Visakhapatnam win inter-zone T20 tourney

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam with a better net run rate emerged winners of the ACA inter-zone T20 tournament after beating Guntur by seven wickets in the last round of the league here on Saturday. Brief scores: At Chintalavalsa: Anantapur 173/8 in 20 overs (MK Datta Reddy 50) bt Rest of Central Zone 95/9 in 20 overs (DB Prasanth Kumar 3/19). Rest of North Zone 139/4 in 15 overs (S Tarun 56 no) lost to Rest of South Zone 145/2 in 12.2 overs (CR Gnaneshwar 69 no, K Karan Shinde 42 no).At Visakhapatnam: Guntur 151/6 in 20 overs (PP Manohar 58, K Maheep Kumar 53) lost to Visakhapatnam 152/3 in 17.5 overs (KS Bharat 63; T Srinivas 3/25).Standings: 1 Visakhapatnam (16 points), 2 Rest of North Zone (16), 3 Rest of South Zone (16), 4 Anantapur (8), 5 Rest of Central Zone (4), 6 Guntur (0).Teja Reddy slams ton Middle-order batter A Sai Surya Teja Reddy scored a century to help South Zone fare better in their second innings after conceding a lead of 157 runs in the ACA U-19 tournament in Kadapa. Brief scores: South zone 154 & 324/8 in 61 overs (A Surya Sai Teja Reddy 132, P Bhavani Prasad 44) vs Central zone 311 in 77.4 overs (B Geeth 74, Sk Md Toufieq 62, M. Abhinav 53; B Pranav Reddy 5/81, A Sai Adrit Reddy 3/70).Jessika hits half-centuryK Jessika scored an unbeaten half century in Nellore and Kadapa Combined XI’s 30-run win over Kurnool in the ACA South zone girls U-15 girls tournament in Venkatagiri. Brief scores: Nellore and Kadapa Combined XI 166/1 in 25 overs (K Jessika 76 no, V Prashamsa 34 retd hurt) bt Kurnool 136/5 in 25 overs. Chittoor 93/4 in 25 overs (K Subha Sri 44) lost to Anantapur 95/2 in 18.2 overs (A Hansi 36 no).