Rohan runs riot with 9 wickets; Pavan, Nadeem nail 7
Praneeth, Ramana, Anuj, Satya, Jeevan hit batsmen for a six; Pratheek, Khader, Ashlesh, Nayeem, Rahul, Bunny, Rohit, Vamshi, Arpit, Prabhat, Babillail, Mathews, Harsha, Sachit, Zaheer, Aryan, Rehan, Yash, Rishwanth, Aamer also do well
Rohan rattled local cricket circles by bowling almost all the opposition out in an
A-2 Division two-day league match.
Ripping out his leg-spin to telling effect, Rohan snared nine wickets to bundle Hyderabad Panthers for a paltry 92. His fancy figures of 14.3-548-9 earned a big win for Acrylic, for whom M. Sai Pratheek scored 162 in 164 balls.
The spin thread continued with left-arm spinner N. Pavan Reddy being the next best on show. Pavan’s
7 for 18 bowled Warangal to victory over XI Masters, who resembled puppets as they crashed to a paltry 96 all out.
New Blues bowler Nadeem Khan, who took 5 for 38 in the previous match against MCC, followed it up with a 7 for 44 against Deccan Wanderers, in losing cause though.
Five bowlers were part of the six-wcket club. S. Sai Praneeth (6/28) of Team Speed, Ramana Chandrasekhar (6 for 30) of Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, S. Anuj (6/30) of Secunderabad Gymkhana, Satya Narayana (6/35) of Bharat and B. Jeevan
(6/47) of Classic were the
a ones who hit batsmen for a six.
Shanti XI’s Abdul Khader
(160), Vijaypuri Willowmen’s Ashlesh Vaman (153) and Md Nayeemuddin (125), Bharat’s Sai Revanth Rahul (131), Vamshi Ramavath (130) of Noble, Victoria’s J. Bunny (5/13) and Prabhat Gupta (103), Mohammed Babillail
(5/15) of Deccan Wanderers, HBCC’s Arpit Tiwari (5/26), J. Rohit
(5/29) of Nizamabad, Pranay Mathews (5/32) of Adilabad District, Harsha Vardhan D (5/43) of Rakesh XI, Sachit Naidu
(5/49) of Abhinav Colts, SK Zaheer Abbas (5/54) and Aryan Parakh (104) of Hyderabad Cricket Academy, Anu CC’s Md Rehan (5/60), Yash Prajwal Rao (5/66) of XI Masters, Karimnagar’s P. Rishwanth Goud (118) and Md Aamer (109) of Ours were the other performers.
Brief scores:
A-2 DIVISION (TWO-DAY)
LEAGUE
Acrylic 282 in 59.3 overs (M. Sai Pratheek 162 — 164b,
27x4, 2x6, Ravi 44, Hemanth
3/28) bt Hyderabad Panthers 92 in 31.3 overs (ROHAN 9/48 — 14.35-48-9). Points: Acrylic 5, Hyd Panthers 0.
Warangal District
314
in
62.1 overs (M. A. Meraj 31, B. Kumar 57, A. Ganesh 59, P. Isaac Joy 41, B. Suresh
57, Yash Prajwal Rao 5/66 —
14.1-0-66-5) bt XI Masters 96 in 30 overs (Kalyan Mani
31, N. Pavan Reddy 7/18 —
10-3-18-7). Points: Warangal
5, Master 0.
Deccan Wanderers 259 in
72.5 overs (Awaiz Ahmed
92, Aditya J 82, Nadeem Khan 7/44) bt New Blues 90 in 24 overs (Vishnu
55, Mohammed Babillail
5/15, P Raghava 3/17). Points: Deccan Wanderers 5, New Blues 0.
National 94 in 32.5 overs (Sarvagya Gupta 32, S. Sai Praneeth 6/28 — 12.5-5-286) lost to Team Speed 95/2 in 20.1 overs. Points: Team Speed 5, National 0.
Osmania 195/9 (all out) in
67 overs (Debanshu Rayaguru 58, CH Manikanta
30 n.o, Ramana Chandrasekhar 6/30 — 15-430-6) vs HPS Begumpet. Saint Sai 128 in 44.4 overs (S. Anuj 6/30 — 8.4-2-30-6)
lost to Secunderabad Gymkhana 130/1 in 29.3 overs (D. Aditya 67 n.o). Points: Secunderabad Gymkhana 5, Saint Sai 0.
Balaji Colts 102 in 32.5 overs (Charanjeet Singh 43, M. Siddu Nayak 3/23, B. Jeevan 6/47 — 14.5-3-47-6) lost to Classic 105/2 in 16.1 overs (S. Harshit 55 n.o). Points: Classic 5, Balaji Colts
0.
Victoria 244 in 56.5 overs (Prabhat Gupta 103 — 106b,
14x4, 1x6, Sai Charan 58, Md Abdul Rasheed 4/43, Md Rehan 5/60 — 11.5-2-60-5) bt Anu CC 53 in 23.2 overs (J. Bunny 5/13 — 6.2-2-13-5, V. Yashveer 3/7). Points: Victoria 5, Anu 0.
Adilabad District 199 in 52 overs (Yashwanth 73, Karthik Kumar 3/35, Rohit Yadav
4/22, Vikranth 3/24) bt HUCC 68 in 31.4 overs (Pranay Mathews
5/32). Points: Adilabad 5, HUCC 0.
Shanti XI 339 in 79.2 overs (Venkat Chandra 51, Abdul
Khader 160 — 129b, 22x4, Abhilash 31, Sachit Naidu
5/49 — 17-4-49-5) bt Abhinav Colts 220 in 62.5 overs (Varun Reddy 95, Mehul Dayani 3/36, Venkatesh S 3/49). Points: Shanti 5, Colts 0.
Vijaypuri Willowmen 588 in 88.2 overs (Ashlesh Vaman 153 — 164b, 20x4,
3x6, Karan Yadav 63, Ayaan Md Ahmed 44, Anudeep
52, Md Nayeemuddin 125 —
67b, 11x4, 9x6, Saketh Reddy
71, Shaik Rahat Ali 3/37) bt Adams XI 149 in 54.4 overs (Imam Shareef 66 n.o, Ayaan Md Ahmed 3/29). Points: Vijaypuri Willowmen 5, Adams XI 0.
Bharat 316 in 82.4 overs (Bhargav 41, Sai Revanth Rahul 131 — 173b, 13x4, 5x6, Lakshan Shivakeerth 31, T. Ravi Teja 3/53) bt Karimnagar District 288 in
49 overs (P. Rishwanth Goud
118 — 143b, 14x4, 3x6, Ravi Teja 34, G. Sai Vinay 60, B. Shashanth 32, Satya Narayana 6/35 — 14-4-356).
Points:
Karimnagar 0.
Noble 282 in 50.2 overs (Vamshi Ramavath 130 —
126b, 22x4, 3x6, Krishna Kant Tiwari 63, SK Zaheer Abbas 5/54 — 11.2-2-545) lost to Hyderabad Cricket Academy 286/3 in 55.6 overs (K. Pranav 54, Aryan Parakh 104 — 133b, 12x4,
2x6, CH Anvith Reddy 91). Points: Academy 5, Noble 0.
HBCC 162 in 48.2 overs (Md Nawaz Khan 60, J. Rohit
5/29 — 13-5-29-5) bt Nizamabad District 135 in
33.5 overs (C. Pranav Teja 37, J. Rohit 35, Vishesh Anand
3/39, Arpit Tiwari 5/26 —
6.5-0-26-5). Points: HBCC 5, Nizamabad Dist 0.
Ours 294 in 79.5 overs (Md Aamer 109 — 128b, 21x4, V. Goutham 33, Sai Vamshi 54 n.o, N. Shashank Yadav
4/62) bt PKMCC 190 in 70.3 overs (M Rusheel 44, K Harshavardhan 32, N Shashank Yadav 32, C. Kaushik 4/28). Points: Ours
5, PKMCC 0.
WMCC 348 in 85.1 overs (N. Anish Reddy 91, Aditya Varma 88, Asmit Singh 44, Sana Karthik 33, Harsha Vardhan D 5/43) bt Rakesh XI 251 in 54.4 overs (D Harshavardhan 57, K. Ruthvik Swaraj 73, Shaik Tajuddin 54, Devarsh Khatri
4/51, Vilas Reddy 3/89, Raghavandra 3/20). Points: WMCC 5, Rakesh XI 0.
Venus Cybertech 320 in
85.5 overs (Rishit Reddy 97,
Bharat
5,
Shrunoth Rao 76, Md Shoaib
3/50, MA Raheem 3/40) bt Elegant 222 in 85.5 overs (Md Abdul Raheem 35, Md Shaoib 48, Ezaz Ali 3/15). Points: Venus Cybertech 5, Elegant 0.
CCOB 284 in 71.2 overs (Syed Aziz Sufiyan 84, Md Basheeruddin 73, Abdul Khaled Khan 58, Yash Kumar
3/73) vs Mega City 15/2 in
9.3 overs (Day 2 called off due to overnight rains). Points: CCOB 2, Mega City 0.
Shalimar 220 in 73 overs (Rohit 57, Fardeen 58) lost to Cheerful Chums 222/8 in
65 overs (Yash V. Satwalekar
42, B. Mannaus 50, C. Advaith Reddy 61, Fardeen Umani 3/42, T. Arjun Singh
3/50). Points: Cheerful Chums 5, Shalimar 0.
Vijayanand 434/8 in 90 overs (Ravi Teja 92, M. Sai Durya Naveen 86 n.o, S. Sai Abhinay 86, Arya Mohit 70) bt SK Blues 149 in 36 overs (Pradeep 68 n.o, M. Siva Durga Naveen 4/41). Points: Vijayanand 5, SK Blues 0.
Greenlands 213 in 58.1 overs (Prudhvi G 87, Shanmukh Srinivas 42, Sohail Ali Khan 3/81) bt Lords CC
185 in 39.1 overs (Md Azhar
55, Jitender J 41, Shanmukh Srinivas 3/1). Points: Greenlands 5, Lords 0.
Manikumar vs Mayura (Manikumar claimed a walkover as players of Mayura team did not turn up for the match). Points: Manikumar 5, Mayura 0.
Melbourne, Feb. Japan’s Naomi Osaka dismissed Jennifer Brady in straight sets to win the Australian Open and underline her growing hold on women’s tennis on Saturday.
Osaka edged a tight first set but controlled the second to win 6-4, 6-3 in 77 minutes in front of 7,381 fans at Rod Laver Arena.
Third seed Osaka preserves her 100 percent record in Grand Slam finals after winning the 2018 and 2020 US Opens and the 2019 title in Melbourne.
The reigning US Open champion, who beat her idol Serena Williams in the Melbourne semifinals, has now won two of the last three Grand Slams as her status and reputation soars.
“We played in the semis of the US Open a couple of months ago and I told everyone that you’re going to be a problem,” Osaka told Brady at the trophy presentation.
“And I was right. It’s really incredible to me to see your growth over the past few months, it’s really cool for me to see.”
Osaka, 23, is only the third player after Monica Seles and Roger Federer to win their first four major finals, and will now rise to second in the world rankings.
She saved two match points in the fourth round against Garbine Muguruza and swept past Williams in straight sets in the semis.
On Saturday, Osaka wore down fellow big-hitter Brady, and then lifted her racquet above her head in celebration of her win as the crowd roared.
After sealing back-toback Slam titles twice, Osaka has won half the majors she’s contested since beating Williams to win her first in 2018.
“Thank you for coming and watching, it feels really incredible for me,” she told the crowd, which was capped at half-capacity over coronavirus concerns. I didn’t play my last Grand Slam with fans so just to have this energy really means a lot.”
You don’t go into a final wanting to be the runner-up. For me, I feel like every opportunity that I play a Slam is an opportunity to win a Slam.
— NAOMI OSAKA after winning the Australian Open
crown
US OPEN REMATCH
The Japanese survived a
seesaw start to gain control, reeling off six straight games en route to the title.
It was a rematch of last year’s epic US Open semifinal, described by some as the best match of 2020, but Osaka triumphed far more comfortably on this occasion.
Before the match, Osaka had pinpointed her return as the key, but she was helped out by a shaky Brady who lost her serve in the fourth game after two double faults.
But Brady, the 22nd seed, hit back with a break and she continued to pile pressure on Osaka’s serve.
A brilliant lob
winner, showcasing her trademark athleticism, gave a pumped-up Brady a break point in the ninth game, but Osaka held on.
Brady then played a sloppy game on serve to hand over the set to Osaka, who had a 20-0 record at Melbourne Park when winning the first set.