da roleta： Hyderabad, thanks to valuable contributions from most of theirfrontline batsmen, made a fitting reply to Andhra’s first inningstotal of 386 at stumps on the third day of their South Zone RanjiTrophy league match at Kurnool on Friday
Partab Ramchand01-Dec-2000Hyderabad, thanks to valuable contributions from most of theirfrontline batsmen, made a fitting reply to Andhra’s first inningstotal of 386 at stumps on the third day of their South Zone RanjiTrophy league match at Kurnool on Friday. Resuming the day at 87 forno loss, they ended the day at 310 for six wickets.Openers Daniel Manohar (56) and Nanda Kishore (53) put on 115 runs off37.4 overs. Then there was a mini collapse as Hyderabad slid to 128for three. Vanka Pratap (26) and Vinay Kumar initiated a recoveryprocess with a fourth wicket partnership of 67 runs off 14 overs. ThenVinay Kumar and Vijaya Kumar (29) continued the rally with a sixthwicket stand of 54 runs off 19 overs. And finally, Vinay Kumar andShivaji Yadav (21) continued the good work by adding 47 runs for theunbroken seventh wicket off 10.2 overs. At close, Vinay Kumar wasbatting with an invaluable 83. He faced 194 balls and had nineboundary hits. Bad light stopped play at 3.55 and the umpires calledoff play at 4.40.