Netravalkar pushes South to the brink

Netravalkar’s five-wicket burst reduced South to 111 for nine, leaving them needing a further 61 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

Netravalkar picked five wickets conceding a mere 43 runs and received good support from Jaidev Unadkat (3/14) as South crumbled under constant pressure from the West bowlers.

Earlier, resuming from their overnight 103 for four, South added another 99 runs before getting bundled out. Vijay Shankar played a lone hand, scoring 59, but it was not sufficent to save them from the follow-on as they conceded a lead of 172 runs.

Unadkat was the most successful bowler for West, taking four for 55, and his match tally stood at seven for 69 at close of the penultimate day’s play with the chance to add another.

At the Infosys ground in Mysore, ZCA North walloped ZCA Central by 211 runs.
Overnight 31 for one chasing 297 for victory, Central were shot out for 85 in their second innings.

Sandeep Sharma finished with figures of seven for 45 as the Central batsmen rounded off a miserable batting performance that began with them being rolled over for a measly 70 in their first innings.

Brief scores: At Anantapur: ZCA West: 374/9 in 107 overs vs ZCA South: 202 all out  in 82.3 overs (Akshath Reddy 43, Vijay Shankar 59; Jaydev Unadkat 4-55) and 111/9 in 40 overs (Kinan Vaz 34; Saurav Netravalkar 5-43, Jaidev Unadkat 3-14).

At Hosur: Combined Under-16: 225 all out in 84 overs vs AIU: 510/9 decl in 130.5 overs (Danny Derek Prince 223, M Raja 118 n.o, Ajmer Singh 44, Ashwin Kumar 33; Vinay Choudhury 2-96, Prateek Kaushik 2-99, Akhil Lamba 3-121).

At Mysore (Infosys: ground): ZCA North: 129 all out in 45.1 overs and 237 all out in 77 overs bt ZCA Central: 70 all out in 31.1 overs and 85 all out in 34.4 overs (Sandeep Sharma 7-45).

At Mysore (Gangotri Glades ground): President’s XI: 272 all out in 82.4 overs and 161 all out in 67.3 overs (Neelkanth P 38, Samith Gohil 35; Arup Das 4-29, Kundan Singh 3-45) vs ZCA East: 204 all out in 58 overs and 155/7 in 48 overs (Abhishek Das 32; Rahul Kaneria 3-45).