North Zone lift Duleep Trophy
Despite Malinda Warnapura's battling hundred, North Zone clinched the Duleep Trophy with an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka A at the Eden Gardens
12/11Result
Final, Duleep Trophy at Kolkata, Nov 12-16 2006
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![Sri Lanka A]( "Sri Lanka A")
296 & 426 -
![North Zone]( "North Zone")
636/7d & 87/2 (18.1 ov)
12/11Result
Final, Duleep Trophy at Kolkata, Nov 12-16 2006
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![Sri Lanka A]( "Sri Lanka A")
296 & 426 -
![North Zone]( "North Zone")
636/7d & 87/2 (18.1 ov)
Match Day
Warnapura leads Sri Lankan resistance
Malinda Warnapura led Sri Lanka A's resistance on a day on which North Zone struggled to maintain their control over the Duleep Trophy final at the Eden Gardens
North Zone pile on the runs
Led by Aakash Chopra's 188 and half-centuries from Yashpal Singh, Mahesh Rawat and Joginder Sharma, North Zone pummelled a hapless Sri Lanka A into the ground on day four of the Duleep Trophy final at the Eden Gardens
Chopra & Ricky give North the lead
Akash Chopra and Ravneet Ricky slammed centuries to put North Zone in an impregnable position in the Duleep Trophy final against Sri Lanka A at the Eden Gardens
North Zone take first day's honours
Led by Gagandeep Singh and Rajesh Sharma's crucial strikes either side of lunch, North Zone reined in a blow-hot-blow-cold Sri Lanka A and took the first day's honours at Kolkata
North Zone v Sri Lanka A, Duleep Trophy Final, Kolkata
Match home for the Duleep Trophy final between North Zone and Sri Lanka A from November 12-16 at Kolkata
Kookaburra fiasco engulfs Duleep Trophy
What's left several Indian domestic players sour is that no Kookaburra balls were provided when the teams practiced before the games, requiring them to get used to the new cherry in match conditions