da bwin： The South Zone under-14 tournament match between Kerala and Andhra atthe Ukku Stadium in Vijayawada meandered into a tame draw on the finalday on Friday
Natarajan Sriram03-Nov-2000The South Zone under-14 tournament match between Kerala and Andhra atthe Ukku Stadium in Vijayawada meandered into a tame draw on the finalday on Friday. Andhra due to their first innings lead earned fivepoints while Kerala three.Resuming at the score of 35 for no loss on the third day, Kerala losteight wickets while scoring 215 runs in their second innings. RohanPrem was the top scorer with a fine unbeaten 106 off 287 balls. Rohanduring his stay shared a 75 run seventh wicket stand with SajithMuralidaran (30) in 30.3 overs.Earlier, Andhra took an 82 run first innings lead. The Andhra total of194 was boosted by a fine 114 by K Raghunath Reddy. Reddy who lostmost of his partners early found unlikely company in the no 10 batsmanTRLR Shekar (3) and put on 59 runs for the ninth wicket. Reddy did thebulk of the scoring during the innings, which witnessed only two otherbatsmen M Praneet (31) and AG Pradeep (10) reach double figures.On the opening day, Kerala opted to bat and were bundled out for 112.Rohan Prem with 33 runs was the top scorer. Raghunath Reddy (3 for 25)along with Moshin Basha (2) and Shekar (2) shared the wickets forAndhra.