da bet7： Tamil Nadu riding on a fluent century by opener S Sriram, posted ahealthy 325/5d from 100 overs on the third day of their South ZoneRanji trophy match against Andhra Pradesh here at the Guru NanakCollege ground in Chennai
Waleed Hussain24-Nov-2000Tamil Nadu riding on a fluent century by opener S Sriram, posted ahealthy 325/5d from 100 overs on the third day of their South ZoneRanji trophy match against Andhra Pradesh here at the Guru NanakCollege ground in Chennai.The match was affected by rains, the second day being called offwithout a ball being bowled. Umpires Adil Palai and Vilas Bandiwedgarcalled off play yesterday after making three inspections. They madetwo inspections on the third day, the first one at 9.45 am and thesecond at 10.45. After the second inspection, the umpires decided totake an early lunch and begin the match at 12.30 pm.Sriram (119) and Hemang Badani (51) put on a 116 run partnership forthe second wicket, before Badani was dismissed by Nekkanti Madhukar.Sriram struck eight boundaries and three sixes in his 207 ball inningswhereas Badani hit four boundaries from 107 deliveries. SadagopanMahesh stroked his way to an unbeaten 77, with three hits to theboundary and an equal number of hits over it. Reuben Paul (38) and SBadrinath (31) added valuable contributions to the total. YadaliRanganath bagged two wickets with his offspinners.Andhra openers, Amit Pathak (17) and Prasad Reddy (8), batted fornine overs before bad light called off play. Andhra were 25 for noloss at the end of the third day.