da apostebet： A strong rearguard action saw Hyderabad, 262 for five overnight, score421 in their first innings on the second day of their South Zone CoochBehar Trophy (under-19) match against Andhra at the Ukku stadium inVisakhapatnam on Wednesday
Partab Ramchand27-Sep-2000A strong rearguard action saw Hyderabad, 262 for five overnight, score421 in their first innings on the second day of their South Zone CoochBehar Trophy (under-19) match against Andhra at the Ukku stadium inVisakhapatnam on Wednesday. But Andhra, far from being overawed,replied fairly strongly and were 105 for two off 25 overs at stumps.The overnight not out batsmen Arjun Yadav and Ibrahim Khaleel took thescore to 290 before the latter was out for 34. The two had added 61runs for the sixth wicket off 33.5 overs. This was followed by aseventh wicket partnership of 46 runs off 18.2 overs between Yadav andAhmed Qadri. Yadav was out for 52 off 155 balls with four hits to theropes. Syed Yakoob was out first ball but Qadri and Nalin Reddyprolonged Andhra’s agony by adding 76 runs off 35 overs for the ninthwicket. Reddy, who batted two hours for his 32, faced 112 balls andhit four of them to the fence. The innings did not last longthereafter but Qadri came in unbeaten with 64, compiled off 163 ballswith seven boundary hits. Md Faiq, with four for 66, was the mostsuccessful bowler while opening bowler Appala Raju took three for 41.Andhra made a rather shaky start. Openers M Suresh (3) and Manoj Sai(27) were out with only 40 runs on the board. But an unbroken thirdwicket stand of 65 runs off 16.3 overs between Y Gnaneswara Rao (45)and ASK Varma (27) revived their hopes at close of play.