Saketh, Shinde shine

Visakhapatnam: Medium pacer Saketh Ram took 5/26 as Nellore defeated Kurnool by five wickets despite K Karan Shinde’s 107 in the ACA South zone tournament in Anantapur on Saturday.Brief scores: Kurnool 168/8 in 45 overs (K Karan Shinde 107; Saketh Ram 5/26) lost to Nellore 169/5 in 39.1 overs (P. Subramanyam 95). Kadapa 263 in 47 overs (T Vamsi Krishna 105, Dhruva Kumar Reddy 46; J Vinod Naidu 4/60) bt Chittoor 187/9 in 41 overs (P Surya Charan 54, E Dharani Kumar Naidu 42) by 65 runs in DLS method.Neha’s century in vainB Neha’s century went in vain for Anantapur as they lost to Kadapa and Nellore by VJD method in the ACA U-18 women’s tournament. Brief scores: South zone (Venkatagiri): Anantapur 269/2 in 50 overs (B Neha 157) lost to Kadapa & Nellore combined 166/3 in 28.3 overs (K Jessika 63) by VJD method. Kurnool 193/7 in 50 overs (P Fouzia 62*) bt Chittoor 94/6 in 26 overs by DLS method.North zone (Vizianagaram): Visakhapatnam 278/9 in 50 overs (Md Shabnam 50*, DHSP Sai Hiteshini 43) bt East Godavari 132 in 46.4 overs. Srikakulam 116 in 41.3 overs (K Harika 4/17) bt Vizianagaram 78 in 23.1 overs (P Vanajakshi 5/10).Central zone (Perecharla): Prakasam 136 in 33.5 overs (M Hasini 4/12) lost to Guntur 137/3 in 22.1 overs (M Hasini 59*). West Godavari 84 in 47.5 overs lost to Krishna 85/2 in 20.4 overs (KYM Vishnu Vardhini 49*).