Hyderabad has it easy

CHENNAI, DEC. 5. A late flourish notwiwthstanding, Andhra failed to stop Hyderabad from chalking out a seven-wicket win, with an over to spare, in the truncated match of the Subbiah Pillai Trophy one-day tournament at the India Cements-Guru Nanak ground on Tuesday.

An unbroken 54-run stand for the sixth wicket between K.S. Shahabuddin 35 (23b, 2x4, 2x6) and R.V.C.H. Prasad (19) helped Andhra raise a healthy total of 150 in the allotted 25 overs. Earlier, Amit Pathak 68 (8x4) had provided the impetus. For Hyderabad, the target did not turn imposing with Daniel Manohar (58, 4x4, 1x6) giving the right start and V.V.S. Laxman (43, 1x4, 1x6) the needed thrust.

The scores:

Andhra: Y.S. Ranganath c Vinay Kumar b N.P. Singh 8; Amit Pathak c Ghouse Baba b Daniel Manohar 68; L.N. Prasad Reddy c Daniel Manohar b Venkatapathy Raju 2; G.N. Srinivas c Daniel Manohar b Parth Satwalkar 4; Y. Venugopala Rao c Nanda Kishore b Ghouse Baba 4; R.V.C.H. Prasad (not out) 19, K.S. Shahabuddin (not out) 35; Extras (lb-2, 4 w, 4 nb) 10; Total (for five wkts. in 25 overs) 150.

Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-32, 3-45, 4-66, 5-96.

Hyderabad bowling: N.P. Singh 5-0-39-1; Ghouse Baba 5-0-27-1; Venkatapathy Raju 5-0-21-1; Parth Satwalkar 5-0-27-1; Shivaji Yadav 3-0-19-0; Daniel Manohar 2-0-15-1.

Hyderabad: Daniel Manohar c Y. Venugopala Rao b Y.S. Ranganath 58; M. Srinivas c and b K.S. Shahabuddin 18; V.V.S. Laxman b N. Madhukar 43; Parth Satwalkar (not out) 24; Shivaji Yadav (not out) 1; Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-3, nb-1) 7; Total (for three wkts. in 24 overs) 151.

Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-103, 3-137.

Andhra bowling: N. Madhukar 5-0-36-1; R.V.C.H. Prasad 1-0-15-0; K.S. Shahabuddin 4-0-15-1; Y. Venugopala Rao 5-0-20-0; H. Watekar 5-0-34-0; Y.S. Ranganath 4-0-28-1.

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