Bhushan spells doom for Azad Club

PUNE, March 23: Bhushan Deshpande's impressive spell of four for 26 came handy for Dilip A' Club in their effort to defeat Azad Cricket ...

PUNE, March 23: Bhushan Deshpande8217;s impressive spell of four for 26 came handy for Dilip A8217; Club in their effort to defeat Azad Cricket Club by two wickets with two balls remaining in the Poona District Cricket Association PDCA organised summer league cricket tournament, here recently.

Azad Club, helped by an unbeaten knock of 61 by Ashok Ranade, managed to score 150-runs in the stipulated 30 overs at the loss of eight wickets, after being troubled by Bhushan8217;s spell. In reply, Dilip A8217; Club overhauled the target just in time with two balls remaining and as many wickets in hand. Ravi Nagarkar 33 along with Bhushan Deshpande 27 were the run getters for the team.

Brief Scores: Azad Cricket Club: 150 for 8 in 30 overs Ashok Ranade 61 n.o., Bhushan Deshpande 26/4 lost to Dilip A8217;: 151 for 8 in 29.4 overs Ravi Nagarkar 33, Bhushan Deshpande 27.

YTCC: 156 in 30 overs A Merchant 61, Suhash Waghmare 3/21 lost to Aloch Cricket Club: 159 for 6 in 27.3 overs Mahesh Shahane 37, Narendra Lagwankar 26, Vijay Parkhi 26.

Maharashtra Kamgar Kalyan Kendra, Sahakarnagar: 213 for 7 in 30 overs Vasant Mudholkar 89, Raju B 54, Abhay Gadgil 3/30 bt Dilip B8217;: 108 in 30 overs Kiran Joshi 25, Popat Dolse 5/9.

Sunday Satrs Cricket Club: 199 for 5 in 30 overs Sachin B 48, Ashwin Vaidya 46, Ravi Kelkar 25 bt Evergreen Cricket Club:164 for 8 in 30 overs Ganesh Waghule 48, Avinash Parmar 40 n.o..

Phulenagar Cricket Club: 193 for 5 Salim Khan 57, Romel Solaman 50, Chetan Bhorat 36, Manish Bhorat 3/25 lost to Joyti Cricket Club: 194 for 7 in 28 overs Narendra Dadge 54, Niranjan Dadge 40.

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Melbourne win
Prashant Walture8217;s sizzling unbeaten knock of 139 was the highlight of Melbourne Cricket Club8217;s mammoth 106-run triumph over Unity Council Sports Association in the PDCA-Nazir Ali Shield cricket tournament.

Melbourne aided by Prashant8217;s knock piled up a huge 284-runs total in the allotted 40 overs. Supporting him at the other end was Ramesh Tikone who passed the half-century mark getting out on 53. Unity Council found the task difficult as wickets tumbled one after the other. The side was bowled out at the total of 178-runs eventually. Kamlakar Kumbhare scalped three wickets for 38 runs.

Brief Scores: Nazir Ali Shield: Knock out stage: Melbourne Cricket Club: 284 for 5 Prashant Walture 139 n.o., Ramesh Tikone 53 b Unity Council Sports Association: 178 Parag Gaikwad 58, Rahul Shiraskar 26, Sanjay Jhurunge 29, K Kumbhar 3/38.

PCMC: 241 for 8 Vijay Jagdale 61, Chandan Gangawne 42, Vivek Malesh 36, Sunil Chavan 34 b Shree Cricket Club: 128 Uday Bedse 48, Chintamani Hasabnis 26, Ananda Londhe 4/35, Ravi Gaikwad 3/30.

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President8217;s Cup: Knock out stage: Someshwar Cricket Club: 117 Mahindra Bangude 42 lost to Sunrise Cricket Club: 118 for 8 Santosh Sathe 38, Vishwanath Jadhav 4/14.

Pune City Police: 89 Avinash Gaikwad 5/26 lost to Maling Club: 93 for 9 Sandeep Kadam 28, Pravin Gurav 4/24, Sanjay Ahiwale 4/30.

Salvi fastest
Pravin Salvi emerged the fastest individual at the Industrial Athletic meet organised by Telco under the aegis of the Industrial Sports Association, clocking 11.2 seconds in the 100 metre sprint event at the Telco colony.

Results: 100m run: Pravin Salvi 11.8s; Dharandra Shahi, Sandeep Labade all Telco. 400m run: Kishore Wankhede 57.11s. Dadashahe Chavan, Sushil Jain all Telco. 800m run: Amol Adhav 2m 12.8s, Prashant Rale both Telco, Chandrakant Sapkal AFK. 5000m run: Amol Jadhav 11m 30.2s, Prashant Rale both Telco, Chandrakant Sapkal AFK. 200m run: Praveen Salvi 23.92s, Sanjay Labade, Dadasaheb Chavan all Telco. Long jump: Sambhaji Patil 6.7mt, Dadasaheb Chavan, Darandra Shahi all Telco. Shot Put: Balkrishna Gurav Telco 9.73mt, Prashant P SKF, Sanjuv Pansare Telco. Javelin throw: Sanjay Pansare Telco 39.34mt, Prashant P SKF, Prashant Bendre Telco.