Now, CAL names Pandey as selection panel chairman

LUCKNOW:Correcting its mistake of ignoring junior national selector and UP’s own Gyanendra Pandey in its selection panel, the Cricket Association Lucknow on Thursday named the ex-India cricketer as chairman of its senior selection committee.

It also appointed former Ranji Trophy cricketer Ashok Bambi as the head of the junior selection panel. HT had raised this issue in its edition earlier this month when CAL named its different panels to run the games’ activities in Lucknow. Earlier, CAL had accepted that it could miss Gyanendra’s name for the job. Pandey is now on the verge of becoming the chairman of the junior national selection panel as the post is vacant since the resignation of its chairman and former India speedster Venkatesh Prasad.

FINE BOWLING

Four wickets each by Pankaj Vimal and Ravi Yadav helped Friends Club score a thrilling five-run win against Trump Starlets in a C division league match, at the Northern Railway stadium here on Thursday. In other matches of the day, Tariq Cricket Club beat ASCA Hostel by 66 runs, whereas BBDG beat Young Challengers by 20 runs.

LDACC IN SEMIS

LDA Coaching Centre defeated Dhruv Cricket Academy by six wickets to make it to the semi-finals of the 2nd NDBG Trophy cricket tournament, at the LDA Stadium here on Thursday.

UNDER-16 CRICKET

REPL defeated ASGC by seven wickets to make it to the semi-finals of the Ranjana Singh Memorial Under-16 cricket tournament here. Batting first after winning the toss, ASGC could make 126 in 36.4 overs with Ankit Srivastava hitting highest 42.

EDHANS EXCELS

Medhans Saxena managed 3.5 points to emerge victorious in the under-13 boys group of the district open chess tournament here. Divyansh Pandey and Aryan Pandey finished second and third, respectively.