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f28859	Ceylon Board President's XI v Tamil Nadu
	Gopalan Trophy 1971/72
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 24th, 25th, 26th March 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ceylon Board President's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 9 runs
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

Ceylon Board President's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+ER Fernando	b Mukund	4
*APB Tennekoon	c Belliappa b Kalyanasundaram	6
LRD Mendis	c Venkataraghavan b Kumar	52
A Kuruppu	c Mukund b Venkataraghavan	21
PD Heyn	c Satwender Singh b Kumar	0
DS de Silva	c Nataraj b Venkataraghavan	7
A Jayaveera	c and b Venkataraghavan	3
S Fernando	not out	14
ARM Opatha	b Kumar	9
LWS Kaluperuma	b Venkataraghavan	9
N Samarasekera	c Belliappa b Kumar	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	131
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-27, 3-79, 4-79, 5-92, 6-95, 7-98, 8-113, 9-126, 10-131 (52.1 ov)

Tamil Nadu bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kalyanasundaram	8	1	37	1	-	-
Prabhakar	5	0	8	0	-	-
Mukund	7	4	10	1	-	-
Kumar	18.1	5	32	4	-	-
Venkataraghavan	14	3	38	4	-	-

Tamil Nadu first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PK Belliappa	b de Silva	26
R Ramesh	c ER Fernando b Samarasekera	23
S Nataraj	run out	1
B Kalyanasundaram	c Opatha b Samarasekera	1
M Dalvi	c Tennekoon b Opatha	34
AG Satwender Singh	c Heyn b Jayaveera	71
P Mukund	not out	71
*S Venkataraghavan	lbw b S Fernando	12
TE Srinivasan	lbw b S Fernando	11
R Prabhakar	lbw b Opatha	16
VV Kumar	b Opatha	3
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 144.1 overs)	287
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-74, 3-76, 4-83, 5-155, 6-196, 7-218, 8-263, 9-283, 10-287 (144.1 ov)

Ceylon Board President's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Opatha	26.1	8	51	3	-	-
Samarasekera	23	6	53	2	-	-
Kaluperuma	30	15	44	0	-	-
de Silva	31	8	65	1	-	-
Jayaveera	16	3	38	1	-	-
S Fernando	18	10	18	2	-	-

Ceylon Board President's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+ER Fernando	b Prabhakar	1
*APB Tennekoon	c Belliappa b Kalyanasundaram	6
LRD Mendis	c Kalyanasundaram b Venkataraghavan	34
A Kuruppu	c Nataraj b Kumar	10
PD Heyn	c Satwender Singh b Venkataraghavan	4
DS de Silva	c and b Venkataraghavan	4
A Jayaveera	c Srinivasan b Venkataraghavan	20
S Fernando	c Venkataraghavan b Kumar	0
ARM Opatha	c Ramesh b Venkataraghavan	46
LWS Kaluperuma	b Venkataraghavan	2
N Samarasekera	not out	2
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	147
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-11, 3-52, 4-58, 5-58, 6-60, 7-66, 8-128, 9-138, 10-147 (64.2 ov)

Tamil Nadu bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kalyanasundaram	7	0	20	1	-	-
Prabhakar	6	0	15	1	-	-
Mukund	4	0	15	0	-	-
Venkataraghavan	25.2	10	48	6	-	-
Kumar	20	6	27	2	-	-
Nataraj	1	0	3	0	-	-
Satwender Singh	1	0	1	0	-	-

Notes
--> LRD Mendis made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> A Kuruppu made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> A Jayaveera made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> S Fernando made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> PK Belliappa (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 12
--> P Mukund (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 57
--> ARM Opatha (2) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 13
--> ARM Opatha achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the Tamil Nadu first innings (previous best was 0-18)