misc24931	Hyderabad Cricket Association XI v Mercantile Cricket Association
	Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament 1977/78 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad on 5th, 6th, 7th December 1977 (3-day limited overs match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Mercantile Cricket Association won by 317 runs
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Mercantile Cricket Association first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NDP Hettiarachchi	b Narasimha Rao	21
*APB Tennekoon	c Narasimha Rao b Abid Ali	183
RL Dias	c and b Narasimha Rao	2
LRD Mendis	c Abid Ali b Narasimha Rao	6
JF Woutersz	b Mumtaz Hussain	30
+RPP Hamer	lbw b Narasimha Rao	26
S Jeganathan	run out	23
AN Ranasinghe	c Mumtaz Hussain b Vasan	35
LWS Kaluperuma	not out	12
FRMD Gunatilleke	b Abid Ali	9
GRA de Silva	b Abid Ali	0
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-70, 3-80, 4-143, 5-228, 6-277, 7-339, 8-348, 9-362, 10-362 (89.2 ov)

Hyderabad Cricket Association XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Abid Ali	21.2	5	67	3	-	-	42.67	3.14
Vasan	14	3	65	1	-	-	84.00	4.64
Narasimha Rao	13	0	68	4	-	-	19.50	5.23
Ramnarayan	20	1	66	0	-	-	-	3.30
Mumtaz Hussain	16	0	61	1	-	-	96.00	3.81
Qayyum	5	0	20	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Hyderabad Cricket Association XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SS Akbar	c Hamer b Gunatilleke	1
D Maheshwar Singh	lbw b Ranasinghe	3
TV Paul	b Kaluperuma	33
MV Narasimha Rao	c Ranasinghe b Gunatilleke	12
*S Abid Ali	retired hurt	0
KA Qayyum	run out	46
M Azmath Ali	b Jeganathan	28
L Vasan	c Hettiarachchi b Jeganathan	1
+A Raju	b Kaluperuma	0
Mumtaz Hussain	not out	2
V Ramnarayan	c Tennekoon b Kaluperuma	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 10 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-28, 4-64, 5-138, 6-141, 7-142, 8-144, 9-144 (65.2 ov)

Mercantile Cricket Association bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gunatilleke	15	3	39	2	-	-	45.00	2.60
Ranasinghe	9	4	17	1	-	-	54.00	1.89
de Silva	13	5	33	0	-	-	-	2.54
Kaluperuma	21.2	9	28	3	-	-	42.67	1.31
Jeganathan	7	3	10	2	-	-	21.00	1.43

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Mercantile Cricket Association second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NDP Hettiarachchi	b Vasan	0
*APB Tennekoon	c Qayyum b Ramnarayan	52
RL Dias	not out	126
LRD Mendis	lbw b Ramnarayan	21
JF Woutersz	c sub (J Prasad) b Ramnarayan	12
+RPP Hamer	not out	6
S Jeganathan	did not bat
AN Ranasinghe	did not bat
LWS Kaluperuma	did not bat
FRMD Gunatilleke	did not bat
GRA de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 10 lb)	23
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-123, 3-197, 4-227

Hyderabad Cricket Association XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vasan	12	0	59	1	-	-	72.00	4.92
Azmath Ali	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
Ramnarayan	13	1	86	3	-	-	26.00	6.62
Mumtaz Hussain	13	1	55	0	-	-	-	4.23

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Hyderabad Cricket Association XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SS Akbar	b Ranasinghe	10
D Maheshwar Singh	b Gunatilleke	13
TV Paul	st Hamer b Jeganathan	57
MV Narasimha Rao	b Jeganathan	44
KA Qayyum	not out	4
M Azmath Ali	not out	0
*S Abid Ali	did not bat
L Vasan	did not bat
+A Raju	did not bat
Mumtaz Hussain	did not bat
V Ramnarayan	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-25, 3-129, 4-141

Mercantile Cricket Association bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gunatilleke	6	1	18	1	-	-	36.00	3.00
Ranasinghe	5	2	14	1	-	-	30.00	2.80
de Silva	11	1	35	0	-	-	-	3.18
Woutersz	10	1	47	0	-	-	-	4.70
Jeganathan	8	3	14	2	-	-	24.00	1.75

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 90 overs
--> Each second innings was limited to 40 overs

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