Saumitra helps CAL enter semis of Chaudhary cricket
LUCKNOW: An all-round performance by Saumitra Singh (63 runs, 3 wkts) helped Cricket Association Lucknow (CAL) crush Lucknow’s Indian Eleven by 80 runs to make it to the semifinals of the 8th Chaudhary Asif Memorial State Cricket Tournament in Barabanki on Friday.
BRIEF SCORES
CAL 202 in 30 overs (Saumitra Singh 63, Kritagya Singh 50, Mohit Singh 32, Amit Pandey 4 for 28) beat
Indian Eleven 122 in 25.5 overs (Amit Pandey 59, Manish Sharma 4 for 15, Saumitra Singh 3 for 32, Kritagya Singh 2 for 23).
AICC LOSE
The winning streak of the Lucknow’s Akhil Infra Cricket Club (AICC) came to a halt on Friday as they went down fighting to the Asian School by two wickets in the semi-final of the 8th All-India Uttarakhand Shaheed Girish Bhadri Cricket Tournament in Dehradun.
Despite scoring 225 in 38.3 overs after being sent to bat first, AICC bowlers failed to get all 10 wickets as Asian School romped home in 37.2 overs with two wickets in hand.
BRIEF SCORES
AICC 225 in 38.3 overs (Upendra Yadav 91, Himanshu Asnora 75, V Panchal 3 for 50, Zia 2 for 22,
Amninder Singh 2 for 41) lost to Asian School 231 for 8 in 37.2 overs (Jitesh Sharma 87, Puneet Bisht 52, Manoj Dagar 48, Umang Sharma 2 for 9, Amit Mishra 2 for 25, Vikash Singh 2 for 35).
CRICKET LEAGUE
The REPLK Corporate Cup Cricket Tournament begins on Saturday here. As many as eight teams, belonging to different corporate organisations would be seen in action.
TWENTY20 TOURNEY
The Balaji Marbles twenty20 Cricket Tournaments starts on February 21 here, states organising secretary Manoj Yadav.
LCAH TRIUMPH
LCA Hostel defeated Right Way Eleven by eight wickets to collect full points in the 13th BBD ‘C’ division cricket league, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Stadium here on Friday.
BRIEF SCORES
BWE 49 in 17.4 overs (Ashwani Kumar 7 for 19) lost to LCAH 51 for
2 in 6.3 overs (Prince Bhasin 22).
THRILLING WIN
CSIR New Delhi scored a thrilling 18-run win against IMD New Delhi to win the Prof Nayudamma Memorial Cricket Tournament, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium here on Friday. After scoring 199 for three in 20 overs while batting first after winning the toss, CSIR restricted the rivals for 181 for nine.
RUN FOR FITNESS
The second run for fitness by the Symbiosis International University would be held on Sunday. The 5-km run for both male and female athletes will kick off from the gate of the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium at 6.00 a.m. The first and second place holders would be given Rs 10,000 and Rs 7,000, respectively, whereas 10 others would be given motivational prizes.
JUNIOR BADMINTON
Shuttle rs from the Ba bu Banarasi Das UP Badminton Academy hogged the limelight in the Junior Badminton Championship, winning as many as seven titles, at the Vinay Khand Stadium here on Friday.
RESULTS
Boys u-9: Tanikesh Kashyap bt Ujjawal Goyal 21-4, 21-10; Girls u-9: Pihu Negi bt Antara Gupta 14-21, 21-13, 21-19; Boys u-11: Akash Singh bt Neetesh Thakur 21-11, 21-12; Girls u-11: Taneesha Singh bt Shivani Chodrey 21-9, 21-7; Boys
u-13: Ansh Vishal Gupta bt Ashwini Singh bt Naman Ladkani 19-21, 21-12, 21-10; Girls u-13: Taneesha Singh bt Khushi Pant 21-13, 14-21, 21-19; Boys u-15: Abhinn Vasisht bt Prateek Srivastava 14-21, 21-18, 21-19; Girls u-15: Shruti Mishra bt Sonali Dubey 19-21, 21-19, 21-18;
Boys u-17: Siddharth Mishra bt Rajan Yadav 25-23, 16-21, 21-13;
Girls u-17: Sonali Dubey bt Shruti Mishra 11-10, retd.