Nellore beat Anantapur, take top spot in SZ

Visakhapatnam: Nellore defeated Anantapur by seven wickets and pipped Chittoor to the top spot thanks to their better net run rate in ACA South Zone inter-district U-23 tournament in Kadapa on Thursday. Shaik Zaheer Abbas (110; 87b,4x7, 6x6) led Kadapa to a six-wicket win over Kurnool in another match.Brief scores: Kurnool 254/7 in 50 overs (M Mahendra Yadav 51, A Sai Surya Teja Reddy 48, G Venkata Jaswanth Reddy 44, Shaik Taufeeq Hussain 34, Sk Ismail 34; M Vijaya Bhavendra Reddy 4/49) lost to Kadapa 255/4 in 42 overs (Shaik Zaheer Abbas 110, T Vamsi Krishna 44, M Vasu Deva Raju 42, M Srinivasula Reddy 36). Anantapur 125 in 27.3 overs (Chaitra Reddy 37, B. Santosh Kumar 26; Saketh Ram 4/48, S Akhil Salunke 3/29) lost to Nellore 126/3 in 33.3 overs (K. Nikhileshwar Reddy 52, S Sohan Varma 31).Final standings: 1. Nellore (12 points, NRR 1.185), 2. Chittoor (12, 0.857), 3. Anantapur (8,0.671), 4. Kadapa (8, -0.507), 5. Kurnool (0).