Quadri helps Hyderabad salvage a draw

A gallant unbeaten 91 by Ahmed Quadri helped Hyderabad to salvage three points from their South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match against Tamil Nadu at the Gymkhana ground in Hyderabad on Monday.

In arrears by 168 runs on the first innings, Hyderabad were in danger of losing when they were five down for 77, despite a second wicket partnership of 69 runs between Shashang Nag (37) and Abhinav Kumar (28). It was at this critical juncture that Qadri entered. First with AT Rayudu (13) he added 39 runs for the sixth wicket. This was followed by a seventh wicket stand of 41 runs with Varun (11). Finally after eight wickets had gone for 167 runs, Qadri and Nadeemuddin (9) shared an unbroken ninth wicket association of 43 runs off just 6.2 overs to steer Hyderabad to safety. P Satish, who had caused the middle order collapse, was the most successful bowler with four for 73. Qadri faced 114 balls and hit 14 fours in his match saving knock as Hyderabad ended at 210 for eight.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu resuming at 313 for six, declared at 384 for eight. Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan (36) and G Vignesh (59) added 88 runs for the seventh wicket off 24.4 overs. Vignesh faced 84 balls and hit ten fours and a six. Tamil Nadu got five points from the match. Tamil Nadu finished their engagements with 18 points and Hyderabad with 25 points.