Hyderabad make fitting reply

Hyderabad, thanks to valuable contributions from most of their frontline batsmen, made a fitting reply to Andhra's first innings total of 386 at stumps on the third day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Kurnool on Friday. Resuming the day at 87 for no loss, they ended the day at 310 for six wickets.

Openers Daniel Manohar (56) and Nanda Kishore (53) put on 115 runs off 37.4 overs. Then there was a mini collapse as Hyderabad slid to 128 for three. Vanka Pratap (26) and Vinay Kumar initiated a recovery process with a fourth wicket partnership of 67 runs off 14 overs. Then Vinay Kumar and Vijaya Kumar (29) continued the rally with a sixth wicket stand of 54 runs off 19 overs. And finally, Vinay Kumar and Shivaji Yadav (21) continued the good work by adding 47 runs for the unbroken seventh wicket off 10.2 overs. At close, Vinay Kumar was batting with an invaluable 83. He faced 194 balls and had nine boundary hits. Bad light stopped play at 3.55 and the umpires called off play at 4.40.