St Ann’s team wins in Academy cricket

The team of St. Ann’s Academy registered a comprehensive nine wicket victory against Bulandshahr Academy in their league match of the Gujral’s Inter Academy Cricket Tournament at Pt. RB Tiwari Stadium,Lucknow on Friday. Batting first,Bulandshahr Academy scored 109 runs losing all its wickets in 24.5 overs in the 30 overs-a-side match. Sajid Husain claimed three wickets conceding 14 runs while Nitin Yadav took two wickets giving away 16 runs. In reply,St. Ann’s Academy romped home after attaining the set mark in 17.4 overs with nine wickets to spare. Arvind Kumar did well with the bat and struck an unbeaten half-century. Brief Scores: Bulandshahr Academy: 109 all out in 24.5 overs ( Nitin 22,Arvind 18; Sajid Hussain 3 for 14,Nitin Yadav 2 for 16); St. Ann’s Academy: 110 for one in 17.4 overs (Arvind Kumar 50 not out,Nitin Yadav 21,Harish Chowdhary 25 not out,Amit Kumar 1 for 14).

Hony excels
A five wicket haul by Hony Saxena ( 5 for 33 in 5.1 overs) paved the way for a 32 run victory for New Light Club in their match against Champion League in the Ratan Lal Sharma Memorial Monsoon Cricket League at NR Stadium,Lucknow on Friday.

Brief Scores:New Light Club: 151 for eight in 30 overs ( Subrato Ghosh 34,Romesh Chandra 34; Pradeep Verma 2 for 12,Piyush Kusumwal 2 for 17);Champion League: 119 all out in 26.1 overs ( Piyush Kusumwal 20,Prateek Tiwari 28,M Parvez 25; Hony Saxena 5 for 33,Sudhir Tiwari 3 for 18).

Gaurav shines
ALL-ROUND efforts by Gaurav Rawat (57 runs; 3 for 10) helped NRCA XI in defeating Indian Cricket Academy by four wickets in their league match of the Elia Cup Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at NR Stadium,Lucknow on Friday. Brief Scores: Indian Cricket Academy: 137 all out in 19.4 overs ( Anurag Srivastava 33,Ajeet Singh 25,Manipal Singh 21; Gaurav Rawat 3 for 10,Moninder Singh 2 for 22); NRCA: 138 for six in 18.1 overs ( Gaurav Rawat 57,Pradeep Singh 24; Dheeraj 3 for 17,Anurag 3 for 17).

Friendly match
A five wicket haul by Hari Om Chowdhary (5 for 6) went a long way as Panther’s Academy defeated Arya Academy by 100 runs in a friendly match organised at NER Stadium,Lucknow on Friday.