Vishwajeet,Nishant

Impressive batting performances by Vishwajeet Singh (81 not out) and Nishant Rai (75 not out) went a long was as Arya Cricket Academy defeated Lucknow Cricket Academy by eight wickets in their league match of the 3rd LCA Under-16 Cricket Trophy at LDA Stadium,Lucknow on Thursday. While Vishwajeet’s unbeaten 81 came off 25 balls which featured 9 boundaries and 7 lofty sixes,Nishant’s unbeaten 75 resulted off 44 balls which featured 9 fours and 3 lofty sixes. In another match of the same tourney,Panther Cricket Academy beat Akota Cricket Club,Baroda by three wickets.

Brief Scores: (1st match):- Akota Cricket Club,Baroda: 190 for nine in 40 overs ( Mahipal Jadeja 52,Aditya Shukla 44,Dhawal 39; Alok Yadav 3 for 29,Rishabh Sharma 3 for 33); Panther Cricket Academy: 194 for seven in 35.3 overs ( Ritesh Jaiswal 57 not out,Manish Rai 56,Alok Yadav 24,Sukrat Pandey 14; Dhawal Despandey 2 for 34,Aditya Shukla 2 for 34). (2nd match):- LCA: 216 for six in 40 overs ( Alok Verma 56 not out,Rohit Kishore 38,Asif Hussain 34,Avneesh Pathak 33,Ravi Jaiswal 10; Sumit Tiwari 2 for 52,Nishant Rai 1 for 36,Badal 1 for 38); Arya Cricket Academy: 218 for two in 18.2 overs ( Vishwajeet Singh 81 not out,,Nishant Rai 75 not out,Mohit Yadav 30,Amitabh Pathak 17).

Cricket trials
Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy (ASCA) will conduct a selection trial to select its under-15 and under-18 teams for the ‘All India JK Tyre Cricket Tournament’ which will be held at Sattal,Nainital from April 23. The trials will be held at Avadh School grounds,Vipul Khand,Gomti Nagar,Lucknow at 8.30 am on April 11. Those interested may contact on mobile no. 9839606772 for details.

Night cricket
The 3rd Harbansh Kaur Tennis Ball Night Cricket Tournament will be organised at a school in Chinhat,Lucknow on April 20. Last date for entries is April 16. Those interested may contact organising committee member Vaibhav (mobile no. 9335210662) for details.