
A total of 14 wickets fell as bowlers had a good day on the first day of the three day B8217; Division Times Shield Cricket Tournamnet8217;s semi-final between Mumbai Port Trust and Western Railway 8216;A8217; at the Fort Vijay ground, Azad Maidan on Monday.
Western Railway 8216;A8217; did well to restrict Mumbai Port Trust to 229 after putting them into bat. At close of play, Railway were 56 for 4 after tottering at 5 for 3 at one stage they were.
Port Trust also had a poor start and were 36 for 2 early but their third-wicket pair of Rajendra Pandit 11 and Sanjay Jamsandekar 44 with 3215;6, 6215;4 off 17 balls carried the total forward to 86.
After the exit of these two, Port Trust was well served by Bipin Waghela 38 and all-rounder Yogesh Dicholkar 34 before they were all out for 229.
Brief scores
B8217; Division: Mumbai Port Trust 229 Sanjay Jamsandekar 44, Bipin Waghela 38, Yogesh Dicholkar 34; Hamid Ali 4-50, Nilesh Chouhan 2-62, Asadullah Khan 2-31 vs Western Railway A8217; 56 for 4.
D8217; Division: N Jamnadas 258 S Sachin 52, Pravin Patil 60, Sameer Mestry 42; Karan Nandye 3-51, Virendra Kambli 2-43, Girish Kochrekar 2-31 lost to Indage Group 259 for 6 Virendra Kambli 48, Karan Nandye 90, Rushikesh Shetye 44 n.o., Ashish More 30 n.o.; Sandeep Pawar 2-29, Shailendra Jadhav 2-60.
Western Railway Accounts 219 B Rajesh 45, James Godad 64, Siddhesh Dhole 34; Abhijit Tapase 3-32, P Sarang 3-50 lost to Future Group 222 for 2 Nilesh Bhurke 131 n.o., Anil Kesarkar 69.