da luck： Hyderabad Cricket Association, last year’s runners-up, showedevery inclination to go the same distance in this year’s editionof the MRF-Buchi Babu invitation tournament as they ran up 353/7in 94 overs against the New Zealand Cricket Academy colts
Sankhya Krishnan20-Aug-2000Hyderabad Cricket Association, last year’s runners-up, showedevery inclination to go the same distance in this year’s editionof the MRF-Buchi Babu invitation tournament as they ran up 353/7in 94 overs against the New Zealand Cricket Academy colts at theGuru Nanak College Ground in Chennai today.Opener Anirudh Singh contributed generously to that final figurewith 143 as he and one-drop Arjun Yadav (70) constructed a 166-run stand in a little over 43 overs. The 27-year-old fast-mediumbowler Kerry Walmsley who played two Test matches against SriLanka over five years ago (7 wickets at 49.14) bagged 4/77.Hyderabad had only three of the side that lost to Mumbai in theRanji Trophy final in April this year – A Nandakishore, ParthSatwalkar and Fiaz Ahmed. Nandakishore, skippering the side here,won the toss and hurried to a rapid 32 from 34 balls beforeWalmsley won a lbw shout.This set the stage for the aforementioned partnership betweenSingh and Yadav that ended at 224 when the latter was caught byCentral Districts wicketkeeper Martyn Sigley, captaining the sidein the absence of Jacob Oram. Indeed NZCA also took the fieldwithout Hamish Marshall, century maker in their previous gameagainst Tamil Nadu Districts. The bowler was leg spinner AaronRedmond.Singh followed him to the pavilion shortly after tea when JeetanPatel had him caught by James Marshall, off the 202nd delivery hefaced. Singh’s knock was bejewelled with 20 fours and a six. Thevisitors scented an opening and proceeded to widen the orificewith the help of an obliging Hyderabad middle order. The nextfour wickets fell for 47 and Walmsley signed three of thosemarching orders. Off spinner Jogam Yadav and wicketkeeper RohitSabharwal were regaling the audience at stumps.