da dobrowin： Losing three wickets fairly quickly late in the day, Andhra lost someof the advantage that their top order batsmen gave them on the openingday of their three day Cooch Behar Trophy South Zone league matchagainst Karnataka at the Visakhapatanam
21-Sep-2000Losing three wickets fairly quickly late in the day, Andhra lost someof the advantage that their top order batsmen gave them on the openingday of their three day Cooch Behar Trophy South Zone league matchagainst Karnataka at the Visakhapatanam Steel Plant stadium onWednesday. Still the hosts managed to score 281 for six at stumps.Opting to bat, Andhra lost TK Ayappaswamy (2) in the second over ofthe day. But thereafter Gnaneswara Rao (72), ASK Varma (75) andskipper YV Rao (68 not out) all played notable roles in Andhra makinga strong recovery. Gnaneswara Rao faced 141 balls and hit eight foursand a six while Varma faced 147 balls and hit six fours and a six. Thecaptain faced 138 balls and hit five of them to the ropes. Mediumpacer SV Lazarus was the most successful bowler during the day takingthree for 54 while M Dharmichand, who took two of the three wickets tofall late in the day had figures of two for 65.