Ton-up Hamza seals it for St Mary
LUCKNOW: A sparkling 55-ball 101 from the blade of Hamza Khan powered St Mary’s to a sevenwicket win over Francisians in a match of Sai Alumni League T-20 Night Cricket Tournament, at the Sai Greens ground on Friday.
Batting first, Francisians posted 194/6 in the stipulated 20 overs with Ali Rizvi scoring a superb 58. Saad Rais also chipped in with a useful 35. Md Moiz claimed 3/29 for the bowling side.
In reply, St Mary’s reached home in only 17.4 overs with Hamza taking the opposition attack to cleaners during his scintillating knock. He was ably supported by Apoorv Gupta from the other end as he scored a wellcomposed 47.
BRIEF SCORES Francisians 194 for 6 in 20 overs
( Ali Rizvi 58, Saad Rais 35, Md Moiz 3 for 29) lost to St Mary’s 196 for 3 in 17.4 overs (Hamza Khan 101*, Apoorv
Gupta 46). PRIYANSHU SHINES Riding on a five-wicket haul by Priyanshu Anand, CAL Blue defeated Cal Green by four wickets in an Under-19 trial match, at the LDA Stadium.
CAL Green were bowled out for 147 batting first with Priyanshu scything through their batting. In reply, Blue reached home in 37 overs with Vikas Deep Yadav anchoring the run-chase with elan on his way to a gritty 37.
In another match, CAL Yellow pipped CAL Red by two wickets, thanks to a superb 52 by Amit Rai, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium.
CAL Red posted 180/7, thanks to Siddharth Sharma’s blazing 94. CAL Yellow overhauled the target in 38.2 overs, in reply.
BRIEF SCORES CAL Green 147 in 40.2 overs (Ankur Srivastava 42, Farhan Khan 40, Priyanshu Anand 5 for 22, Shub ham Yadav 2 for 16)
lost to CAL Blue 149 for 6 in 37 overs (Vikas Deep Yadav 47, Gurmeet Singh 33, Kranti Kishore 2 for 18).
CAL Red 180 for 7 in 42 overs (Siddharth Sharma 94, Karan Singh 43, Harshal Patel 2 for 28) lost to CAL Yellow 183 for 8 in 38.2 overs (Amit Rai 52, Vipin Chandra 39, Anjali Tiwari 4 for 31). SENIOR TENNIS The pair of Rajesh Pratap Singh and Mridul Lal won their second match on the trot to advance to the next stage of Senior Men’s Lawn Tennis Champiosnhip, at the BBD Sports Complex here on Saturday.
Rajesh and Mridul defeated
the duo of Ankit and Vishal 6-1. TENNIS TRIALS Trials to select UP state soft tennis team would be held at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on April 18 between 8 am and pm. Selected players will represent UP in the 9th Sub-Junior National Soft Tennis Champiosnhip to be held in Waranagal, And hra Pradesh. JUDO CENTRE UP Judo Association on Saturday launched a special training centre for street kids. The centre named Anashalaya is situated at Mohanlaganj area of the city and would provide judo training to these kids ensuring they can devote their energy in positive fields. “This training would not only help the children focus on their lives, but would also help in them earning a name for themselves in the society,” said a UP Judo Association official.