| Thalassery,
a small town in Northern Kerala, wore a festive look on March
31, 2002. It seemed the whole town was taking part in the 200th
anniversary of cricket at Cannanore, an event that was sponsored
by AMP Sanmar. A souvenir was released by P V Subramanian, Consultant-Operations,
AMP Sanmar, to commemorate 200 years of cricket at Cannanore
District Cricket Association (CDCA). |
| There were AMP
Sanmar banners all over the town announcing an exhibition match
between Srikkanth’s India XI and Ranatunga’s Sri Lanka
XI. A crowd of ten thousand came to watch the match braving
the merciless sun. They stayed on till the last wicket was taken.
The people of Thalassery, who are as passionate about cricket
as Brazilians are about soccer, responded to the match in admirable
fashion. |
| Srikkanth’s
India XI won the match. |
| The scores: |
| India XI 289
for six in 45 overs (S Ramesh 32, Dilip Vengsarkar 49, Syed
Kirmani 58, Mohinder Amarnath 39, Sunil Joshi 49, Arjuna Ranatunga
three for 40) beat Sri Lanka XI 160 in 34.2 overs (Roy Dias
28, Arjuna Ranatunga 30, Salil Ankola two for 21, Karsan Ghavri
two for 33, Sadagopan Ramesh four for 42.) |
| S Balachander,
Head-Sales & Distribution, AMP Sanmar, gave away the trophy
to Syed Kirmani who received it on behalf of Krish Srikkanth. |
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| AMP Sanmar Masters
Trophy. |
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| Charu Sharma, the Master of Ceremonies,
announcing the winners. |
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S Balachander, Head-Sales & Distribution,
AMP Sanmar, accepting a bat autographed by Srikkanth’s India
XI from
Dr V Venu, District Collector, Cannanore. |
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