National Cricket Club win New Year Cup
LUCKNOW: National Cricket Club won the New Year’s Cup cricket tournament, defeating Braves Club by seven wickets here on Thursday. After restricting Braves Club for 112/6 in stipulated 25 overs, National Cricket Club romped home in 24.4 overs. BRIEF SCORES Braves Club 112 for 6 in 25 overs (Mohib 23, Aditya Singh 21, Abhishek Bajpai 2 for 20, Avinash Yadav 2 for 23) lost to
National Cricket Club 113 for
3 in 24.4 overs (Vijay Chauhan 33, Krishna Tripathi 27, Aditya Singh 2 for 32).
THRILLING VICTORY
Hosts Aryavart Cricket Academy ‘Blue’ scored a thrilling eight-run win against Divine Cricket Club in a league match of the Vishramum Challenge Cup cricket tournament.
Batting first after winning the toss, ACA scored 135 in 32.2 overs with Vishal Singh hitting highest 33. Chandrakant remained the most successful bowler for Divine Cricket Club, bagging five for 30, whereas Mukesh Verma had 3/20.
In reply, Divine Cricket Club even after losing wickets on regular intervals had almost made it to the finish, but they fell short by eight runs.
Ram Ji Chauhan made highest 42, whereas for the winners Vikrant Chauhan and Vimal Kumar took four and two wickets, respectively. BRIEF SCORES ACA 135 in 32.2 overs (Vishal Singh 33, Chandrakant 5 for 30, Mukesh Verma 3 for 20) beat
DCC 127 in 21.3 overs (Ram Ji Gupta 42, Vikrant Chauhan 4 for 30, Vimal Kumar 2 for 27).
ASCA IN FINAL
Lucknow’s Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy (ASCA) defeated Sardendu Mukerjee Cricket Academy by six wickets to make it to the final of the AllIndia Under-15 cricket tournament in Kolkata on Thursday. BRIEF SCORES SMCA 151 25.2 overs (Yash Kumar 52, Animesh Bose 34, Shailendra Yadav 3 for 16, Kamendra Singh 3 for 28, Shahnawaz 2 for 25) lost to ASCA 153 for 4 in 20 overs
(Shailendra Yadav 46, Saurabh Pandey 25, Animesh Bose 2 for 26).
SPORTS MEET
State level men’s/women’s hockey, wrestling and kabaddi tournaments will take place between January 20 to 25 here. More details can be had from the regional sports office.