Deepak wrecks Chittoor

Visakhapatnam: Anantapur left-arm medium pacer M Deepak ran through the Chittoor second innings with a seven-wicket haul as his team recorded an innings and 272-run win in the first round league of the ACA South zone inter-district tournament at the Anantapur cricket ground on Monday. Kadapa defeated Nellore by eight wickets in another match.
Brief scores: Chittoor 183 & 115 in 26.1 overs (P Surya Charan 48; M Deepak 7/30) lost to Anantapur 570/9 decl.Nellore 304 & 212 in 35.5 overs (N Madhav 81, Vamsi Krisihna 44; Vijay Bhavendra Reddy 3/15, D Naren Reddy 3/57) lost to Kadapa 435 & 87/2 in 20.1 overs (Madan Kumar 28, Vasudeva Raju 27).
All-round show by Hameed
Syed Shawul Hameed turned out a fine all-round show for Nellore while A Sai Surya Teja Reddy’s unbeaten 112 (117b, 4x9, 6x5) went in vain for Kurnool in the ACA South zone U-19 one-day tournament in Kadapa.
Brief scores: Chittoor 168 in 44.5 overs (K Reddy Rushil 50; P Sutej Reddy 3/26, Syed Shawul Hameed 3/39) lost to Nellore 171/3 in 48.1 overs (Shawul Hameed 72). Anantapur 288/6 in 50 overs (P Arjun Tendulkar 73, Prasanth 67*, A Jayanth Krishna 62; K Ashok Kumar Yadav 4/46) bt Kurnool 216/6 in 50 overs (A Sai Surya Teja Reddy 112*; K Leela Sai 3/54).
County CC claim title
County CC won the inaugural J Bhaskara Rao memorial T20 tournament for the second to fourth divisions teams, beating Ushodaya CC by 48 runs in the final at the ACA-VDCA stadium on Sunday.
Brief scores (final): Country CC 149/8 in 20 overs (K Harish 38, T Abhishek 37) bt Ushodaya CC 101 in 18.5 overs (M Charan Teja 3/18). Special awards: Best batter: K Harish (County CC). Best bowler: Ch Siva (County CC). Best all-rounder: M Vijay Kumar (Ushodaya CC). MoM: K Harish.
Andhra players congratulated
ACA president P Sarath Chandra Reddy and secretary SR Gopinatha Reddy congratulated Andhra’s B Anusha, Anjali Sarvani and S Meghana on their selection to the Indian women’s team for the tour of Bangladesh. Anusha and Sarvani were selected for the ODIs and T20Is and Meghana for the T20Is.