Priyan helps UPCA ‘Red’ enter final

A sparkling halfcentury by Priyan Garg and deadly spells by Sameer and Shiva Singh helped UPCA ‘Red’ enter final of the All-India Cricket Tournament, outplaying Cricket Association Lucknow (CAL) by 92 runs in Meerut on Monday.

Priyan’s 70 in 83 balls contained six hits to the fence and two boundaries as UPCA ‘Red’ scored 189 in 44.4 overs. Later Sameer (4/4) and Shiva (4/15) kept CAL batsmen in trouble before bundling them for 97 in 29 overs. Now, the winners take on Haryana Cricket Association in the final on Tuesday. POINTS SPLIT

It was a no-match day in the 2nd Janhvi Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament as due to heavy rains last night both the matches were washed out, at the Chowk Stadium. All four teams Sound Images, Rudransh Cricket Club, Unity Academy and LCA had to split points then. CONVINCING WIN

Rahul Kapoor Cricket Academy (RKCA) defeated Mega Trends Club (MTC) by six wickets to make it to the next round of the 13th ‘C’ Division Cricket League here on Monday. Needing 75 to win in stipulated 30 overs, RKCA romped home in 16 overs.

SPORT FESTIVAL

Following will represent Lucknow in basketball and handball events at the State Women’s Festival to be held at Bareilly from September 13 to 15.

Basketball: Avantika Rawat, Aradhya Singh, Kinjal Tewari, Shivani Singh, Shalini Singh, Pratibha Maurya, Vibha Singh, Anjana Singh, Anu, Mantasa Ansari, Deepika Yadav and Rakhi Sharma.

Handball: Sanju Dubey, Rekha Yadav, Sanju Kumari, Anju Kumari, Akansha Verma, Shikha Verma, Shalini Agarwal, Shiva Singh, Swarnima Jaiswal, Indu Gupta, Nistha Shankhwar and Shilpi Shukla. FINE SHOW Prem Prakash (23 points) pushed Lalit Srivastava (22 pts) to the second spot in the monthly medal round of men’s golf at the Palms Golf Club here. Jyotsana Singh (20 pts and

Mahima Agarwal (16 pts) finished first and second respectively in the women’s category. In all 53 golfers took part in the event.