Gloucestershire are facing one of the heaviest defeats in their history after closing the third day of the Vodafone Challenge Series match with Zimbabwe in Gloucester on 98-4 in their second innings.The tourists had earlier declined to enforce the follow on after dismissing Gloucestershire for 167 in their first innings of 568.Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower then struck 116 not out in his side’s second innings 258-2 declared, which left Gloucestershire a nominal 660 to win.Gloucestershire’s decision to rest seven first team regulars was again exposed by Zimbabwe on a day of sweltering heat at the King’s School festival ground.Gloucestershire resumed on 146-7, but that was effectively eight wickets down with acting captain Tim Hancock unable to bat because of a fractured knuckle on his left hand.The last two wickets added a further 21 runs before the innings was wrapped up by Paul Strang, who had Ben Gannon caught behind, and Heath Streak, who had Martyn Ball dismissed in the same fashion.Gloucestershire enjoyed some early success with the ball when Gannon had Craig Wishart caught at the wicket by Jack Russell for a rapid 40 and Jon Lewis removed Trevor Gripper, also caught by Russell, for eight.But thereafter Andy Flower and his brother Grant sent the ball fizzing to all parts of the ground with a fine display of attacking shots.Grant Flower had struck ten fours and a six in his 76 when he retired hurt with a minor finger injury, having put on 170 in 27 overs with his brother.But Andy Flower progressed to a chanceless century, which was brought up with a cut to the third man boundary off spinner Martyn Ball.When the Zimbabwe skipper decided to declare at tea, he had made 116 from 129 deliveries and struck 15 fours and two sixes.No-one suffered more in the Gloucestershire attack than Tom Cotterell, whose left-arm spin went for 86 runs in 19 wicketless overs.Gloucestershire’s second innings got off to a poor start with the cheap dismissals of openers Dominic Hewson and Imraan Mohammed.Hewson cut a Streak delivery to Dirk Viljoen at gully for 11, then Imraan was lbw to Pommie Mbangwa for four as he shuffled across his stumps.Matt Windows made a fluent 25 for Gloucestershire before he was bowled by a Streak delivery which kept low.And then Chris Taylor fell lbw to Paul Strang’s leg-spin as he failed to get sufficiently forward.Jack Russell reached an unbeaten 19 by the close, but there appears little chance of Gloucestershire escaping with a draw.

Darren Cousins and Paul Taylor bowled second division leaders Northamptonshire to the brink of a fourth successive Championship win after a dismal batting collapse by Sussex at Eastbourne.Chasing 228 to win, Sussex collapsed to 45-7 when bad light stopped playafter Northants had bowled five overs after claiming the extra half hour.Cousins took four wickets in 13 balls, removing Richard Montgomerie for thefourth time in six days, Toby Peirce, Wasim Khan and Tony Cottey as Sussexslumped to 6-4.Taylor chipped in with the wickets of Robin Martin-Jenkins, James Kirtleyand Umer Rashid to leave the home side on 25-7, but skipper Chris Adams andNick Wilton at least delayed the inevitable defeat until the third day.When wicketkeeper David Ripley caught Rashid he was able to celebrate his700th dismissal for Northamptonshire. Earlier Sydney-born left-hander Jeff Cook had scored his second century of the season as Northants produced spirited middle order resistance before they were bowled out for 270.The tall left-hander stroked 18 boundaries in his 116 while David Ripley (39) and Graeme Swann (24) provided useful support as Northants put on 160 between lunch and tea, losing three wickets in the process. Jason Lewry finished with 4-57 and Kirtley 2-52 which meant he had match figures of 8-93 on his home ground.Eighteen wickets fell on the second day, one less than on the first when ECBpitches inspector Mike Denness marked the Saffrons pitch as ‘below standard’.

The Orissa-Bengal East Zone under-14 Tournament match at theEngineering School Ground in Cuttack meandered to a tame draw on thethird and final day on Thursday. Bengal by virtue of the 157 run firstinnings lead earned 5 points while Orissa had to be content withthree.Bengal in their second innings got to face just 10 overs in which theyscored 22 runs for the loss of opener Arindam Ghosh (7). The otheropener Rohan Bannerjee (7) along with Avishek Bhowmick (6) wereunbeaten when stumps were drawn on the final day.Opener N Dash (45) along with NC Mohanty (5) gave a sedate start forthe Orissa first innings by adding 28 runs in 5.5 overs. Then Dashadded 38 runs with S Patnaik (18) for the second wicket in 8.3 overs.Resuming at 77 for 4 on the final day, Orissa lost three furtherwickets. Then Sambit Rout (32) and Bharat Prakash Samal (39) added 70runs for the eighth wicket to lend some respectability to the Orissatotal. But after their fall the Orissa innings folded up at the scoreof 205. S Pearuddin (5 for 46) was the most successful bowler forBengal.Earlier put into bat on the opening day, Bengal ran up a huge 362.Opener Arindam Ghosh top scored with 69. The Bengal middle order thenchipped in with a solid batting display. The chief contributors beingS Mukherjee (37), S Peeruddin (29), P Dutta (43), S Gond (33) andskipper Himadri Pal (44).

A few weeks ago, after their first innings of 82 in the First Test at Brisbane, I remember suggesting that the West Indies should have been sent home.There were two distinct replies to my suggestion, from either side of the world. I will say this in my defence. Had the team gone home then, the embarrassments that we saw on the second day of this Test would have been avoided: the cricket shown by the West Indies on day two was putrid, at best.The Australian supporters, who wanted to see their team surpass the then West Indian consecutive winning record, rebuked me for such a suggestion. They knew that the West Indians were on to a terrible hiding. One did not have to be a soothsayer to know that the writing was already on the wall. The Australian supporters knew their team would never have this kind of chance again.From across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the Caribbean Sea, came the retort that perhaps “Colin Croft should emigrate to Australia, since he does not know what he was saying. Our boys will bounce back.”That sort of blind faith has allowed many people to lose much in the past.I even had some supposedly important people associated with West Indies cricket saying publicly, but indirectly, that “one of our former West Indian cricketers, a former fast bowler, is never positive about our team, since we know that the team would come out of its slump while on the Australian tour.”If I could be as sure with my lottery numbers as I was that the WestIndies should have been sent home then, then I would be so rich that I would not have to endure such abuse for being one of the few really honest sports journalists around.The West Indies cricket team on this tour has been so outplayed that even some of the team’s officials have deluded themselves into believing that their charges are better than they have shown. Maybe they are, but that does not show at all.I am sure of at least one other thing. Had the team been sent home then, they would not have been involved in what I call “negative history”; being involved, on the losing side, of so many landmarks. Already, the West Indies have scored 22 zeros on this tour, and not all by the tail-enders.Another piece of “negative history” is looming. If the West Indies lose this game at the MCG – which is likely – then they are in danger of becoming the first West Indies team to travel to Australia and not to win a Test. The West Indies started touring Australia in 1931/2.There is an old saying I had heard in my youth: “you can fool everyone some of the time, or some of the people all of the time. However, one cannot fool one’s self.” It is my opinion that a few of the West Indian team officials are fooling themselves.This West Indies cricket team has more officials than any I have ever known on tour. While there is a Manager, whose job should not necessarily include many cricketing matters, this team also has a coach in Roger Harper, an assistant coach in Jeff Dujon and a fielding coach, in Julian Fountain. Now, if anyone wants to tell me that the team looks as if they are benefiting from the presence of these supposed experts, then maybe they can tell me the lottery numbers too?The technical deficiencies are appalling. The fast bowlers, again except the “great” Courtney Walsh, seem unable to pitch on a constant line or length. To allow Australia to recover from 225-7, and 295-7 at the close of the first day, to realise 364, even with the considerable input from Steve Waugh, defies any explanation. While Waugh was truly brilliant with his 121 not out, he did not even try to corral the bowling, but allowed his “tailenders,” Gillespie, Miller and even McGrath to blast the continually wayward bowling everywhere.One has to assume that either the younger West Indies fast bowlers were not listening to either the captain or the coaches, or that they decided to act otherwise.Then the West Indies batsmen, especially the senior ones, showed their lack of technical assets, as if they too did not understand the idea of the game, or were simply not up to it.Darren Ganga drove a Jason Gillespie delivery pitched outside the off-stump with his left foot just outside the leg-stump. Anyone who knows about batting knows that could not be the right technique. I am here to suggest to you that McGrath, Gillespie and to a lesser Andy Bichel, know something about bowling. Unlike the West Indian bowlers, they knew exactly the length to bowl on the still excellent pitch for batting.Wavell Hinds drove at a delivery, as did Brian Lara and the well-organised Ridley Jacobs, with their weight on the back foot. The deliveries that dismissed them were pitched up a bit more, getting enough time to move from the seam to take the edges and to fly to the brilliant slip fieldsmen.At least the normally reliable Jacobs could be proud of his new West Indian record, snaring seven catches. This equals the world record held by Wasim Bari, Ian Smith and Bob Taylor. For one, I feel very happy about this, as I remember suggesting back in 1995, when Jacobs had made his One-Day International debut, that he should have made his Test debut then. Many thought that I was mad then too!Marlon Samuels showed best how it should be done. Again playing within his limitations, his innings was a technical gem, the poise unbecoming of one so inexperienced and so young.One commentator suggested that Samuels never played with “his head moving.” A “still” head, as opposed to a “steady” head, is necessary for proper stroke-play. Another suggested that he did not play much outside his off-stump. Yet the young man took on the Australian bowling and in a way, won. One could only hope that the West Indies could try, for once, to emulate the youngster. This guy is going to be very special.What was glaringly evident though, Samuels apart, is that the entire West Indies cricketing effort has fallen down, especially the batting, and, ironically, this is a team that has three specific coaches, more than any other team in the history of West Indian cricket.On no occasion in recent times could it be said that the West Indies have put in such a poor effort overall – bowling and batting – in just one day of cricket. It was really embarrassing: a new low!

* Murali and South Africa clinch CEAT awardsStar Sri Lankan spinner Muthiah Muralitharan has been named the CEATInternational Cricketer of the Year 2000-01. Murali headed the CEATRatings with 111 points and comfortably edged out his compatriotMarvan Atapattu, who finished runner-up 16 points behind. The SriLankans completed a clean sweep of the top three positions as Murali’sskipper Sanath Jayasuriya ended third with 93 points. Jacques Kallis(87) and Sachin Tendulkar (85) took spots four and five respectively.The annual CEAT Ratings which were instituted in 1995/96 aresupervised by a panel comprising three of the game’s gray eminences,Clive Lloyd, Ian Chappell and Sunil Gavaskar. They take into accountall the cricketing action between May 1 and April 30. InterestinglySachin Tendulkar has never won the award in the six years since itsinception. His CEAT Efficiency Quotient (CEQ) of 3.04 was however thehighest among the leading contenders for the Award. Previous winnersinclude Brian Lara (1995-96), Venkatesh Prasad (1996-97), SanathJayasuriya (1997-98), Jacques Kallis (1998-99), Sourav Ganguly(1999-00).South Africa clinched the CEAT Team of the Year award with a tally of98 points, which included 57 from the 14 Tests and 41 from the 26 ODIsthey played during the year. Pakistan (1996-97), Australia (1997-98and 1999-00) and South Africa (1998-99) were the four previousrecipients.* Chinnaswamy stadium pitch being relaidThirty years after it was first laid, the square at the Chinnaswamystadium in Bangalore is being relaid. Under the supervision of GKasturi Rangan, the chairman of the pitches committee of the BCCI,work on the relaying has already begun.”The idea behind the reconstruction is to have hard, firm wickets,”says Kasturi Rangan. “We have told other associations to provide truewickets and if we make a start here, then we can set an example forthe rest to emulate,” he says. According to Kasturi Rangan, theentire surface will be playable within 50 days. In all, there will beeleven strips, one centre wicket and five wickets on either side. Thecost of the entire exercise is estimated at Rs 10 lakh.India is scheduled to play a Test match at Bangalore against Englandlate this year and the new surface is likely to provide a hard andbouncy track. Bangalore staged its first Test match against WestIndies in November, 1974.* Patel, Hazare join NCAMedium pacers Rakesh Patel of Baroda and Swapnil Hazare of Mumbai havereported at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore a couple of daysago.Patel, who was inducted into the NCA after the first set of 20 nameswas announced last month, was in the camp for the probables for thetour of Zimbabwe in Bangalore. However he was out of action for sometime due to a knee injury. which he sustained during the Ranji Trophyfinal against Railways in April. Hazare was forced to miss a month’straining at the NCA because of his college exams. The NCA will take aten day break from June 16 before the inter-zonal acadmies tournamentcommences on June 28.

* Harbhajan aims to be an all-rounderHaving proved his bowling credentials, Harbhajan Singh is nowconcentrating his energies on improving his batting too in order tobecome a potent all-rounder. The Indian off spinner, who earned arecord 32-wicket haul in the home Test series against Australia, hasmade the headlines on the current Zimbabwe tour for different reasons.Despite being the second highest wicket-taker for India in the Testseries, it was his gutsy contribution with the bat in both the Teststhat was more acknowledged. And Harbhajan, who turns 21 on July 3,himself knows his batting only too well.”I think my footwork is not very good but my eyesight is very good. Ican spot it (the ball) early,” he told PTI in an interview inBulawayo. He said his crucial knock in the Chennai Test againstAustralia had given him the confidence that he can get some runs too.”The point is if you bat well in an international series once, youhave the confidence to do it again. (After the knock againstAustralia) I said to myself: ‘If you can get it against Australia, youcan get it against any team’.”* Vengsarkar is MCA selection committee chairmanFormer Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar has been appointed chairman ofthe senior selection committee by the Cricket Improvement Committee(CIC) of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for the 2001-2002season. The decision to appoint Vengsarkar was taken by the MCA at itsmeeting held in Mumbai on Thursday, an MCA release said. The othermembers of the committee include Raju Kulkarni, Abdul Ismail andSudhir Naik.The Under-19 and MCA Colts committee includes Abdul Ismail as chairmanand Ranjan Baindoor, Sanjay Patil and Deepak Jadhav as members. AbeyKuruvilla has been appointed chairman of the junior selectioncommittee. Bharat Nadkarni, Tukaram Surve and Pradeep Kasliwal havebeen appointed as members.While Lalchand Rajput has been appointed as coach for the Ranji Trophyteam, Subhash Bandiwadekar and Chandrakant Pandit are the coaches forthe under-22 and under-19 teams respectively, the release said. DineshNanavaty has been appointed coach for the under-16 team and SuruNayak has been asked to coach the under-14 team.* BCCI yet to decide on Super Challenge SeriesThe Indian cricket team’s participation in the three-match limitedovers series against Australia in September was yet to be approved bythe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).BCCI secretary JY Lele, told PTI in Mumbai on Thursday that a decisionwhether to accept the invitation from the Australian Cricket Board(ACB) to play would be taken at the Board’s working committee meetingto be held in the third week of July.”We had asked for a change in the dates from the ACB as they clashedwith the Asian Test championship tie with Pakistan from September13-17 and the ACB has acceded to our request,” he said. “However, thefinal decision whether to send a team for the series rests with theworking committee,” Lele said.

What’s a girl to do? Ask Northern Districts rising stars Nicola Browne and Louise Milliken who have recently been selected for the New Zealand women’s A cricket squad.Both girls are 17-years-old. Both are from rural Waikato towns. Both are in their 7th Form year facing bursary exams. Both are highly-talented all-round representative athletes.Well, how’s this?Both Nicola and Louise have shown they are made of the right stuff in surfacing from backyard cricket to gaining New Zealand recognition in less than five years!That really is something. It really says something about the cricket development structures put in place, the talent identification schemes, but more importantly it speaks volumes for two individuals who have combined ability with enthusiasm and commitment to reach for the top.At Matamata College, Nicola Browne leads a very busy life. Determined to achieve in her academic studies, her favourite subject is calculus, she has also excelled at other sports, in particularly netball and tennis.As a medium-fast bowler, with the ability to become a genuine all-rounder, Nicola believes that in cricket she has found her sporting niche. Although she achieved representative status at tennis it is the team environment of cricket which appeals to Nicola.She has a refreshingly honest approach to her future in cricket and is aware of the need to hone her technique, increase her speed and as she states, “there’s always room for improvement.”Louise, who is a product of Morrinsville High, is a fast bowler and also talks about looking for greater accuracy and consistency in her bowling. Some of New Zealand’s top batters can testify to Louise’s ability with her whippy action to get the ball through deceptively quickly.The New Zealand selectors should be congratulated on having the courage to select youngsters with potential putting the emphasis on individuals to show they have what it takes to step up.Both Nicola and Louise are genuinely excited about their selections and look forward to showing those who have shown faith in them what we at Northern Districts Cricket already know, that they really are made of the right stuff.

More new ground was broken in Zimbabwe cricket as the small Midlands city ofKwekwe hosted a full international touring team in a first-class match forthe first time. West Indies enjoyed a good day of batting practice,finishing with a total of 374; Zimbabwe A finished on 26 without loss. Thestar, for the second game in a row, was West Indian opener Chris Gayle, whoadded 162 to his unbeaten 257 against the President’s XI.The Zimbabwe A side included Alistair Campbell, desperate to find his battingform. Zimbabwe A won the toss and, as has become usual on winter mornings when the conditions often give inordinate help to the bowlers, put the West Indiansin to bat.The bowlers found little or no movement off the hard, flat pitch, but didfind the ball swinging early on. Daren Ganga and Chris Gayle dug a firmfoundation before the latter began to unleash some powerful offside drives.After the first hour the boundaries began to flow across the fast outfieldand the home bowlers appeared doomed to being on the receiving end of aserious pasting.The openers sailed past their century partnership; after the openinghalf-hour or so, none of the bowlers succeeded in troubling them and onlyBryan Strang appeared capable of restricting them, as Travis Friend, RaymondPrice and Mluleki Nkala all proved expensive. Gayle at one stage looked oncourse for a century before lunch, when the score was 154 without loss(Ganga 60, Gayle 92).He reached three figures shortly afterwards, and set his stall to run upanother double-century. Crouching in slightly ungainly fashion at thecrease, he nevertheless drove elegantly, especially straight and on the offside, flicked with superb timing off his toes and adding the occasional glidepast the slips.Just as the pair looked on course to eclipse the first-wicket record forZimbabwean cricket, 280 by Ray Gripper, when he scored his 279 not out, andJono Clarke against Free State in 1967/68, Ganga skied the hard-workingRaymond Price to extra cover and was caught for 79 (Gayle had 160), with thetotal 242. Then, without addition, new man Shivnarine Chanderpaul was givenout caught at slip.Gayle now lost his fluency and, four overs later, was dismissed lbw for 164,trying to swing Price across the line. Price struck again in his next over,as Sarwan (0) chopped a ball on to his stumps, and four wickets had gonedown for 21 runs, most of those scored by Carl Hooper.A brief stand followed between Hooper (36) and Marlon Samuels, which wasbroken soon after tea when Barney Rogers had Hooper caught at slip with hisoff-breaks; 305 for five. But then Ridley Jacobs joined Samuels and thepair added 60 together before Jacobs was out to a brilliant diving catch byStuart Matsikenyeri at mid off, giving Bryan Strang a well deserved wicketwith the second new ball. Immediately afterwards Samuels (50) was caught atthe wicket off the same bowler.With only their tail left, West Indies might well have declared, but insteadtheir lower order pottered around at the crease to little effect. The WestIndians were all out for 374, the last five wickets having fallen for just nineruns. Price was applauded off the field by his home crowd for his figuresof five for 121.Alistair Campbell, in poor form recently, had clearly decided to take thepositive way back, driving two fours in the opening over from Marlon Black.Hamilton Masakadza also played some good drives, and Zimbabwe A finishedwith 26 without loss (Rennie 10, Masakadza 16).

Glen Chapple hit a brilliant career-best 155 to rescue Lancashire in theirtop three Cricinfo Championship clash against Somerset at Old Trafford.Lancashire were in deep trouble at 82 for six after choosing to bat firstwhen Chapple joined Chris Schofield.But thanks to Chapple’s century – his second in first-class cricketalthough the first came against Glamorgan joke bowlers in 1993 – theyreached 324 all out, with Somerset scoring 77 for the loss of PiranHolloway in reply.Chapple was supported superbly by Gary Keedy in a last-wicket stand of 129in 28 overs which secured three batting points for Lancashire.The 27-year-old’s 155 came from 164 balls with 15 fours and six sixes – twohooked off Steffan Jones, and four off the Somerset spinners.Yet the first session had belonged conclusively to Somerset.Richard Johnson trapped Mark Chilton lbw and had Jamie Haynes caughtbehind. Then Matthew Bulbeck, making his return from a series of back problems, had John Crawley lbw playing no shot, and Andy Flintoff snapped up by Rob Turner in consecutive overs.Somerset skipper Jamie Cox then turned to Michael Burns with immediatedividends as Warren Hegg was deceived by his first ball and lost his middlestump.And when Burns took a brilliant catch to dismiss Neil Fairbrother and giveJones the first of his three wickets, Lancashire were in danger of anembarrassing collapse.But Schofield and Chapple steadied the ship, with Schofield seizing onlyhis second Championship appearance of the season to score an impressive58-ball half-century with 10 fours.The former England leg-spinner was furious himself when he was bowled for58 as he was confused by a Keith Dutch full toss, and Jones then fired outPeter Martin and John Wood in consecutive overs to leave Lancashire on 195for nine.But Keedy, who had shared a last-wicket stand of 98 with Neil Fairbrotherwhen these counties met at Taunton in April, frustrated Somerset again toundermine all their earlier good work – although Cox and Burns ended the dayin more positive fashion with an unbroken second-wicket stand of 65.Lancashire’s joy was tempered with Crawley leaving the ground immediatelyafter his dismissal because of a family bereavement, with Hegg taking overthe captaincy.

* KSCA’s ambitious project to unearth talent in districtsCatch them young is a well known phrase in sporting circles. But nowthe Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has taken this slogan astep further and called their latest junior cricket developmentprogramme `Catch them young and make them great’. This scheme, tounearth talent in the various districts of the state, will be launchedin October.According to a press release from Brijesh Patel, secretary, KSCA,Makarand Waingankar, who has successfully launched and implementedsuch projects in Mumbai for the past two decades has prepared aproject for this purpose, which has been approved by the association.Waingankar has been appointed as consultant for the scheme. Thesalient features are: Initially it will be introduced in the 13districts of Mysore, Mangalore, Mercara, Udupi, Shimoga, Hassan,Hubli, Belgaum, Tumkur, Davanagere, Raichur, Bijapur and Bangalore;Age group will be between 15 and 17; There will be 20 players at eachcentre, totalling 260 players; Frank Tyson, the former England fastbowler and renowned coach will conducting a two week course for 70coaches from September 24 to October 6; A few more districts would beadded next year.The KSCA Academy at Bangalore would invite 140 players from sevenzones in a group of 20 to undergo advanced training for a week fromNovember 1, 2001 to January 15, 2002. Based on the performance ofthese players, the best would be selected for the six week summervacation camp. Patel expressed confidence that the scientificimplementation of the project would help unearth young talent.* TA Sekhar is Tamil Nadu selection committee chairmanFormer Test cricketer TA Sekhar, who is the South Zone representativeon the national selection committee has been elected chairman of theTamil Nadu State selection committee. The other members of thecommittee are VB Chandrasekhar, Tony Adams and M Venkatramama.Former State and South zone medium pacer K Bharath Kumar is again thecoach for the Ranji Trophy team. The other coaches are: Under-25: RMManohar. Under-22: T Doraiappan. Under-19: H Sundaram. Under-16: CSUmapathy. Under-14: CP SridharThe following are the other selection committees:Under-14 (State): L Venkatnarayanan (Chairman), L Navaneethakrishnan,RV Pattabhirman (Trivellore) and Albert Muralidharan (Tirunelveli) ForCity: L Venkatnarayanan (Chairman), L Navaneethakrishnan, Yusifa Lailaand PR Venkatsybramanian. Under-16: KL Balaji (Chairman), CKVenkatraman, A Shajahan and H Jayaprakash. For City: KL Balaji(Chairman), CK Venkatraman, R Mukund and L Rajkumar. Under-19: B Arun(Chairman), M Senthilnathan, N Venkatraman (Dindigul) and LR PramoodKumar (Ramanthapuram). For city: B Arun (Chairman), M Senthilnathan,RI Palani and S Srinivasan. Under-22: AP Suresh Kumar (Chairman), CSSuresh Kumar, S Balaji (Kanchipuram) and CV Jaganathan (Coimbatore).for city: AP Suresh Kumar (Chairman), CS Suresh Kumar, VV Sankupaniand D Thiyagarajan.* Gnaneswar Rao to lead Andhra Under-19 teamY Gnaneswar Rao will lead Andhra in the South Zone Under-19 tournamentfor the Cooch-Behar Trophy and the Ghulam Ahmed Trophy matches to beheld later. The team was selected at Visakhapatnam on Sunday after theconclusion of the ACAs Inter-Zone tournament on Saturday.The team: Y Gnaneswara Rao (Captain). ASK Varma, K Srinivasa Rao, VManoj Sai, B Sriharsha, B Srivardhan, PAVN Raju, G Sankara Rao, DKalyan Krishna, K Mahesh Singh, VVV Appa Rao, Khaja Mohiuddin, NJRSPrasad and M Suresh. Stand-byes: Y Lakshman Kishore, D Satish, ARakesh, N Vijay Kumar, M Nayendra Kumar and L Pattabhiramiah. Coach:MN Ravi Kumar.