Hyderabad veterans emerge champions

Visakhapatnam: Hyderabad defeated Anantapur by nine wickets to win the PR Man Singh-Vincent Ferrer T20 trophy, conducted by the RDT in Anantapur on Sunday.
Brief scores: (Final): Anantapur 81/9 in 20 overs lost to Hyderabad 84/1 in 10.3 overs (Damodhar 38, Rajanikanth 34). Awards: MoM: K Srikanth. Player of the tournament: Pradeep (Anantapur); Best batter: Damodar; Best bowler: Sai Chander; Best wicketkeeper: Nitesh Kumar Reddy (Hyderabad).
Rain washes out final day’s play
Visakhapatnam and Kadapa took first innings leads in the drawn matches against Kurnool and Guntur respectively after the final day’s play in the ACA under-16 inter-district multi-day tournament was washed out without a ball being bowled on Sunday.Next round matches commence on Tuesday.
Brief scores: At Guntur: Guntur 98 & 116/3 drew with Kadapa 152. At Mangalagiri: Kurnool 61 & 43/6 drew with Visakhapatnam 323.
APL III begins
The third season of the Andhra Premier League was off to a glittering start at the ACA-VDCA stadium here on Sunday evening. Defending champions Rayalaseema Kings took on Coastal Riders in the inaugural match.