Third straight win for Hyderabad

CHENNAI, DEC. 8. Hyderabad defeated Kerala by 64 runs at the ICL- Gurunanak ground here on Friday to register its third successive win in the Subbiah Pillai Trophy tournament.

Electing to bat, Hyderabad, with fine contributions from Daniel Manohar (60, 79b, 4x4), Vanka Pratap (55, 75b, 4x4), and Vinay Kumar (53 not out, 48b, 3x4) made a healthy score of 272 for seven in 50 overs. Left-hander Ghouse Baba (20, 8b) provided the thrust towards the end, striking left-arm spinner Sreekumar Nair for three successive sixes in the 48th over.

The scores:

Hyderabad: Daniel Manohar c & b Anantapadmanabhan 60; Nanda Kishore (run out) 16; V.V.S. Laxman c Chandrasekara b Suresh 38; Vanka Pratap c Harikrishnan b Yohanan 55; Vinay Kumar (not out) 53; Parth Satwalkar c Yohanan b Sreekumar 7; Ghouse Baba c Kudua b Anantapadmanabhan 20; Shivaji Yadav st. Harikrishnan b Anantapadmanabhan 0; M. Srinivas (not out) 4; Extras (lb-6, w-8, nb-5) 19; Total (for seven wkts. in 50 overs) 272.

Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-112, 3-146, 4- 216, 5-231, 6-265, 7-268.

Kerala bowling: Yohanan 10-0-58-1; Oasis 10-0-46-0; Sreekumar 9-0-62-1; Anantapadmanabhan 9-0-45-3; Sanju 8-0-32-0; Suresh Kumar 4-0-23-1.

Kerala: M.P. Sorab b Shivaji 44; K.P. Harikrishnan c Raju b N.P. Singh 0; C. Sanju b Manohar 25; K. Chandrasekara c Laxman b Ghouse 55; Sunil Oasis b Raju 24; Prashant C. Menon b N.P. Singh 6; M. Suresh Kumar c (sub) Anirudh Singh b Raju 2; Sreekumar Nair b Raju 16; K.N. Anantapadmanabhan (not out) 8; Tinu Yohanan b Shivaji 10; Ajay Kudua (did not bat); Extras (lb-7, w-6, nb-5) 18; Total (in 47.3 overs) 208.

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-52, 3-110, 4- 162, 5-164, 6-166, 7-189, 8-192, 9-208.

Hyderabad bowling: N.P. Singh 7-0-26-2; Ghouse 10-2-29-1; Raju 9- 3-32-3; Manohar 5-0-33-1; Satwalkar 4-0- 13-0; Laxman 6-0-38-0; Shivaji 6.3-0-30-2.

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