da cassino： Rain which had severely curtailed play in the five matches in theCoromandel Cement Cup on the first two days, had the final say on thelast day
Staff Reporter03-Aug-2001Rain which had severely curtailed play in the five matches in theCoromandel Cement Cup on the first two days, had the final say on thelast day. Three of the five matches were decided on the spin of thecoin. The remaining two were decided on the first innings lead butthese too were hit by rain.The showers washed out the final day’s play in the game betweenHyderabad Cricket Association and MRF XI at the Gangothir Gladersground in Mysore on Friday. With the first innings still notcompleted, the spin of the coin was resorted to in a bid to spot thewinner. And HCA were lucky. At stumps on the second day, HCA were 15for one in reply to MRF’s first innings total of 325.There was no play also in the match between Indian Airlines and Oil &Natural Gas Corporation at the Maharaja Jayachamarajendra WodeyarSports Complex in Bangalore. In fact, there was no play on the firstand third day and on the second day, ONGC had scored 459 for four in90 overs. The toss favoured ONGC.The spin of the coin was also resorted to at the Central Collegegrounds in Bangalore in the match between India Cements and Roofit,Mumbai. Play could start only at 2.30 and was called off at 4.15.Roofit, who were 341 for seven in 87.5 overs at stumps on Thursday,declared their innings at the overnight score. In whatever time thatwas available to them, India Cements openers P Raju (21) and S Suresh(43) put on 75 runs in 27 overs without being separated. No furtherplay was possible however and Roofit won the toss for the right toenter the quarterfinal.At the NRA ground in Bangalore, KSCA Colts defeated Kerala CA XI onthe first innings lead. Resuming at 123 for six in reply to KSCAColts’ score of 321 for seven, Kerala were all out for 199 in 58.5overs. Opening bowler NC Aiyappa, who did most of the damageyesterday, finished with five for 61. KSCA Colts in their secondinnings were 60 for one off 13 overs when the match was called offshortly after 4 pm with the consent of both the captains.At the RSI ground in Bangalore, KSCA moved into the quarterfinalsgetting the better of Andhra on the first innings lead. Andhra whowere 98 for three at stumps yesterday in reply to KSCA’s 343 for five,were all out for 195 in 65.5 overs. The early fall of the experiencedopener Amit Pathak was a blow from which Andhra never reallyrecovered. Pathak who was 68 overnight, was out after adding only asingle. SK Vadeyaraj who dismissed Pathak was the wrecker-in-chief. Hefinished with six wickets for 44 off 23.5 overs. The match startedlate due to wet ground conditions caused by overnight rain and withthe agreement of the two captains, the match was called off at the endof the Andhra innings.The three day quarterfinals commence on August 5.The quarterfinal line-up:India Pistons v Hyderabad XI (Mysore), Roofit XI v KSCA Colts XI(Bangalore), KSCA XI v ONGC XI (Bangalore), Chemplast v BPL SC (Mysore)