Result: Match Drawn. Karnataka wins the Ranji Trophy on account
of 250-run first innings lead
Toss: Karnataka
Umpires: SK Bansal and B Porel
Karnataka 1st innings
S Somasunder c K Srinath b Balaji Rao 99
+A Vaidya c Raman b Balaji Rao 42
R Vijay c Ramesh b Vasu 146
RS Dravid c Ramesh b Vasu 114
S Joshi run out 86
K Jeshwant c Robin Singh b Balaji Rao 15
K Sriram run out 37
*AR Kumble c Srinath b Mahesh 12
J Srinath not out 19
Extras (b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 33) 49
Total (8 wickets declared, 212.5 overs) 620
DNB: R Ananth, BKV Prasad.
FoW: 1-131 (Vaidya), 2-161 (Somasundar), 3-423 (Vijay),
4-450 (Dravid), 5-498 (Jeshwanth), 6-583 (Sriram),
7-591 (Joshi), 8-620 (Kumble).
Bowling O M R W
Vasu 48 9 133 2
Mahesh 39.5 7 98 1
Robin Singh 15 2 37 0
Subramanian 48 18 118 0
Balaji Rao 54 3 173 3
K Srinath 6 0 30 0
Rajesh 1 0 13 0
Raman 1 0 3 0
Tamil Nadu 1st innings
K Srinath c Somasunder b Prasad 85
+S Ramesh c Jeshwant b J Srinath 6
WV Raman c & b Joshi 61
S Sharath b Kumble 37
D Vasu c Vaidya b Prasad 28
*Robin Singh c Vaidya b Kumble 38
P Rajesh b Kumble 34
R Paul b Kumble 19
S Subramanian b Kumble 1
S Mahesh not out 7
WD Balaji Rao c J Srinath b Jeshwant 25
Extras (b 9, lb 5, nb 15) 29
Total (all out, 120 overs) 370
FoW: 1-10 (Ramesh), 2-110 (Raman), 3-178 (Sharath), 4-223 (Vasu),
5-254 (K Srinath), 6-301 (Robin Singh), 7-320 (Rajesh),
8-322 (Paul), 9-343 (Subramanian), 10-370 (Balaji Rao).
Bowling O M R W
J Srinath 25 1 106 1
Prasad 23 7 71 2
Kumble 31 6 95 5
Ananth 10 2 34 0
Joshi 25 13 29 1
Jeshwanth 6 2 21 1
Karnataka 2nd innings
S Somasunder lbw b Mahesh 53
+A Vaidya c Paul b Mahesh 61
R Vijay c Rajesh b Balaji Rao 14
RS Dravid b Vasu 21
K Sriram c Robin Singh b Vasu 20
K Jeshwant b Balaji Rao 46
S Joshi not out 26
*AR Kumble not out 10
Extras (b 7, lb 1, nb 18) 26
Total (6 wickets declared, 95 overs) 277
FoW: 1-122 (Vaidya), 2-135 (Somasundar), 3-163 (Vijay),
4-165 (Dravid), 5-207 (Sriram), 6-259 (Jeshwant).
Bowling O M R W
Mahesh 18 2 60 2
Vasu 22 6 58 2
Balaji Rao 29 3 97 2
Subramanian 26 6 54 0
Tamil Nadu 2nd innings
+S Ramesh c J Srinath b Joshi 12
S Subramanian not out 4
R Paul c Kumble b Joshi 0
P Rajesh c Joshi b Ananth 2
S Sharath not out 13
Total (3 wickets, 15 overs) 31
FoW: 1-13 (Ramesh), 2-13 (Paul), 3-16 (Rajesh).
Bowling O M R W
Prasad 2 0 10 0
Joshi 6 2 12 2
Ananth 5 2 3 1
Jeshwanth 1 1 0 0
Vaidya 1 0 6 0
*** R Vijay 146 in 313 balls, 402 min, 19 fours and 1 six. After
his hundred, had cramps and had Somasunder as runner. 500
Ranji runs this season for R Vijay and 146 is his highest
score.
*** R Dravid 114 in 244 balls with 9 fours, this his 10th Ranji
century.
*** 3rd wicket partnership worth 262 runs and for Karnataka,
surpassing the previous record of 220 runs by B.P. Patel and
G.R. Vishvanath against Hyderabad in 1977-78.
*** Karnataka did not enforce the follow-on.
*** Joshi becomes the first player in Indian domestic cricket to
score 500 runs and capture 50 wickets in a season.
*** Jeshwant gets his 100th wicket in Ranji competitions.
Thanks :: G Ramesh.
<END> Contributed by Gautham (gau...@india.hp.com)