I present before you the Jubilee Report the 51st Annual Report of our Association for the year 2000-2001. 50 years in a man's life and that of an organisation ia an unique landmark and to complete it gracefully is a great moment of life. As in Cricketing parlance, you concentrate more on reaching fifty, let's take fresh guard and concentrate hard and reach the magic landmark of a century smoothly and in style. At this glorious juncture, I Salute the cricketers who have played for the State at verious levels and office bearers who have nurtured the association by proper governance and administration. Cricket today is not just a mere game played for pleasure but has become a symbol of national pride.

The year under review was a hectic one both on and off the field. The activities of the year began immediately after the Annual General Body meeting.

It is a great honour for our association to have Sri SK Nair elected as the Finance Committee Chairman of the BCCI for the third year in succession and our President Sri A Salim being a member of the Junior Cricket Committee of the BCCI.

In the Cricketing arena the performance of the State teams at various levels was disappointing but there were sparkles of individual brilliance which gives us a clear ray of hope for the future.T Yohannan, S Nair, NK Aneesh and R Prem were selected to various South Zone teams. But it was a great disappointment that none of them could find a place in the playing eleven. The oft repeated discrimination of our plyers has been a stumbling block and one hopes that this will be remedied in the near future.

RV Gomez, MM Nathani and S Santh were selected to the Zonal Coaching Academy (South Zone) and R Prem and Rihas Jerin were selected to the CCI (Centre of Excellence) 2001 camp held at Mumbai.

We were able to find a sponsor for our State teams this year. The Magnanmity of Soccer International, Jullender, a leading sports goods exporter in India, has to be appreciated as they were kind enough to sponsor the Cricket apparel for all our State teams.

The Annual General Body meeting was held on 25th June 2000 at Hotel White Fort, Ernakulam. There were four Central Council meetings during the year. They were held as follows

1. 16:07:2000 Abad Plaza, Ernakulam
2. 07:01:2001 Abad Plaza, Ernakulam
3. 04:04:2001 Windsor Castle, Kottayam
4. 20:05:2001 Hotel Horizon, Trivandrum

The discussions held during these meetings were fruitful and purposeful. The active participation of the members contributed a great deal for the successful conduct of the activities during the year. The various Sub Committees met as and when necessary and played an important role in the promotion of the game in the state.

Keral began their Ranji campaign with the two away matches at Andhra and Hyderabad. Kerala got five points against Andhra but lost outright to Hyderabad. The remaining matches were played at Nehru Stadium, Ernakulam. Our inability to get an outright victory against Goa cost us dearly. The highlight of this yers Ranji performances was our outright victory against the star studded Karnataka. The last match against Tamil Nadu ended in draw and we had to content with the forth position in the South Zone league. T Yohannan took 19 wickwts from 5 matches while S Oasis, NA Kudua and M Suresh Kumar scored a century apiece. T Yohannan was selected to the South Zone team for the Duleep Trophy tournament. In the One Day format the team could muster only two victories which were against Andhra and Goa. S Nair was selected to the South Zone team for the Deodhar Trophy tournament.

Kerala were the holders of the Tournament (Coca Cola Cup) having defeated Tamil Nadu in the finals last year. This year Tamil Nadu, Karala and Hyderabad were pitted against each other in one pool and Kerala drew both it's matches. All the three teams in the pool got equal points and Kerala failed to qualify for the finals on applying the quotient rule. C Sanju scored a century and P Chandran took 10 wickets from 2 matches.

Kerala stood 4th in the South Zone table securing 17 points from 5 matches. The performance was disappointing as we could get 1st innings lead against Goa only. Centuries by V Girilal and CM Deepak, S Mathen's feat of 22 wickets from 5 matches were the notable performances from the team.

The teams performance was disappointing. The team was tied with Goa for the Wooden Spoon in the South Zone league. This performance should be our main worry and concerted effort has to be made for the improvement in the standard of the game at this level. NK Aneesh was the lone performer by claiming 14 wickets from 5 matches. He was selected to the South Zone Team for the Cooch Dehar Trophy and also in the South Zone team that played against the visiting England Under 19 team.

The team was placed 4th in the Sout Zone league Championship. There was some encouraging individual performances in this category. R Prem scored a century while there were useful contribution with the bat from NJ John, CM Tejas, RV Gomez and Vineeth, P Prasanth, S Aneesh and R Jerin bowled consistently well in all matches. Over all the performance in this category gives us a ray of hope for better performance in the future. R Orem was selected to the South Zone team.

The team was placed 4th in the South Zone league championship. There were some outstanding individual performances from R Prem (2 Centuries), R Fernandas (1 Century), Harikumar, M Sajith, RN Sooraj and MP Manu. R Prem's absence in the last two matches (He was selected to the state Under 16 team) affected the teams's performance considerably. Considering the individual performance in the Under 14 and Under 16 Category it looks likes a band of Young Turks are emerging who could surely hold the flag of Kerala Cricket high in the near future.

Kerala team which was selected for 3 day matches had to play One Day matches as the tournament was rescheduled at the last moment. We lost our first match to BPL Sports Club, Bangalore by 39 runs in a low scoring match.

Our team lost it's first match in the tournament to Jolly Rovers Cricket Club, Chennai in the rain affected match. V Girilal PC Menon, B Ramprakash and KN Ananthapadmanabhan batted well for Kerala. Rain forced abandonment of the match and Jolly Rovers were declared winners on net run rate.

The team played 5 matches and won 3 of them. The team failed to qualify for the finals as it secured 3rd place in the round robin league. Anoop was adjudged the best bowler in the tournament and our team was declared as the most disciplined team of the tournament. This tournament provided a good exposure for the Juniors.

The team did well to win all its five matches in the round robin league and qualified for the finals. In the finals they lost to Kannayya Cricket Academy, Chennai. R Fernandez played very well in the tournament which included a 175 not out. KT Jaseem, PR Rahul and MP Manu played consistently. R Fernandaz was adjudged the player of the tournament and MP Manu was awarded the best bowler prize.

Inter district matches were conducted in three zones in under 14, Under 19 and Under 22 category. Inter zonals were also conducted in Under 14 and Under 19 category the Zonal team was selected consisting of 22 players from each Zone and an open selection trils was conducted at Nehru Stadium, Ernakulam. In the Under 16 category the Zonal system was dispensed with and a new format was introduced this year. The 14 districts were divided into two pools of 7 teams each. Inter District matches were conducted on a league basis. The two top teams from each pool qualified for the semi finals.This format gave players ample opportunities to perform as each district got a minimum of six matches. Under 25 and Ranji Trophy team were selected from open selection trails at Nehru Stadium, Ernakulam.

The 3 Coaching Centres proposed by KCA were at Trivandrum, Trichur and Tellicherry. The coaching centre at Tellicherry was ready last year at municipal Stadium and Coaching Centre at Trivandrum was ready during is year at Govt Central High School Ground, Attakulangara. Work for the proposed Indoor Coaching Centre at Trichur is expected to start shortly. The Annual Summer Coaching Camp for Under 17 was held at Municipal Stadium Tellicherry from 16th April 2001 to 30th April 2001. Sri A Babu was the Coach, 25 trainees attended the Camp. Annual Summer Coaching Camp for Under 15 was conducted at Govt Central High School Ground, Attakulangra from 1st May 2001 to 20th May 2001 Sri BK Robin Menon was the Coach, 19 trainees participated in the Camp.

An all Kerala Seminar was coducted at KPM Residency, Perinthalmanna on 26th and 27th August 2000. Sri RV Ramani (former Inter National Umpire), Sri S Dandapani (National Panel Umpire), Dr Anantharaman (ACU England), Sri R Sundar, Sri MS Viswanath, Sri B Ajith Kumar and Sri C Pradeep Kumar (Ranji Panel Umpires) were the members of the faculty in which more than 80 delegates participated. This was the first Seminar with the new code 2000 to be held in India.

KCA made its entry to the dot com world with the launch of its website with the help of CricInfo. KCA executed an MOU with CricInfo by which CricInfo shall be updating the site with all available information regarding the Association and KCA shall have the editorial rights. This arragement should be of immense value for the Association as it would provide information of statistics of players at our finger tips. The KCA Website can be viewed at www.kerala.cricket.org or www.kerala.cricinfo.com

Sabragamuwa University cricket team from Sri Lanka visited the state from February 26 to March 3, 2001and played three matches against local clubs at Palace Oval, Tripunithura and KRL Ground, Ambalamugal. Kerala team won all the 3 matches. A colts team won all the 3 matches. A colts team from TNCA visited Ernakulam and played four matches against local clubs from 4th to 8th April 2001. The visitors won 3 matches.

Tripunithura Cricket Club celebrated its Golden Jubilee this year. They have conducted the All India Pooja knockout tournament for the last 50 years and this indeed is a great achievement.

All the districts had their spell of activities during the year 2000-2001.

The District participated in all the categories in which Inter District Championships were held. There are 24 clubs affiliated to the Association and league was conducted in two divisions A and B. 10 clubs played in A Division, in Which skylark CC won the Championship and 14 clubs participated in B division which was conducted in three pools. A Coaching Camp for Under 16 was organised and 22 trainees participated in the Camp

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 50 clubs affiliated to the Association and league was conducted in four divisions A B C and D. The winners of the league are as follows. A Division: Ace Motors Colleagues, B Division: Eldorado Cricket Club, C Division: St'Joseph College, Devagiri, D Division: Winners Cricket Club

The District hosted the Under 16 Inter District matches of Pool B at two venues. The Semi finals and Final of Under 16 were also conducted by the association, An Umpire Clinic was conducted for the District Panel of Umpires. Annual Summer Coaching Camp was conducted by the association which was supervised by SAI Coach Sri Robin Menon. Malabar Cricket Club sponsored the league and the Annual Summer Coaching Camp.

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 18 clubs affiliated Clubs in the district. League Championship was conducted in two division A and B. Fort Cricket Club, Cannanore was the A Division Champions and Govt Brennen College, Tellicherry were the winners of B division.

A Coaching Camp was organised for Under 15 category during the summer holidays. Sri A Babu was the Coach. The State Coaching Camp for Under 14 and the Annual Summer Coaching Camp for Under 17 were conducted by the District Cricket Association at Municipal Stadium, Tellicherry. District hosted 3 Inter State matches of Under 14 category on behalf of KCA.

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 50 clubs affiliated to the Association and league was conducted in 6 division A, B, C, D, E and Q. The winners of the league are us follows: A Division: KRL A Ambalamugal, B Division: Globe Star Telecom Aluva, C Division: KRL B Ambalamugal, D Division: Scorpion Cricket Club Tripunithura, E Division Mountain Mist Cricket Club Wellington Island, Q Division: Friends Cricket Club B Fort Kochi.

During the year 3 All India Tournaments, 3 All Kerala Tournaments, 2 School Tournament and an Inter Collegiate Tournament were conducted by various Clubs affiliated to the district.

Association conducted an Umpires Clinic and a Test was conducted. District conducted the State coaching Camp for Under 16, Under 22 and Ranji Trophy teams. A Coaching Camp for State Under 16 was conducted during November on behalf of KCA. The district hosted 7 Inter State matches which included three Ranji Trophy matches, two Under 22 state matches, and one match each in the Under 19 and Under 16 category.

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 17 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association League championship was held and Jai Hind Cricket Club Muthalakodam won the Championship. A Coaching Camp was held for 50 days during the summer holidays

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 44 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association League which was conducted in 3 Divisions A, B and C. The winners of the league are as follows: A Division: Talangara Brothers Cricket Club & Pallikavu Cricket Club (Joint Winners), B Division: ABLEZ Kasargod, C Division: IQVANS Adakathabail

Coaching Camp was conducted for the Under 14 and Under 16 category.

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 14 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association League which was conducted in 2 Divisions A and B. United CC Vaikom emerged A Division Champions and Best CC Kottayam were the B Division Champions

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 27 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association League which was conducted in 2 Divisions A and B. Jolly Rovers Perinthalmanna won the A Division league and Saparya Thokkumpara won the B Division league. Umpires Seminar was conducted on behalf of KCA. A Coaching Camp was conducted during summer which was supervised by Sri P Balachandran Jnr.

A Concrete practice pitch was prepared at Govt Poly Technic Ground, Angadippuram

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 36 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association League which was conducted in 4 Divisions A, B, C and D. The winners of the league are follows: A Division: Galaxy Cricket Club Palakkad, B Division: Govt Victoria College palakkad, C Division: Chancellors ASC, D Division: Vadakancherry CC.

Association conducted an Inter school Tournament in which 20 School participated. An Umpires coaching class was conducted. Summer Coaching Camp was held at 3 centres, Palakkad, Mannarghat and Shoranur

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 14 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association and league was conducted by the association. Coaching Camp was held for Under 15 category at two centers Thiruvalla and Adoor

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 31 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association. League was conducted in 2 Divisions A and B. The winners are A Division: IPO, B Division: Zones Cricket Club

A Coaching Camp was conducted for Under 17 boys during summer holidays.

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 27 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association. League was conducted in 3 Divisions A, B and C. The Winners are A Division: Prudential CC Kodaly, B Division: Oktopals, Trichur, C Division: Kunnam kulam Cricket Club.

A coaching camp was conducted during summer vacation for boys Under 14 and Under 16

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 43 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association. League was conducted in 5 Divisions A, B, C, D, and E. The Winners are A Division: State Bank of Travancore A

District conducted 2 Inter State matches in the Under 19 category and one match in the Under 16 category on behalf of KCA.

The District participated in all the categories of Inter District Championships. There are 26 clubs affiliated to the District Cricket Association. League was conducted in 2 Divisions A and B. The winners are A Division: Executive Seniors, B Division: Kent Kalpatta

A Coaching Camp for Under 16 was conducted during the summer vacation. Sri Sohan Kumar supervised the camp.

Golden Jubilee of the Association was celebrated on 26th and 27th of May 2001. Jubilee Celebrations began with the Inauguration of a Photo Exhibition compiled by Sri Pradeep Mandani by our President Sri A Salim. The photo exhibition namely MANDHANIS MAGIC MEMORIES attracted a very large crowd

A Seminar on National Cricket was conducted on 27th May where noted Sports Journalists from the National and State press formed the Speakers forum. Sri Rajan Bala, Sri Harsha Bhogle, Sri Pradeep Vijayakar, Sri Jagannath Rao, and Sri Debashish Dutta spoke on various topics related to Cricket at the National level while Sri K Pradeep, Sri Muralidharan Nair spoke regarding cricket in Kerala. The Seminar was noteworthy as it is the first time where only sports journalists were participating on a Seminar on cricket organised by a State Association. The Seminar was well attended and there was active participation from the delegates.

In the evening a glittering function was organised at Taj Residency where A Kumble was the guest of honour. All the players who have represented Kerala at Ranji level and all those who contributed their mite in Kerala's 50 years of history were felicitated.

Aleppy:
R Sanal Kumar, R Krishnan and Pramod Menon

Calicut:
R Sanal Kumar, R Krishnan and Pramod Menon

Cannanore:
VB Ishaque, AK Basheer and Udhayabhanu

Ernakulam:
TN Ananthanarayanan, P Sivakumar and OT Jayachandran

Idukki:
B Vinod, TC Mathew and Thomas Ignatious

Kasargod:
GK Shetty, K Hassan and Narayana Prasad

Kottayam:
G Kumar, APM Gopalakrishanan and Mathew P Mani

Malappuram:
C Pradeep Kumar, Ms Viswanath and S Haridas

Palakkad:
TK Rajachandran, R Radhakrishnan and P Chandrashekar

Pattanamthitta:
Vinod Babu, C Balachandran and SK George

Quilon:
Niaz Ahmed, A Salim and Saji Kumar

Trichur:
AV Suresh, C Sneharaj and Igni Mathew

Trivandrum:
KK Rajeev, SK Nair and S Ramachandran Nair

Wayanad:
Nazir Machan, TR Balakrishnan and Saju Jacob

The financial position of the association is improving thanks mainly to the subvention amount being released by the BCCI. I would like to express our gratitude to the BCCI for their valuable financial assistance for the improvement of infrastructure in our state. Before I conclude let me draw your attention to last yeras report where in I had mentioned of a long cherished dream of a ground for the conduct of our domestic activities. That drem will materialise soon as negotiations with the Kerala agricultural University authorities for their ground at Panangad is almost over and I am glad to inform you that a long term agreement with the Kerala Agricultural University will facilitate us for all our domestic activities.

It is hearting to note that Quilon DCA has got sanction to develop 5 acres of land at Ashram Maidan and Kerala Cricket Association shall be developing it into an exclusive ground for cricket. It should be our endeavour to see that playing facilities are available in every district. We have to have a professional approch and the need of the day therefore is positive attitude and a clear vision for the future.

All through the year, we have received unstinted support and co operation not only from the districts but also from other individuals and organisations who are not directly associated with us. The creditable work of the association owes a lot to such co operation and encouragement. We are indebted to BCCI for their help and generosity. We thank Kerala Sports Council for all their help.

The fact that the Association was able to face all the challenges without any difficulty owes a lot to the excellent leadership of our President Sri A Salim. The financial management of the Association was efficiently done by our treasurer Sri TC Mathew and I thank him for it. I thank all the office bearera and members of various Sub Committees for their guidance. I thank all the District Cricket Associations for their active co operation in all our ventures throughout the year. I thank Trivandrum, Cannanore and Ernakulam District Cricket Associations for conducting various Inter State matches for the Association. I thank Malappuram District Cricket Association for having organised the Umpires Seminar on behalf of KCA. A special mention has to be made of Ernakulam District Cricket Association for the manner in which they conducted Ranji and Inter State matches on behalf of KCA. They also played a perfect host for our Golden Jubilee celebrations which concluded recently.

I record my deep sense of gratitude to the following institutions

1. Medical College, Calicut
2. Municipality Tellichery
3. GCDA, Ernakulam
4. KRL Ambalamugal
5. Tripunithura Cricket Club, Tripunithura
6. CricInfo.com
7. Govt Polytechnic Angadipuram, Malappuram
8. Medical College, Trivandrum
9. LNCPE Kariavattom, Trivandrum
10. Soccer International, Jallundar
11. Govt Central High School Attakulangara, Trivandrum
12. Municipality Thiruvalla, Pattanamthitta
13. CMS College, Kottayam
14. Rachana offset Printers, Perintalmanna

for their assistance towards the conduct of the activities.

I think the Selection Committee members, Coaches and Managers who are all instrumental in motivating our players to do their best for the State The print media and electronic media have always been with us and I express my sincere thanks to them

Going back to last years report, in the opening remark, I had mentioned, "Cricket is under a dark cloud with allegations of betting and match fixing in the air. I am sure that these will pass of like the monsoon rains and the game of glorious uncertainties will continue to be the passion of millions all over". Yes, the clouds have all cleared and we are in for a bright future and I am reminded of the famous quote.

"Cricket will be born again as it was born first and been born a thousand time since".

I present this report before the August body.

S Haridas
Hon Secretary