f26662	Madras v Ceylon
	Gopalan Trophy 1966/67
Venue	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras on 4th, 5th, 6th March 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Madras won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Madras (1) 255/8 (Najam Hussain 95*, Bhaskaran 0*)
Close of play day 2	Ceylon (1) 176/8 (HIK Fernando 74*, Polonowita 4*)

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Madras first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+KR Rajagopal	b Samarasekera	5
*PK Belliappa	c Crozier b Chanmugam	20
AG Milkha Singh	c Polonowita b Crozier	68
KVR Murthy	b Crozier	21
SVS Mani	c HIK Fernando b Crozier	10
M Najam Hussain	not out	118
PK Dharmalingam	c Chanmugam b Polonowita	9
S Venkataraghavan	c HIK Fernando b Crozier	8
R Prabhakar	b Crozier	15
CK Bhaskaran	b Crozier	0
VV Kumar	c Polonowita b Chanmugam	31
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 127.1 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-48, 3-97, 4-120, 5-128, 6-152, 7-180, 8-233, 9-261, 10-311 (127.1 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Samarasekera	17	3	65	1	-	-
Pieris	22	9	48	0	-	-
Crozier	43	19	76	6	-	-
Chanmugam	29.1	6	91	2	-	-
Polonowita	16	10	25	1	-	-

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Ceylon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NSHMR Kodituwakku	c Rajagopal b Bhaskaran	0
ER Fernando	lbw b Najam Hussain	14
APB Tennekoon	lbw b Venkataraghavan	20
L Fernando	st Rajagopal b Venkataraghavan	0
PD Heyn	c Milkha Singh b Venkataraghavan	0
+HIK Fernando	b Prabhakar	74
DN Chanmugam	c and b Venkataraghavan	21
*PI Pieris	b Kumar	1
FB Crozier	c Najam Hussain b Venkataraghavan	28
A Polonowita	not out	25
N Samarasekera	lbw b Bhaskaran	0
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-32, 3-36, 4-36, 5-36, 6-62, 7-79, 8-149, 9-180, 10-199 (89.3 ov)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bhaskaran	13.3	4	38	2	-	-
Prabhakar	5	3	3	1	-	-
Najam Hussain	22	9	26	1	-	-
Venkataraghavan	29	14	53	5	-	-
Kumar	16	5	47	1	-	-
Dharmalingam	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Madras second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+KR Rajagopal	b Pieris	14
*PK Belliappa	c HIK Fernando b Samarasekera	0
PK Dharmalingam	c Polonowita b Pieris	19
KVR Murthy	b Crozier	24
SVS Mani	lbw b Polonowita	8
R Prabhakar	lbw b Chanmugam	33
AG Milkha Singh	b Chanmugam	1
S Venkataraghavan	lbw b Chanmugam	0
M Najam Hussain	c HIK Fernando b Crozier	5
CK Bhaskaran	not out	27
VV Kumar	c HIK Fernando b Pieris	30
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 49.3 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-29, 3-52, 4-65, 5-87, 6-92, 7-92, 8-105, 9-109, 10-166 (49.3 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Samarasekera	6	3	21	1	-	-
Pieris	9.3	3	23	3	-	-
Crozier	15	4	54	2	-	-
Chanmugam	10	3	35	3	-	-
Polonowita	9	0	28	1	-	-

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Ceylon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ER Fernando	run out	20
DN Chanmugam	st Rajagopal b Venkataraghavan	24
PD Heyn	not out	101
+HIK Fernando	b Najam Hussain	4
*PI Pieris	st Rajagopal b Najam Hussain	11
A Polonowita	st Rajagopal b Kumar	51
L Fernando	not out	8
NSHMR Kodituwakku	did not bat
APB Tennekoon	did not bat
FB Crozier	did not bat
N Samarasekera	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(5 wickets, 32 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-70, 3-91, 4-105, 5-207

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bhaskaran	4	0	32	0	-	-
Prabhakar	3	0	31	0	-	-
Najam Hussain	10	0	62	2	-	-
Venkataraghavan	12	0	69	1	-	-
Kumar	3	0	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> N Samarasekera made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NSHMR Kodituwakku made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PI Pieris made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FB Crozier made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Najam Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in First-Class matches
--> VV Kumar (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> R Prabhakar (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> PD Heyn (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in First-Class matches
--> PD Heyn (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KVR Murthy made his debut for Madras in First-Class matches
--> APB Tennekoon made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> PD Heyn made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> FB Crozier made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> L Fernando made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> NSHMR Kodituwakku made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> PI Pieris made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> PI Pieris reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Madras second innings

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