The first league match of the South Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1957-58 was played between the teams of Madras and Kerala at Madurai from 09-11 November, 1957. The Madras team with a margin of 7 wickets won the match and the team earned 8 points from the match. The second match of the South Zone saw the teams of Mysore and Kerala playing against each other at Mangalore from 30 November-02 December, 1957. The Mysore team played well to beat the Kerala team by an innings and 71 runs and earned the entire 9 points from the match. The Hyderabad and Madras teams clashed with each other in the next match at Hyderabad from 30 November-02 December, 1957. The match was drawn and the officials awarded 5 points to Madras and 3 points to Hyderabad for the match. The next league match of the South Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1957-58 was held at Bangalore from 13-15 December, 1957, between the teams of Madras and Mysore. As the match was drawn, the Mysore team got 5 points and Madras team earned 3 points from the match. Then, the Hyderabad and Kerala teams played against each other at Hyderabad from 16-18 December, 1957, where the Hyderabad team won by an innings and 19 runs. This win helped the Hyderabad team earning the entire 9 points from the match. The match between the teams of Andhra and Kerala was held at Tellicherry from 28-29 December, 1957. The Andhra team won the match by an innings and 21 runs and earned 8 points from it. The teams of Mysore and Andhra competed against each other in the next league match of the South Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1957-58, at Bangalore from 03-05 January, 1958. The Mysore team with a margin of 109 runs won the match and it also earned the full 9 points from the match. The next match of the South Zone involved the teams of Andhra and Madras and the match was held at Guntur from 13-15 January, 1958. The drawn match earned the Andhra team 5 points and the Madras team also got 3 points from the match. Then, the Hyderabad and Mysore teams met with each other at Hyderabad from 18-20 January, 1958 and the Hyderabad team won the match by 5 runs. The team also earned the total 9 points from the match. The Hyderabad team also appeared in the last league match of the South Zone against the Andhra team. However, Hyderabad got a walk over from Andhra in this match. |