Vizag, Guntur top zones

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam and Guntur topped the North and Central zones in the ACA senior women’s inter-district tournaments by defeating East Godavari and Krishna in the final round of league matches on Tuesday.
Brief scores: North zone: East Godavari 118/8 in 43 overs (K Devika 34; V Srilekha 3/17) lost to Visakhapatnam 119/1 in 10.4 overs (V Sneha Deepthi 78 no). Srikakulam 112/9 in 46 overs (B Navya 33, K Vindhya 27; K Manjula 3/24, S Divya 3/28) bt Vizianagaram 103 in 43.5 overs (P Vennela Mohan 27; K Vindhya 3/20, M Harika Yadav 3/13). Central zone: Krishna 117 in 40.4 overs (KE Dayana 34) lost to Guntur 118/3 in 27.4 overs (Henrietta Pereira 57 no, Ch Jhansi Lakshmi 31). Prakasam 132 in 43.5 overs (PV Sudharani 38, G Navya Durga 35; U Sandhya 3/30) lost to West Godavari 133/3 in 27 overs (S Leela Prasanna 46, U Sandhya 39).Standings: North: 1 Visakhapatnam (12 points), 2 East Godavari (8), 3 Srikakulam (4), 4 Vizianagaram (0). Central: 1 Guntur (12), 2 Krishna (8), 3 West Godavari (4), 4 Prakasam (0).
Bhavana to lead
M Bhavana will lead Krishna’s women and above 23 years team in 2022-23 season.
Team: M Bhavana (capt.), KE Dayana, G Sneha, K Dhathri, A Asha, P Rangalakshmi, T Niveditha, Md A Muskhan, KYMV Vardhini, M Poojitha, M Lekhana, P Sreeja, Myssar Anjum, B Pushpa and B Niharika. U-19 men’s team for matches starting on July 29: B Bhargav, M Krushnasai, V Vishal, Sk Kaja Mohiddin, B Sumanth, KSN Sri Nischay, K Aryan, B Dhanush, M Sohan, M Prema Kumar, T Varun Sathvik, N Guruvan, L Chinna, K Nani, Ch Youhan, K Sai Vardhan, T Sai Prakash, B Pavan Kalyan, K Surendra, J Hanuma Sastri, Ch Manjunath, M Naga Sathvik, G Chanti and Ch Gokul.
Athletics selections
The Visakhapatnam Athletics Association trials will be held at the Railway Athletics stadium from 8 am on Sunday (July 30). Trials will be held for men, women (U-23), boys and girls U-14, 16, 18 and 20. Entry fee is Rs 100 per athlete. For details contact 73874 58083/93962 40084/ 6301000622.
Former player no more
The Anantapur District Cricket Association condoled the death of former coach of RDT and former district and South zone player Bhaskar Acharya, who passed away in Anantapur in the early hours of Tuesday.