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Andhra cruise to innings victory December 28, 2005 14:57 IST Hosts Andhra defeated Haryana by an innings and 45 runs to pick up a maximum five points in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match in Anantapur on Wednesday. Haryana, after conceding a 203-run first innings lead, were all out for 158 within an hour's play this morning as speedster D Kalyankrishna claimed both the wickets to take his tally to five and hand Andhra a huge victory. The hosts now aggregate seven points. Andhra after bundling Haryana out for 206 in the first innings, piled up 409 runs with M S K Prasad (79) and Venugopala Rao (70) playing vital knocks. Syed Sahabuddin chipped in with 61, while Mohamed Faiq hit a quickfire 42 to boost Andhra's score. Haryana batsmen failed to fire for the second time in the match with speedsters Sahabuddin and Kalyankrishna bowling a tight length. Kalyankrishna despatched overnight batsman Mahesh Rawat for 42 after he added just two runs to his score. Andhra needed just 13.2 overs today to claim the remaining two Haryana wickets. Scoreboard: Haryana first innings: 206 all out Andhra first innings: 409 all out Haryana second innings: Extras (lb-2, nb-1) 3 Total (all out in 51.2 overs) 158 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-3, 3-6, 4-11, 5-64, 6-76, 7-77, 8-88, 9-131. Bowling: K S Sahabuddin 21-7-42-5, Kalyankrishna 17.2-3-63-5, Isreal Raju 4-0-25-0, Mohammad Faiq 7-1-21-0, Venugopala Rao 1-0-5-0, K Singh 1-0-0-0. Result: Andhra win by an innings and 45 runs
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