kerala (Hyderabad), 8,9,10 November - Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu), 8,9,10 November - Andhra vs Goa (Goa), 15,16,17 November - Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu (Hyderabad), 15,16,17 November - Karnataka vs Andhra (Karnataka), 15,16,17 November - Kerala vs Goa (Kerala), 22,23,24 November - Hyderabad vs Goa (Hyderabad), 22,23,24 November - Karnataka vs Kerala (Kerala), 22,23,24 November - Andhra vs Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu), 29,30 November & 1 December - Hyderabad vs Andhra (Andhra), 29,30 November & 1 December - Kerala vs Tamil Nadu (Kerala), 29,30 November & 1 December - Karnataka vs Goa (Goa).

V.Pattabhiraman Trophy tournament-Under-16: 24,25,26 November - Goa vs Kerala (Kerala), 24,25,26 November - Andhra vs Hyderabad (Andhra), 24,25,26 November - Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka (Tamil Nadu), 1,2,3 December - Tamil Nadu vs Goa (Goa), 1,2,3 December - Andhra vs Kerala (Andhra), 1,2,3 December - Karnataka vs Hyderabad (Karnataka), 7,8,9 December - Kerala vs Hyderabad (Hyderabad). 7,8,9 December - Tamil Nadu vs Andhra (Tamil Nadu), 7,8,9 December - Goa vs Karnataka (Karnataka), 14,15,16 December - Goa vs Hyderabad (Hyderabad), 14,15,16 December - Andhra vs Karnataka (Karnataka), 14,15,16 December - Tamil Nadu vs Kerala (Tamil Nadu), 20,21,22 December - Kerala vs Karnataka (Kerala), 20,21,22 December - Andhra vs Goa (Goa), 20,21,22 December - Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu (Hyderabad).

Ghulam Ahmed Trophy tournament Under-19: 20,21,22 September - Goa vs Hyderabad (Hyderabad), 20,21,22 September - Andhra vs Karnataka (Andhra), 20,21,22 September - Kerala vs Tamil Nadu (Kerala), 26,27,28 September - Goa vs Kerala (Kerala), 26,27,28 September - Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka (Tamil Nadu), 26,27,28 September - Hyderabad vs Andhra (Andhra), 2,3,4 October - Kerala vs Andhra (Andhra), 2,3,4 October - Karnataka vs Hyderabad (Karnataka), 2,3,4 October - Tamil Nadu vs Goa (Goa), 8,9,10 October - Kerala vs Hyderabad (Hyderabad), 8,9,10 October - Andhra vs Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu), 8,9,10 October - Karnataka vs Goa (Goa), 14,15,16 October - Karnataka vs Kerala (Kerala), 14,15,16 October - Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu (Hyderabad), 14,15,16 October - Andhra vs Goa (Goa),

P Ramachandra Rao Trophy Under-22: 19,20,21 October - Tamil Nadu vs Goa (Goa), 19,20,21 October - Andhra vs Kerala (Andhra), 19,20,21 October - Karnataka vs Hyderabad (Karnataka), 25,26,27 October - Kerala vs Hyderabad (Hyderabad), 25,26,27 October - Tamil Nadu vs Andhra (Tamil Nadu), 25,26,27 October - Goa vs Karnataka (Karnataka), 14,15,16 December - Goa vs Hyderabad (Hyderabad), 14,15,16 December - Andhra vs Karnataka (Karnataka), 14,15,16 December - Tamil Nadu vs Kerala (Tamil Nadu), 20,21,22 December - Kerala vs Karnataka (Kerala), 20,21,22 December - Andhra vs Goa (Goa), 20,21,22 December - Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu (Hyderabad), 26,27,28 December - Goa vs Kerala (Kerala), 26,27,28 December - Andhra vs Hyderabad (Andhra), 26,27,28 December - Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka (Tamil Nadu).

Ranji Trophy South Zone For MD Soundarrajan Trophy: 1,2,3,4 November - Hyderabad vs Karnataka (Karnataka), 1,2,3,4 November - Andhra vs Kerala (Andhra), 1,2,3,4 November - Tamil Nadu vs Goa (Goa), 8,9,10,11 November - Hyderabad vs Kerala (Hyderabad), 8,9,10,11 November - Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu). 8,9,10,11 November - Andhra vs Goa (Goa), 15,16,17,18 November - Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu (Hyderabad), 15,16,17,18 November - Karnataka vs Andhra (Karnataka), 15,16,17,18 November - Kerala vs Goa (Kerala), 22,23,24,25 November - Hyderabad vs Goa (Hyderabad), 22,23,24,25 November - Karnataka vs Kerala (Kerala), 22,23,24,25 November - Andhra vs Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu), 29,30 November & 1 and 2 December - Hyderabad vs Andhra (Andhra), 29,30 November & 1 and 2 December - Kerala vs Tamil Nadu (Kerala), 29,30 November & 1 and 2 December - Karnataka vs Goa (Goa).

Dates & Venues for Under-22 One-day matches will be intimated later.

The meeting was attended by K Chandrasekhara Rao (Andhra), S Haridas (Kerala), Shivlal Yadav (Hyderabad), Vinod Phadke (Goa) and Sudhakar Rao (Karnataka). Ashok Kumbhat, the secretary of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association was the convenor.