Elf derail CR, enter Division A final

January 11: A pep talk given by senior Central Railway sports officials, including sports secretary AK Srivastava and football coach Iren...

January 11: A pep talk given by senior Central Railway sports officials, including sports secretary AK Srivastava and football coach Irenio Vaz, at close of play yesterday proved insufficient. Trailing opponents Elf Lubricants by 153 runs, Central Railway, resuming at 183 for seven, were bowled out for 250 at the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy ground today. Elf Lubricants entered the Times Shield A Division final by virtue of a 86-run first innings lead.

Off-spinner Ramesh Pawar, 27 not out overnight, delayed the inevitable by batting stolidly for one hour, before falling leg before to left arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarani for 60 126 balls, 7215;4. Pawar put on 49 for the eighth wicket with Manu Kumar, who scored a quick 23 27 balls, 5215;4.Once Nilesh Kulkarni was introduced into the attack, the Railways innings folded up. Kulkarni8217;s figures today read 4.2-1-14-3, giving him a match haul of four for 53.

Elf will meet Sungrace Mafatlal in the final.

Brief scores: Elf Lubricants 336 Jatin Paranjpe 142 not outbt Central Railway 250 Sarvesh Bhatnagar 42, Satyendra Yadav 62, Ramesh Pawar 60, Mhambrey 4-65, Kulkarni 4-53.

Police win

Mumbai City Police lifted the Bombay Junior Cricket Shield by defeating Regal Cricket Club by seven wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium last week.

Brief scores: Regal CC 151 Vilas Kadam 54, Naresh Narvekar 3-12 lost to Mumbai City Police 151-3 Rajendra Wagle 60, Vijay Jadhav 36, Deepak Patil 22 by 7 wkts.

Surve surge ahead

SURVE Sports Club, Thane defeated Mulund Medico Sports Club by eight points in the second round of 43rd Shamrao Thosar Memorial Shield Suburban Cricket tournament 45 overs organised by Sporting Clubs Committee at Central Maidan, Thane.

Brief scores: Mulund Medico Sports Club: 137 in 28.2 overs Kamal Ganara 32 lost to Suurve Sports Club 141-2 in 20.4 overs Sunil Patil 78 not out, Ketan Karnik 24.

Esplanade triumph

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Esplanade Liberals Cricket Club beat Pandurangwadi Cricket Club to win the CosmopolitanCricket Shield Tournament played at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Esplanade won by seven wickets.

Brief Scores: Pandurangwadi CC 144 Raju Dhuri 28, Rajan Wagle 46, Deepak Patil 43; Milind Deulkar 2-24, Sandeep Vichare 2-27 lost to Esplanade Liberals CC 147-3 Ryan Rodrigues 68, Bharat Acharya 34Stephen8217;s move up

ST Stephen8217;s defeated Ambadi Sports Club Red 4-1 in a first-round encounter of the Don Bosco Challenge Cup football tournament for seniors, organised by the Don Bosco Youth Centre, Kurla, and played at St Joseph8217;s ITI ground, Kurla, yesterday.

Francis Williams 2, Stephen Dias and Anil Salwankar scored for the winners and Allwyn Mathias pulled a goal back for Ambadi.