Anantapur, Kurnool and Guntur wrest lead

Visakhapatnam: Anantapur, Kurnool, Guntur, West Godavari, East Godavari and Visakhapatnam secured first innings lead in the ACA men’s inter-district tournament on Saturday, the second day.
Brief scores: South zone (Nellore): Anantapur 429 in 96.1 overs (P Girinath Reddy 174, B Yogananda 69, M. Jaikrishna 44) & 80/5 in 14.1 overs (Arjun Tendulkar 43) vs Kadapa 191 in 42.1 overs (S Dhruva Kumar Reddy 96; G Mallikarjuna 5/48, B Vinay Kumar 4/89).At Venkatagiri: Kurnool 244 in 52.4 overs (M Anjaneyulu 69, S Uday Theja Reddy 40; B Varshith Reddy 4/69) & 167 in 50.4 overs (Khanish 42) vs Chittoor 187 in 49.3 overs (Surya Charan 48; Shaik Ismail 5/31) & 19/2 in 7 overs. Central zone (Mangalagiri): Krishna 195 in 48.3 overs (V Vishal 51; Ch Siddhardha 4/60) vs Guntur 369 in 93.4 overs (KP Rahul 83, Surya Vamsi 55, Nitesh Babu 54). At Mulapadu: West Godavari 243 in 51.4 overs (KSN Raju 94, John Richards 52; GVS Sumith 8/47) & 221/7 in 66.2 overs (KSN Raju 71*, Harish 64, B Munish Varma 42) vs Prakasam 125 in 42.1 overs. North zone (Vizianagaram): East Godavari 250 in 70.2 overs (P Pandu Ranga Raju 57, AVV Vijay 50) & 143/3 in 32 overs vs Vizianagaram 199 in 66 overs (S Harish 43; P Manikanta Gangadhar 4/53). Visakhapatnam 330 in 69.2 overs (P Avinash 75, M Hemanth Reddy 53, T Sai Kumar 46, G Srikar Sai Reddy 41; B Satvik 4/36) & 83/4 in 23 overs vs Srikakulam 209 in 66.4 overs (SDNV Prasad 84; M Hemanth Reddy 4/59).
Big win for East Godavari
East Godavari defeated Vizianagaram by nine wickets in the ACA Under-19 inter-district tournament.
Brief scores: Pool A (Guntur): Vizianagaram 160 in 53 overs (M Karthikeya 40; Moses 4/46) & 75 in 26.1 overs (Moses 5/29, D Lalit Sidivi 4/26) lost to East Godavari 178/9 in 57.3 overs (G Surya Dileep 61, SV Avinash 40) & 59/1 in 14.1 overs. At Narasaraopeta: Anantapur 324 in 65 overs (C Bhargava Raju 86, N Manoj 69, B Prasanth 47, KV Lokesh 45; R Pranudeep 4/72) & 59/4 in 29.5 overs vs Prakasam 284 in 69.4 overs (K Anand 135, N Akhil 48; T Pradeep Reddy 4/57, K Haneesh Veera Reddy 4/66). At Mangalagiri: Kurnool 130 in 43.5 overs (Adithya 4/18) & 200/9 in 66 overs (Yagneshwar 58, Manoj Raju 43, Ritik Sharma 42; Mukesh 5/37) vs Guntur 210 in 49 overs (Adithya 50, Rhony 47; Akshith Reddy 5/49). Group B (Kadapa): Kadapa 259 in 77.1 overs (Pranav Reddy 60, R Rohit 45) vs Krishna 335/2 in 105 overs (Varun Satwik 147*, Khaza Mohiddin 133). Nellore 331 in 85.2 overs (Pavan Rithvik 77, B. Arjun 62, SS Hameed 60, G Manvith Reddy 43; PD Rachit 5/65) vs Visakhapatnam 352/5 in 85.4 overs (B Yashwanth 132, B Paramveer Singh 120*). West Godavari 231 in 74.4 overs (Rakshann 62, M Harsha Vardhan 46; Poorna 4/30) & 66/2 in 22 overs vs Srikakulam 243 in 80.1 overs (Rajkumar 65, N Susanth 55, K Thamas Ram Kumar 44; Revanth Naga Kumar 6/38).