da realbet： Resuming the day on 310/6, Hyderabad succumbed to 349 all out andconceded the first innings lead to Andhra in their Ranji Trophyencounter at the Kurnool Stadium on Saturday
Anand Vasu02-Dec-2000Resuming the day on 310/6, Hyderabad succumbed to 349 all out andconceded the first innings lead to Andhra in their Ranji Trophyencounter at the Kurnool Stadium on Saturday. At the end of the day,the match ended in a draw and Andhra bagged five points to Hyderabad’sthree by virtue of having secured the first innings lead. Hyderabadfinished with 25 points to their credit and are in second place in theSouth Zone standings. Tamil Nadu with 26 points finished on top whileKarnataka with 24 points took third place.Overnight, Vinay Kumar was unbeaten on 83 and JS Yadav kept himcompany with 21. Unable to reach what would have been a memorablecentury, Vinay Kumar fell at 332 and his the first wicket to fall onthe fourth day. Falling just three runs short of his century, VinayKumar spent a shade less than five hours at the crease. In his carefulessay, he struck eleven boundaries. After Vinay Kumar departed, theHyderabad team added just 27 runs before being all out. This gaveAndhra a 37-run lead.Coming in to bat the second time around, Andhra found the going tough.GN Srinivas at the top of the innings played a lone hand of 88 (172minutes, 130 balls, 14 fours) while all other batsmen failed to makean impact. Shivaji Yadav was the wrecker-in-chief for Hyderabadclaiming seven of the nine wickets to fall on the day. The 24-year-oldoffspinner bowled a majority of the overs, ending up with 7/70 off his28 overs. Ghouse Baba picked up the other two wickets to fall andAndhra were 193/9 when time ran out.