a1828	North Zone v Central Zone
	Deodhar Trophy 1976/77 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh on 27th October 1976 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Central Zone won by 7 wickets
Umpires	DN Dotiwalla, PR Panjabi

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North Zone innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
CPS Chauhan	lbw b Gattani	4
V Sundaram	b Sharma	21
H Gidwani	st Chopra b Gulrez Ali	14
S Amarnath	b Gattani	2
M Amarnath	c Sharma b Gulrez Ali	27
Madan Lal	c Chopra b Sharma	0
AO Malhotra	c Gulrez Ali b Sharma	1
R Chadha	c Durani b Sharma	4
*BS Bedi	c Gulrez Ali b Sharma	6
R Goel	lbw b Sharma	5
+Inderjit Singh	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 31.3 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-31, 4-67, 5-68, 6-72, 7-83, 8-83, 9-86, 10-86 (31.3 ov)

Central Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gattani	8	2	14	2	-	-	24.00	1.75
Deshpande	4	0	25	0	-	-	-	6.25
Sharma	11.3	2	29	6	-	-	11.50	2.52
Gulrez Ali	8	2	16	2	-	-	24.00	2.00

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Central Zone innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+V Chopra	lbw b Bedi	18
VK Nayudu	b Chauhan	22
*PH Sharma	not out	21
AP Deshpande	b Goel	27
S Gulrez Ali	not out	0
SA Durani	did not bat
S Benjamin	did not bat
Haseen Ahmed	did not bat
Laxman Singh	did not bat
SM Jagdale	did not bat
KR Gattani	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 32.2 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-61, 3-79

North Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Madan Lal	2	1	7	0	-	-	-	3.50
M Amarnath	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	10.00
Bedi	12	5	24	1	-	-	72.00	2.00
Chauhan	6	0	26	1	-	-	36.00	4.33
Goel	11.2	3	21	1	-	-	68.00	1.85

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Notes
--> AO Malhotra made his debut in List A matches
--> SM Jagdale made his debut in List A matches
--> Inderjit Singh made his last appearance in List A matches
--> VK Nayudu made his last appearance in List A matches
--> SA Durani made his last appearance in List A matches
--> Laxman Singh made his last appearance in List A matches
--> SM Jagdale made his last appearance in List A matches
--> AP Deshpande equalled his previous highest score of 27 in List A matches
--> PH Sharma achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the North Zone innings (previous best was 0-6)
--> PH Sharma achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the North Zone innings

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