da bwin： On a rain-curtailed third day of this Ranji Trophy South Zone tiebetween Andhra and Kerala at Vijayawada, the visitors quickly gainedthe first innings lead and proceeded to 453/7 from 133.1 overs beforeplay was halted after lunch
Sankhya Krishnan03-Nov-2000On a rain-curtailed third day of this Ranji Trophy South Zone tiebetween Andhra and Kerala at Vijayawada, the visitors quickly gainedthe first innings lead and proceeded to 453/7 from 133.1 overs beforeplay was halted after lunch. The high watermark of the day was anunbeaten century by Ajay Kudua and his unbroken 196 run eighth wicketpartnership with Suresh Kumar.Resuming at 239/5, Kerala surpassed Andhra’s total of 244 in thesecond over of the day. Andhra seamer N Madhukar raised hopes of afigtback by having skipper KN Ananthapadmanabhan and V Kamaruddinsnaffled by wicketkeeper LNP Reddy off successive balls to reduceKerala to 257/7. From then on 24 year old Kudua and southpaw SureshKumar frustrated Andhra’s designs with a belligerent stand.Kudua had progressed to 153 (240 balls, 20 fours, 1 six) while SureshKumar was on 98, gathered off just 123 balls with 7 fours and 4 sixes,when play was interrupted for the day at 13.39 hours.