Commanding performance by Adhikari

MUMBAI, FEB 16: Sohail Adhikari 52 and 6-19 and Viraj Chavan 52 and 3-14 enabled St John the Baptist score a 203-run win over St Stan...

MUMBAI, FEB 16: Sohail Adhikari 52 and 6-19 and Viraj Chavan 52 and 3-14 enabled St John the Baptist score a 203-run win over St Stanislaus in the pre-quarterfinals of the Kellog8217;s Super Cup Inter-schools cricket tournament today. St John the Baptist recorded the day8217;s best with 324-8 in 45 overs. Abhishek Nayer8217;s second successive century powered Shardashram English to a 72-run victory over Raja Shivaji in another pre-quarterfinal at the Cross Maidan today.

Nayer8217;s 119 98b, 20215;4 helped his side score 237 for nine wickets. Raja Shivaji were restricted to 165 with Prasad Chavan being the top run-getter with 63 in the tournament conducted by the Mumbai School Sports Association.Left-arm spinner Sunil Waghela 4-38 and off-spinner Pranab Chavan shared the spoils.

Siddhesh Maldikar8217;s all-round performance 3-70 and 45 went in vain as his side St Francis D8217;Assisi went down to Don Bosco Matunga by 18 runs.Brief scores: Shardashram English 237-9 in 45 overs Girish Vaswani 36, Abhishek Nayer 119;Sandeep Desai 3-52 bt Raja Shivaji 165 in 37 overs Swapnil Tambe 45, Prasad Chavan 53; Pranab Chavan 5-50, Sunil Waghela 4-38. Man of the Match: Abhishek Nayer.

St John the Baptist 324-8 in 45 overs Swapnil Yadav 32, Siddharth Shirodkar 40, Viraj Chavan 52, Moiz Shaikh 82, Sohail Adhikari 52, Kunal Tupe 3-73 bt St Stanislaus 121 in 36.2 overs Swapnil Jadhav 32, Shreyas Shahane 30, Sohail Adhikari 6-19; Viraj Chavan 3-14. Man of the Match: Sohail Adhikari.Don Bosco Matunga 233 in 44.5 overs Sachin Shetty 48, Jinesh Savla 33, Satyendra Singh 51; Vikrant Gupta 3-28, Siddhesh Maldhikar 3-70 bt St Francis D8217;Assisi 215 in 42 overs Sanil Salvi 56 not out; Siddhesh Maldhikar 45; Sanket Chavan 3-43. Man of the Match: Sanket Chavan.

Podar on top

Siyaram Podar had Central Railway tottering at 141 for eight at the end of the first day of the three-day Times Shield D Division final at Parsee Gymkhana today.

Siyaram, batting first, were 97-7 at one point before a 70-run eighth wicket partnershipbetween Raju Dabholkar 45, 5215;4 and SK Podar 29, 3215;4 rescued them.

The railwaymen, after being 61-2 at one stage, went crashing to 128-8 as medium pacer Rajesh Pagdare 5-39 did the damage. Southpaw Sudhakar Chavan held fort alone with an unbeaten 81 6215;4.

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Brief scores: Siyaram Podar 169 Rajesh Pagdare 29, Raju Dabholkar 45, SK Podar 29; Dhananjay Kotkar 3-38, Yashwant Gawad 3-22 vs Central Railway Mumbai Division 141-8 Sudhakar Chavan batting 81, Mansoor Khan 28; Rajesh Pagdare 5-39.