da jogodeouro： Like last year, the MRF sponsored Buchi Babu all India invitationtournament to be held in Chennai from August 12 to 30 will have aninternational flavour
Staff Reporter31-Jul-2001Like last year, the MRF sponsored Buchi Babu all India invitationtournament to be held in Chennai from August 12 to 30 will have aninternational flavour. And again this will be provided by the presenceof the New Zealand Cricket Academy.The popular annual tournament this year will have 14 teams and thepresence of some strong teams is bound to add spice to the contests.Last year’s winners National Cricket Academy and runners-up Oil andNatural Gas Commission have drawn byes into the quarterfinals.The tournament commences with two matches with Indian Railwwaysmeeting Maharashtra Cricket Association and All India Associate Banksclashing with Tamil Nadu Districts XI. These matches are scheduled tobe played from August 12 to 14.The other four first round matches will be played from August 16 to18. These pit MRF against Hyderabad Cricket Association, MumbaiCricket Association against New Zealand Cricket Academy, IndianAirlines against Jolly Rovers and MAC-TNCA XI against Karnataka StateCricket Association (KSCA).ONGC await the winners of the match between MAC-TNCA XI and KSCA whileNCA meet the winners of the game between Indian Railways andMaharashtra. The four quarter-finals will be played from August 20 to22. The semifinals are slated to be held from August 24 to 26 and thefinal will be played at the MA Chidambaram stadium from August 28 to30.