Hosts Andhra Pradesh collected two points by virtue of their 104-run first innings lead on the final day of their Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match against Kerala which ended in a draw at Vijayawada on Wednesday.

Andhra bowlers G Shankar Rao, 4 wickets for 54, and Shabuddin, 4 for 94, restricted Kerala to 354 in their first innings. Kerala had resumed at their overnight score of 210 for three.

The highlight of Kerala's innings was a well-made 94 by middle-order batsman C Hemanth Kumar.

 Earlier, the hosts had declared their first innings at 458 for seven.

Scoreboard:

Andhra Ist Innings: 458 for 7 declared.

Kerala Ist Innings: (overnight 210 for 3)
C M Deepak lbw Shabuddin                          0
S Somasundar run out                             40
A Padmanabhan lbw Shabuddin                      47
C Hemanth Kumar c MSK Prasad b Shabuddin         94
S Oasis b Shabuddin                              51
S Nair c I Srinivas b G Sankar Rao               38
A Kudwa not out                                  39
R Kumar run out                                   0
M Suresh Kumar lbw G Shankar Rao                 21
Sony lbw G Shankar Rao                            4
T Yohannan lbw G Shankar Rao                      0

Extras: (lb-9, b-5, nb-3, w-3)                   20

Total: (all out in 177 overs)                   354

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-83, 3-91, 4-225, 5-270, 6-307, 7-314, 8-346, 9-354.

Bowling: K S Shabuddin 46-12-94-4, Kalyan Krishna 47-5-84-0, R V CH Prasad 27-11-47-0, G Shankar Rao 33-11-54-4, Vikram Verma 15-3-35-0, Y Vengugopala Rao 4-0-9-0, M Suresh 4-1-16-0, K A Fayaz Ahmed 1-0-1-0.