Deepak bags 5

Visakhapatnam: Left-arm pacer M Deepak took five wickets as Anantapur took lead over Kadapa in the drawn match of the ACA South zone U-23 tournament on Tuesday.
Brief scores: South zone (Kadapa): Anantapur 553 & 257/9 in 52.2 overs (T Mahendra Reddy 69, B Yogananda 66, Rohith Roshan 50; S Adil Hussain 4/73, S Md Aslam 4/102) drew Kadapa 222 in 32.1 overs (M Seshadri Naidu 75, Vijay Rami Reddy 45, Aslam 44; M.Deepak 5/101). Chittoor 274 & 223 in 55.3 overs (Nikith Goud 57; Khanish 4/48) drew Kurnool 266 in 68.2 overs (Taufeeq 56, Manoj Raju 41, RReddy Prakash 4/64) and 82/3 in 9 overs (Sai Surya Teja Reddy 46). North zone: All matches abandoned.
Tarun triumphs
M Tarun of the Dr L Bullayya College was adjudged the Strong Boy of the competition in the State junior weightlifting at Anakapalle. He won the 81kg category with a total lift of 291kg (130kg+ 161). N Kumundini Patnaik won the women’s 87kg bronze.
Athletics trials
The Visakhapatnam Athletics Association’s trials will be held from 8 am at the Andhra University grounds on Sept 5 and 6 to select its U-14, 16, 18, 20 and 23 years athletes for the state meet in Guntur from Sept 14 to 16.