Dhuri, Jadhav, Varla hammer centuries

Right-arm medium-pacer Melroy Gonsalves of Sportsmen, Vasai claimed the bowling honours with an eight wicket haul (8-24). Sportsmen notched a 16-run victory over Young Men’s in a E Division match at Cross Maidan.

Nikhil Kulkarni (7-25), also came close to match Gonsalves while assisting Prabhu Jolly Young to beat Merry Youngsters in the D’ Division.

In a F Division match, fine bowling performance by medium-pacer Anant Datar (5-24)enabled Parel Sporting to beat Bhora by seven wickets.

Brief scores

C Division

Esplanade Liberals 218-7 decl (Chandrakant Dhuri 101; S Umesh 3-54) drew with Young Muslims 78-6 (S Sarmalkar 3-14). Park CC 179 (Akshay Bhattacharya 45, Pramod Malik 57; Gaurang Joglekar 3-31, Nirnay More 3-21) drew with Gaud Saraswat 28-2. Sangam 163 (S Chakravarty 30, Mukesh Valse 30, Suresh Jadhav 30, Suresh Salunke 43; Azhar Ali 4-32, Sahiban Fakhi 4-26) bt Sportsmen CC, Kalyan 77 (Mayur Rathod 36 n.o; Aziz Khan 3-21). New Hindu 177-9 decl (Abhijit Dhandare 38 n.o., Amit Thakur 47 n.o; Pravin Gosavi 3-24) drew with Parsi Cyclists 62-3. Evergreen 92 (Jitu Pardeshi 50; C Amberkar 3-11) lost to United Friends 98-4. Sassanian 54 (Sandesh Desai 3-22, Rupesh Chavan 3-20, Bharat Acharya 3-3) lost to Bharat 56-7 (Sachin Jagtap 5-25). Star 62 (Santosh Jaiswal 3-30, Prashant Bhoyar 3-16) and 46-7 (P Bhoyar 3-7) lost to Kandivli 122 on basis of first innings.

D Division

Navroze 80 (Aditya Bhat 3-17,Viral Amin 3-9) lost to Wellington 82-6 (Raju Bandwalkar 4-18). Dadar Parsi Colony 191-5 (Kishor Jadhav 101 n.o; S Hardil 3-66) drew with Indian Gymkhana 81-3. Mary Youngsters 64 (Nikhil Kulkarni 7-25) & 25-3 (N Kulkarni 3-11) lost to Prabhu Jolly Youngsters 91 (Vinayak Kulkarni 37; Vijay Rane 3-22, Amol Aravane 3-19). Young Star (MD) 153-9 decl (Mushtaq Shaikh 50, S Kunchikorve 30; Bharat Meher 3-23, Hari Patil 3-27) drew with Sind 64-4 (J Mhatre 3-13). Catholic Gymkhana 107 (Kishor Vaity 4-26) drew with Koli Combine 3-1. Shri Shivaji 96 (B Churi 35; Rajesh Varma 6-32) drew with Matunga Gymkhana 24-2. Parkophene 139-8 decl (Hitesh Popat 31; Jaspal Singh 5-35, Aditya Nanjee 3-32) drew with Kamath Memorial 25-2.

E Division

Old Podarites 221-5 decl (Siddharth Rao 62, Bhushan Vaidya 44, Sameer Gawas 31 n.o.) drew with Mumbai Police 151-5 (Sanjay Jagtap 84). Sportsmen, Vasai 88 (Afzal 5-28, Hemkant Bagul 3-2) bt Young Men’s 72 (Melroy Gonsalves 8-24). Fort Youngsters 158 (M Unwala 33, RajeshNarvekar 32; Prashant Goradia 4-17, Saurabh Dalal 3-21) drew with Shree Lad 83-4. Apollo 170 (Shrikant Lad 40, Rakesh Shanbag 35; Mangesh Thotam 5-44, Mukund Joshi 3-44) drew with Friends Union 100-9 (Shekhar Singh 38; Irfan Sayed 3-36, F Patel 5-31). Mandvi Muslims 151 (Anil Bhatnagar 55; Mukund Vashi 5-34) drew with Brothers 46-5 (Shantanu Gaichur 3-20).

F Division

Mahim Juvenile 58 (Swapnil Desai 5-26) & 8-6 (Sunil Mayekar 5-3) lost to Borivli 169-4 (Nirav Valia 103 n.o., Narry D’Souza 36 n.o.) on first innings. Star, Khetwadi 127 (Santosh Sawant 4-29) lost to Stylo 132-5 (Sanjay Malusare 45 n.o., Vikas Pardesi 39 n.o; Harish More 3-38). United 142-5 decl (S Jinesh 30, Sunil Godbole 42, Nishiket Kadam) drew with Combined 72-5 (A Siddiqui 3-21). Lord North Brook 107 (Ravi Shedge 4-22) lost to Gallant 108-8 (M Nandiwdekar 30; Nishit Pande 3-29, Amit Patkar 3-14). Crescent 95 (Vijay Vaity 4-17, Binny Sridharan 4-28) drew with Elphinstone 64-7. Bhora 150 (M Rasool 30, Imran Shaikh 64; AnantDatar 5-24) lost to Parel Sporting 151-3 (Vijay Zagde 49 n.o., M Raware 39).

G Division

New Amrut 158-9 decl (Jaydeep Gharat 62; Prakash Shinde 4-31, P Patil 3-55) bt Superstar 108 (Karunakaran Kotian 5-26). Regal 168-9 decl (Imran Shirgaokar 99; Bhavesh Shah 4-43) drew with Amar 32-2. MVSC 126-9 decl (Kiran Salgaokar 3-29) & 70-2 lost to Royal 166-7 (Santosh Kudalkar 62, Sushil Mapuskar 72; Bapu Patil 3-6). John Bright 187-9 decl (Ashwin Tidke 53, Mehul Trivedi 62 n.o; Mandar Deodhar 6-47, Vijay Bangera 3-51) drew with Maharashtra Young 54-7 (B Kamal 3-20, Ashwin Tidke 3-10). Canara Vijay 201 (Navin Patil 43, Shailesh Jadhav 30, Pushpraj Sharma 52 n.o; Shimle Saud 5-20, Shimle Rauf 3-54) drew with Morarji Velji 64-4 (Shailesh Jadhav 3-35). Dashing 114-9 decl (Vikas Patil 41; A Rai 4-6) lost to Oriental 115-4 (J Sachin 37). Marwari 197 (S Jivani 55, S Vinay 31; Dashrath Sankhe 6-61) drew with Aarey 81-2. Young Association 103 (Suhas Mane 5-19) bt Friends Cricketers 59 (Milind Bhosle 4-31, KPatel 3-8.