Dani keeps National on top

MUMBAI, SEPT 19: A seven-wicket haul by medium-pacer Amit Dani helped defending champions National beat Cricket Club of India, and mainta...

MUMBAI, SEPT 19: A seven-wicket haul by medium-pacer Amit Dani helped defending champions National beat Cricket Club of India, and maintain their top position, with 30 points after 11 rounds, in the Dr HD Kanga Cricket League A Division at Cross Maidam today.

CCI, batting first were bowled out for 106, Vinayak Samant making 40. Dani was the wrecker-in-chief with 7 for 32 off 19 overs. National had a good start, openers Wasim Jaffer 49 and Sameer Apte 59 raising 117 for the first wicket. National declared at 145 for three. CCI were 56 for 3 in their second innings.

Left-arm medium-pacer Janak Mistry 6 for 35 helped New Hind to beat Karnatak Sporting Association by eight wickets on their home ground at Matunga. Elsewhere, a seven-wicket haul by medium-pacer Manoj Patil went in vain as Gamdevi Cricketers lost to Shantibhai Sheth Memorials in the B8217; Division.

BRIEF SCORES

A8217; Division: CCI 106 Vinayak Samant 40, Amit Dani 7-32 and 56-3 lost to National 146-4 decl Wasim Jaffer 49, SameerApte 59 on the first innings.

Young Friends 142 Naushad Khan 31, Chintan Joshi 50; Nitin Sawant 4-17, Nitin Surve 3-22 drew with PJ Hindu Gymkhana 143-4 Ashok Kadam 45, Atiq Sayad 41 not out.

MB Union 164 Tushar Shringare 39, Pankaj Oza 30; Faizal Shaikh 6-52 lost to MIG, Bandra 166-3 Sandesh Paralkar 36, Manish Bangera 52, Atul Ranade 39.

Dadar Union 197-8 decl Parag Paigankar 43, Sandeep Dahad 3-63, Ashish Mahadeshwar 4-62 drew with Shivaji Park Youngsters 105-4 Vinayak Mane 47.

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Young Maharashtra 182 Vineet Mehta 41, Uday Bhogle 38 drew with Shivaji Park Gymkhana 128-4 Sanjay Bangar 44; Omkar Salvi 4-52.

Victory 120 Sawpnoj Thakur 35; Paras Mahmbery 4-16 and 93-2 lost to Khar Gymkhana 208-3 decl Ashutosh Narkar 30, Sayed Khote 38; Amol Muzumdar 67 not out, Paras Mahambrey 57 not out.

Karnatak 97 Janak Mistry 6-35 lost to to New Hind 101-2 Rubesh Kumar 39 not out.

B8217; Division

Fort Vijay 180-8 decl Sudesh Nayak 38, Anirudha Dhichwalkar 32; Amol Bhalekar 4-40drew with Dadar Parsi Zorastrian 130-7 Uday Vedhant 53.

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Rajshatan 94 Rohan Bane 3-42, Raju Shrike 3-22, Amir Nanji 3-13 lost to Sunder 97-5 Anirudha Rangnekar 32 not out, Amir Nanji 41.

Shantibhai Sheth Memorials 105 Manoj Patil 7-32 beat Gamdevi Cricketers 76 Sharad Shetty 3-20, Prashant Dalvi 4-30, Yeshavant Bhosle 3-6.

Young Comrade 125 Raju Govekar 43; Mahindra Pandey 3-30, Hemin Desai 5-60 lost to United Cricketers 126-6 Ashish Gadre 32.

Khandala 122 Sandeep Sakhare 48; Sanjeev Srivastav 6-37, Amit Rodriques 3-22 lost to Parsee Gymkhana 124-4 Rishad Dotiwala 44; Shashank Shinde 3-22.

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Worli 166 Sameer Satpute 45 not out; Sunil Malik 4-38 drew with Islam Gymkhana 94-4 Kamran Chowdhary 43 not out.