All Parsees finish with draw

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 29: All Parsees rallied to hold Sutarwar 1-1 in an inconsequential encounter of the eight-team MDFA Harwood Super footbal...

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 29: All Parsees rallied to hold Sutarwar 1-1 in an inconsequential encounter of the eight-team MDFA Harwood Super football league at St Xavier8217;s ground, Parel, today.

Both teams are out of the running for the title All Parsees having finished their commitments, while Sutarwar are placed at the bottom of the table. The game was evenly contested. Sutarwar saw more of the ball, while Parsees had a better share of the scoring opportunities. It was Sutarwar who wrested the lead in the 41st minute of the mutually agreed 60-minute game. Striker K Manoj scored with a low top-of-the-box attempt after receiving a shallow wall pass by right-winger A Alban inside the box.

Parsees neutralised the lead after just three minutes. Striker Farzeen Irani found the target following a neat pass by half-back Adil Dalal.

Earlier in a First division tie, Bad Boys Club beat MLWB, Andheri, through a lone goal by Godfrey Francis. Both the teams have qualified for the play-off.

Bandya shines for TataSC
Former international goalkeeper Bandya fisted away his counter-part VD Swamy8217;s kick, the last of Air-India8217;s in the tie-breaker, to open up the path for Tata Sports Club8217;s entry into the final of the J Kosalraman Memorial Veterans football tournament at the St Xavier8217;s ground, Vile Parle W. Tatas won 5-4 via the spot-kick duel.

Surendra Kumar, Ganesh Rao, John Alphonso, Gangadhar and Melwyn Oliver netted for the winners. Raghu Pillay, Santan D8217;Souza, Anthony Barretto and Anil Laxman scored for Air-India.

Earlier in the first semi-final, Mahindras beat Central Railway 2-1. Iqbal Hussain and Farooque Ahmed netted for the winners. Canute D8217;Silva scored for Central.

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Solkar XI, Gavaskar XI in final
Solkar XI and Gavaskar XI marched into the final of the Travel Network Shatkar Trophy U-16 boys cricket tournament today. While Solkar XI restricted Vengsarkar XI to 154 to gain a huge first innings lead, Gavaskar XI, 113 for five overnight, managed to go past Vishwanath XI8217;s total of 143,before being bowled out for 160. Vishwanath XI tried vainly to get a result when they declared their second knock.

Brief scores: Vishwanath XI 143 amp; 168-7 Paul Valthaty 33, Aniket Redkar 29, Sanchit Pande 44 not out, Soham Dalvi 2-31 drew Gavaskar XI 160 amp; 130-2 Soham Dalvi 48, Rakesh Kanojia 72 not out, Sanchit Pande 2-52; Solkar XI 268 drew Vengsarkar XI 154 Parag Madkaikar 47, Shoaib Mohammed 4-41, Rohan Amladi 2-33.

Waseem spells doom for VP Engg
Waseem Sayed8217;s spell of seven for 39 was instrumental in Maharashtra College8217;s eight wicket win over Vasantdada Patil Engg in the third round of the inter-college cricket tournament today.

Brief scores Zone 1, 3rd round: Vasantdada Patil Engg 76 Waseem Sayed 7-39 lost to Maharashtra 78-2; Mithibai 212 Viraj 63, Abhishek 51, Sachin 3-34, Moin 3-42 bt Sydenham 171; MMK 155 Rahim 4-33 lost to Elphinstone 159-7 Ashish 47 not out, Jahangir 3-20; Chinai 186 Rupal Punja 77 not out, Javed 3-54 bt Saboo Siddik 170 RomilMehta 4-40, Rupal Punja 3-30, Jayesh Kushte 3-20; Burhani 178 Murtuza 41 not out, Ashish Joshi 5-38 lost to Kandivli 183-7 Rahul Singh 40 not out; HR 203 Dennis Desai 55, Viren D8217;Silva 45, Shamsuddin Merchant 3-58, Imran Ansari 3-41 bt Lala 113 Abhishek Joshi 3-20; Khandwala 136 Dhananjay Pendse 45, Ajay Gupta 5-27 lost to NR Swamy 135-4 Mandar 43; Ismail Yusuf 121 Kirtikumar Jadhav 5-20, Omprakash Yadav 4-15 lost to New Law 122-6 Bhalchandra Kunte 50, Jitendra Bolaikar 6-37; Somaiya Arts 121 Narayan 3-22 bt Shailendra 79 Rakesh Khot 5-12, Yatish 3-16; Somani 179 Dattoprasad Sarang 51, Sujit Joshi 40, Sumedh Sathe 4-34 vs Sathaye 53-4; RD National 145 Ankush 46, Amir 42 vs Wilson 72-3; SK Somaiya 109 Sirajuddin 5-24 lost to AP Commerce 110-6 Sirajuddin 48 not out.

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Zone 2, QF: Pragati, Dombivli 104 Melroy 3-20 lost to N Gonsalo, Papdi 105-7 Melroy 33 not out, Sandeep Patil 4-26; Annasaheb Vartak, Vasai 212 Pankaj Gharat 82 not out, Nishikant Sawant 4-78, Kiran Kunthe 5-59bt Dnyana Sadhana 92 K Mahesh 45, Ajit Parab 3-41, Sandeep Kini 3-46, Vaibhav Patil 3-5; Birla 225 Mukesh Lokhande 101, Sandeep Sakpal 6-42 bt Ambarnath 146 Jeetendra Adwilkar 55, Venkatesh Konar 4-27; JSM Alibag 265-8 Mahesh Mhatre 86, Vikrant Mhatre 51, Divyang Desai 3-79 lost to Vidya Vardhini Vasai 267-4 Tushar Samant 91, Amit Karvir 68 not out.

Rujuta upsets Saveri
Rujuta Palande upset third seed Saveri Rathod to enter the cadet girls semi-final of the Thane District table tennis association at Dombivli Gymkhana yesterday. Amruta Warke of Thane also made the last four.

Results
Cadet girls QF: Rujuta Palande Thane bt 3-Saveri Rathod Nag 21-16 21-12; Amruta Warke Thane bt Shweta Sathe Thane 21-14 21-16.

Mumbai South-East men lose
Mumbai South-East were ousted by Thane in the pre-quarterfinals of the 50th Maharashtra state Servo basketball Championship in Nagpur yesterday.

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According to information available here, South-East, after trailing 25-45 athalf-time, led 64-62 five minutes before the final whistle, thanks to the superb efforts by Shaikh Wasim 21, Ibrahim Lakdawala 16 and Ansani Amir. The Thane lads closed ranks and finished winners 79-66.

In the women8217;s quarter-final, Mumbai South-East downed Pune 41-37 and Thane outclassed Bhandara 55-33. Mumbai South-East meet Satara in the semi-final today, while Nagpur take on Thane.

RESULTS
Men PQF: Yavatmal 48 bt Dhule 40; Sangli 71 bt Latur 33; Mumbai North 73 Anish Sanghvi 21, Sonu 18 bt Kolhapur 42 Uday Jadhav 15, Vikram Khade 12.Women QF: Mumbai South-East 41 Anita Krishnan 23 bt Pune 37 Usha Kadam 17; Thane 55 Manisha Khaprekar 20 bt Bhandara 33 Bhowate 23.