da 888： Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s left hand opening batsman Daniel Manohar’smaiden century in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy marked the highlight ofthe day’s proceedings in the match between hosts Hyderabad and Andhraat the Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday
Blessington Thomas15-Nov-1999Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s left hand opening batsman Daniel Manohar’smaiden century in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy marked the highlight ofthe day’s proceedings in the match between hosts Hyderabad and Andhraat the Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday. Hyderabad won easily by sevenwickets.Chasing a moderate target of 220 set by the opposition. Hyderabadopened the innings with recalled India batsman VVS Laxman and southpawDaniel Manohar. The opening pair put on a century stand, before Laxmanwas out after scoring a fine 58. Laxman took some time because of thelow bounce of the track to make some pleasing strokes on either sideof the wicket. He was pretty severe on Madhukar. Laxman scored 20off the 28 runs conceded by the bowler in his first spell of fiveovers. KST Sai replaced Madhukar and he too faced the punitive bladeof Laxman who struck three lovely drives for boundaries.At the other end Daniel Manohar kept the tempo going and the twobatsmen raised the 50 in the 12th over and 100 in the 21st over.Laxman was the first to reach 50 off 62 balls in 85 minutes and 19minutes later Manohar reached his 50 off 70 deliveries with the helpof five fours to Laxman’s seven.Andhra met with success when left arm bowler Ram Mohan replacedShahabuddin at 107 in the 22nd over and dismissed Laxman in his secondover. Nanda Kishore did not stay long and gave Vatekar a return catchat three with the total 116. Skipper Mohammad Azharuddin joinedManohar and the two added 88 runs for the third wicket in 77 minutes,the later dominating with some powerful strokes. In Vatekar’s 8thover Azharuddin straight drove a ball so powerfully that after hittingthe boot of the Umpire Ramachandran the ball struck him in the facebetween the right upper lip and nose. The umpire, for a brief timewas replaced by the match referee Pawan Agarwal, while he was givenfirst aid. Ramachandran was back on duty after 20 minutes (3.4 overs).Azharuddin was out when he was brilliantly held by the bowlerSrinivas, who took it on the second attempt. Devishetty Vinay Kumarjoined Manohar when he was on 88. A little later, Manohar completedhis maiden ton in the 46th over of the innings. He faced 129 balls andhit nine boundaries. Deservingly he hit the winning stroke, aboundary, to see Hyderabad romp to victory.Andhra, opting to strike first, opened with its wicket-keeper batsmanL N Prasad Reddy and skipper Amit Pathak. After the early loss ofPathak, who was brilliantly caught by Azharuddin at gully, Reddy foundan ally in V Nagini Kumar and the pair put on a valuable 79 for thesecond wicket off 121 balls.Later Reddy and I Srinivas added 72 runs for the fifth wicket off 65deliveries before the former was caught by Azharuddin off the bowlingof Narenderpal Singh for a well made 93. In a stay of three hours,Reddy occupied the crease for the first 46.1 Overs and faced 142 ballsin the process. Srinivas contributed 37 and Shahauddin 14 runs topush the Andhra score to 219 for seven in the 50 overs.In the morning before play began, two minutes silence was observed byboth teams to pay their respects to former Test cricketer M L Jaisimhawho passed away recently in Hyderabad. Jaisimha was the coach for theHyderabad team for the past three years.