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Prasad pilots Andhra to 342

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Impressive spell by Pawar

VADODARA: Andhra played the waiting game to the hilt, riding on L.N. Prasad Reddy's dogged resistance, to pile up 342 in the first innings of its Ranji Trophy Super League game against Baroda here on Monday. The opening batsman's vigil lasted a phenomenal 10 hours and 56 minutes over two days and he faced 474 balls to reach 148 before getting run out.

The home team, 33 for no loss in reply at stumps on day two, was lucky to see Prasad's back at the Motibaug stadium. The opener, responding quickly to a call from D. Kalyan Krishna, covered the length of the pitch but was stunned to see the striker slipping and falling at the crease. Connor Williams broke the stumps at the non-striker's end with ease as Andhra's marathon man had advanced too far down.

Sheer timing

Prasad's patient, cautious batting beyond tea break on day two drove the Baroda bowlers and fielders to distraction. The knock was laced with 12 fours, all orthodox strokes, and he relied on sheer timing to send the ball to the ropes on a slow track.

Prasad's batting overshadowed an equally determined bowling effort from left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar (48-12-87-7) on a terribly hot day here.

The scores:

Andhra — 1st innings: L.N. Prasad Reddy (run out) 148, M.S.K. Prasad c Martin b Pawar 16, A.S.K. Varma c Panchal b Pawar 35, Venugopala Rao c Shah b Vahora 15, Gnaneswara Rao lbw b Patel 28, B. Sumanth c Pathan Sr. b Pawar 26, R.V.C. Prasad c Pathan b Pawar 23, K. Shahabuddin lbw b Pawar 0, Mohd. Faiq c Vahora b Pawar 41, Kalyan Krishna (not out) 1, Vijay Kumar c Solanki b Pawar 0; Extras (b-5, lb-2, nb-2): 9; Total (in 161 overs): 342.

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-100, 3-124, 4-170, 5-224, 6-265, 7-269, 8-339, 9-341.

Baroda bowling: Rakesh Patel 34-8-77-1, Irfan Pathan Sr 19-7-39-0, Murtuza Vahora 27-9-53-1, Rajesh Pawar 48-12-87-7, Ketan Panchal 6-2-16-0, Yusuf Pathan 27-4-63-0.

Baroda — 1st innings: C. Williams (batting) 19, Satyajit Parab (batting) 12; Extras (nb-2): 2; Total (for no loss in 17 overs) 33.

Andhra bowling: Shahabuddin 6-2-10-0, Kalyan Krishna 5-2-5-0, Vijay Kumar 5-0-12-0, Venugopala Rao 1-0-6-0.

Other scores: Super League: At Rohtak: Uttar Pradesh 71 and 178 in 51.3 overs (A.W. Zaidi 43, S. Budhwar four for 36) lost to Haryana 337 in 96.4 overs (Sumit Sharma 126, S. Rana 110, R.P. Singh five for 68).

At Rajkot: Tamil Nadu 500 for eight decl. in 145 overs (R. Prasanna 89, S. Sharath 109, R. Sathish 93, K. Vasudeva Das 80, R. Naresh 64, S.P. Jobanputra four for 112) vs. Saurashtra 70 without loss in 31 overs (S.D. Jogiyani 44).

At Kolhapur: Punjab 550 in 161.3 overs (R.S. Ricky 56, K. Goel 91, P. Dharmani 113 not out, Vipul Sharma 93, L. Ablish 76, S.V. Bahutule five for 160) vs. Maharashtra 50 for one in 16 overs.

At Delhi: Karnataka 446 in 115.1 overs (A.R. Uthappa 161, C. Raghu 87, V.S. Thilak Naidu 122, A. Nehra four for 171, I. Sharma four for 99) vs. Delhi 103 for five in 47 overs (V. Kohli 40 batting).

At Kolkata: Gujarat 329 in 89 overs (N.D. Modi 40, P.A. Patel 103, B.D. Thaker 52, R.R. Bose four for 65) vs. Bengal 227 for five in 72 overs (R. Gavaskar 45 batting, L.R. Shukla 50 batting).

Plate League: At Agartala: Orissa 306 in 96.5 overs (N. Behera 77, D. Mohanty 53, V. Jain six for 114) vs. Tripura 74 in 34.1 overs (S. Khatua five for 22) and 82 for three in 37 overs.

At Margao: Kerala 221 in 94.2 overs (S. Suresh 58, Sreekumar Nair 65, A.P. Naik four for 34) and 41 without loss in 11 overs vs. Goa 205 in 69.4 overs (R.D. Asnodkar 64, S.K. Cheruvathur five for 60).

At Jamshedpur: Services 216 in 82.2 overs vs. Jharkhand 252 for seven in 98 overs (Santosh Lal 54, S. Panda 67 batting, Yashpal Singh four for 37).

At Jammu: Himachal Pradesh 506 for five decl. in 121.3 overs (Sandeep Sharma 65, Sangram Singh 160, M.S. Bisla 168, A. Mannu 45) vs. Jammu and Kashmir 137 for four in 48 overs (Kavaljit Singh 50).

At Dibrugarh: Assam 181 in 88.3 overs (J. Arunkumar 67, T.P. Sudhindra four for 59) vs. Madhya Pradesh 109 for eight in 51.3 overs (S.V. Saravanan five for 17).

At Nagpur: Vidarbha 106 in 41.3 overs and 126 in 59.3 overs (A.S. Naidu 42, M. Kartik four for 26) vs. Railways 163 in 59.4 overs (T.P. Singh 65) & 27 for two in nine overs.

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