Date:14/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/14/stories/2008101459831800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Quadrangular series from today

VISAKHAPATNAM: Sri Lanka A team is participating in a quadrangular cricket series being organised by the Andhra Cricket Association here from Tuesday to October 28.

Sri Lanka, Andhra, Karnataka and Hyderabad are the teams playing in the round-robin tournament of three-day matches.

Sri Lanka A takes on Karnataka and Hyderabad meets Andhra from Tuesday. There is a rest day after every match and the last match would be played between Sri Lanka A and Andhra from October 26 to 28.

The teams:

Sri Lanka A: Upul Taranaga, Chamara Silva, Jeevan Medix, Kaushal Silva, Chemera Welopadara, Taranga Puranwihana, Dhamika Prasad, K. Gunawardana, A. Gnangna, Lassana Dias, Angelo Mathew, Gihan Desilva, Suchitra Senanayake, Iurundana, Chandika Hathusinge, Ajanta Wattegane and Sanath Jayawardane. Manager: Anura Tennikoon.

Andhra: Y. Gnaneswara Rao, V. Manoj Sai, H. Vatekar, ASK Varma, T. Atchuta Rao, M. Suresh, G.V. Sarat Babu, P. Vijay Kumar, Md. Faiq, L.N. Prasada Reddy, M. Krishna Murthy, Md. Fayaz Ahmed, D.A. Swaroop Kumar, D. Kalyan Krishna, Sameer Ali Khan, N. Israel Raju and V. V. V. Appa Rao. Coach: M.V. Narasimha Rao.

Karnataka: Robin Uttappa, Ch. Goutham, C.B. Karthik, C. Raghu, Deepak Chowgule, Bharat Cipli, Dheeraj Patel, B. Akhil, Sunil Joshi, Vinay Kumar, N. C. Ayyappa, Udit Patel, Vinu Prasad, Arvind and Chetan Williams. Coach: Vijay Bharadwaj.

Hyderabad: N. Arjun Yadav, T. Suman, D. Rushiraj, Anup Pai, Md. Shakeer, Ronald Rodrigues, Abhinav Kumar, S. M. Shoieb, M. P. Arjun, Imran Khan, Ashwin Yadav, M.A. Khader, Vijay Goud, Goutham Reddy, Shiv Sankar, Ahmed Qadri and Danny Derek Prince. Coach: Kanwaljit Singh. — Special Correspondent