Adarsh fashions CLCC’s win with a hat-trick

Left-arm orthodox bowler Adarsh Shukla took six wickets, including a hat-trick as Champions League Cricket Club (CLCC) scored a convincing 52-run win against Kalpana Sports in a league match of the 1st Sri Ram Mishra Memorial Cricket Tournament here on Tuesday.

Kalpana Sports were cruising ahead with 48 for no loss in 11 overs while chasing 160 to win in 35 overs when Adarsh was introduced from the far end of the Northern Railway Stadium.

Things began happening all of a sudden and he had Himanshu Mishra (0), Sanket Maurya (0) and Pankaj Shah (0) on the last three deliveries of his over. Thereafter, he had opener Advitya Dubey (23), Prasant Tewari (4) and Gopesh Singh Chauhan (4) in quick succession to finish with a magical figure of 7-1-12-6. Kalpana Sports collapsed for 107 in 32.3 overs.

Meanwhile, in another match of the day, Drona Cricket Academy defeated Divine Cricket Club by five wickets, at the Microlit Gymkhana Ground.

BRIEF SCORES CLCC 159 in 35 overs

(Apoorva Tomar 86, Ankur 34, Prashant Tewari 4 for 29, Sudhanshu 2 for 54)

beat Kalpana Sports 107 in 32.3 overs

(Prashnat Mishra 30*, Advitya Dubey 23, Akash Rawat 22, Adarsh Shukla 6 for 12).

DCC 104 in 29.1 overs

(Irfan 17, Vimal Gupta 17, Shashank Mishra 3 for 10, Danveer Singh 3 for 15)

beat DCA 105 for 5 in 20.1 overs

(Diptesh Sachan 29*, Gaurav Singh 27, Danveer Singh 24, Irfan 3 for 19).

SUNDARAM SHINES

Opener Sundaram Dixit smashed 89-ball 106 with the help of 10 fours and five sixes as Nawab Cricket Club march into the quarterfinals of the Prime Sports Trophy Cricket Tournament, defeating Arya Cricket Academy by 47 runs, at the Multi Activity ground here on Tuesday.

BRIEF SCORES NCC 244 for 7 in 30 overs

(Sundaram Dixit 106, Sarfaraz 56, Irfan 34, Shubhanshu Trivedi 25, Anchit Shukla 4 for 39)

beat ACC 197 for 8 in 30 overs

(Akhil Mohan Tewari 53, Piyush Yadav 52, Wahabul 3 for 40, Shahrukh 2 for 16).

TRIALS

Trials to pick up state softball team will be held on June 3 and 4, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ stadium here at 9.00 a.m.