Divine Club lift Shukla Trophy with a thrilling win
LUCKNOW : Divine Cricket Club scored a thrilling two-wicket win against SDS Cricket Academy to life the glittering trophy of the Suryakali Shukla Cricket Tournament, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Stadium here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES SDSCA 163 in 34 overs (Santosh Roshan 27, Vishwa Pratap 24, Ravi Gupta 3 for 20, Irfan 2 for 24, Kushgra 2 for 25) lost to DCC 168 for 8 in 38.4 overs (Aditya Kumar 52, Hemant 33, Santosh Roshan 4 for 37, Akash 2 for 24). ALL-ROUND SHOW Manoj Patel’s all-round show (69 runs, 1 wkt) helped Aryawart Cricket Academy (ACA) beat Dhruva Cricket Academy (DCA) by 60 runs to make it to the second round of the Yorker Trophy Under-14 Cricket Tournament, at the Christian College Ground here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES ACA 148 in 33.4 overs (Manoj Patel 69, Aman Verma 4 for 34, Ayush Garg 3 for 28, Aryan Srivastava 2 for 31) beat
DCA 88 in 24.5 overs (Aviral Kanojia 30, Tushar Verma 4 for 16, Vasudev 3 for 23). SAURABH EXCELS Saurabh Pal’s sparkling unbeaten century helped Basti Cricket Club crush hosts LPS Cricket Club by 147 runs in a league match of the LPS Trophy Cricket Tournament, at the Northern Railway Stadium here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES BCC 222 for 5 in 30 overs (Saurabh Pal 101*, Rahul 29, Apoorv Singh 2 for 51, S Mishra 2 for 53) beat LPSCC 75 in 23.4 overs (Rishabh 23, Vivek Chaudhary 4 for 10, Anish Patel 2 for 10, Divyansh 2 for 12). FINE KNOCK Ali struck a fine-half century as hosts Sandeep Cricket Academy beat Asha Sports Foundation by five wickets in a league match of the 2nd Sandeep Trophy Under-15 Cricket Tournament, at the RDSO Stadium here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES ASF 156 in 37 overs (Ali 59, Aryan Kshitiz 29, Ashraf 22, Ashutosh Chauhan 4 for 17, Mohit 3 for 14, Ansh Pandey 2 for 41) lost to SCA 159 for 5 in 29.4 overs (Akash Patel 69, Om Yadav 45, Om Soni 2 for 18). THUMPING WIN Multi Activity Cricket Academy notched up a thumping ninewicket win against Lucknow Cricket Foundation and collected full points in the Prime Sports Trophy Cricket Tournament, at the MACA Ground here on Monday. Needing 72 to win, MACA romped home in just 9.1 overs, losing one wicket. In other matches of the day, DYA defeated K Sports by 36 runs, at the Chowk Stadium, and Cricket Promotion Group beat Yorker Cricket Club by 58 runs, at the Microlit Gymkhana Ground. HOCKEY TRIALS UP Hockey would be conducting selection trials at the Padamshree Mohd Shahid Stadium here for upcoming nationals. Trials to pick team for sub-junior men nationals (May 10 to 21 at Bengaluru) will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and followed by team for junior women national championship (May 4 to 14 at Bhopal) on Wednesday and Thursday. Both the trials begin at 7.00 a.m. STATE KARATE Over 500 karate exponents in 82 events from all parts of the state would be seen in action in the two-day State Karate Championship, starting Tuesday.