Mamatha steers Hyderabad girls to victory in Under-19 Cricket league

Batting first Vidarbha posted a poor total of 120 for 8 in 50 overs. G Trisha (10-4-16-2) and Kotla Sannidhi (10-4-13-2) strangled the Vidarbha batters.

Hyderabad: Opener W Mamatha (75 not out off 90 balls, 10×4) steered Hyderabad to a facile eight-wicket win over Vidarbha in the fifth round match of the women’s Under-19 one-day cricket league match in Ahmedabad on Monday.Chasing 121 for win, Hyderabad coasted home in 31.3 overs.

Batting first Vidarbha posted a poor total of 120 for 8 in 50 overs. G Trisha (10-4-16-2) and Kotla Sannidhi (10-4-13-2) strangled the Vidarbha batters. In Hyderabad’s run-chase, opener Chandra Smitha was out in the second over.

But Mamatha and Boddu Anjali (23) stitched 96 runs for the first wicket with the former being the dominant partner. However, Anjali departed after scoring 23. Mamatha, in the company of G Trisha, took Hyderabad past the Mumbai total.

Brief scores

Vidarbha 120/8 in 50 overs (Akshay Sudke 27; N Kranthi Reddy 2/21, G Trisha 2/16, Sannidhi 2/13) lost to Hyderabad 121/2 in 31.3 overs (W Mamatha 75 not out, B Anjali 23)