MUMBAI, DECEMBER 15: Mumbai cricket supporters suffered another bout of stress and tension at the MiG Club ground, Bandra on Wednesday. Replying to Baroda's first innings score of 210, the Mumbai lads huffed and puffed before gaining the crucial lead that could pave their path to the Hindustan Inks West Zone under-22 summit clash.In the other semi-final being played at Parsee Gymkhana, Maharashtra had tightened the noose over Gujarat. After raking up an impressive 332, Maharashtra had claimed six Gujarat wickets for 174 when stumps were drawn on the penultimte day of the three-day encounter.Earlier, resmuing at their overnight score of 201, Baroda added 10 more to their tally before being bowled out. Their medium-pacers Irfan Pathan (2-47), Yogendra Wakaskar (2-66) and Shekhar Joshi (3-57) then offset the opening wicket stand of 57 raised by Mumbai openers Hrishikesh Shende (29) and Manish Bangera (25) by claiming six wickets for the addition of 70 runs.At close, Mumbai were sitting pretty at227-9.At Parsee Gymkhana, Hem Joshipura (47: 110b, 145m, 7x4) and Kirat Damani (62: 128b, 161m, 11x4) had raised the Gujarat hopes during their 90-run stand. But once left-arm medim-pacer found a Joshipura's leading edge, the pendulum swung back in Maharashtra's favour.Earlier, the Maharashtra tail wagged merrily adding 77 runs to their overnight score of 255-6 before being bowled out. Sachin Aradye (32: 70b, 92m, 6x4) and wicketkeeper Satyajit Satbhai (30: 58b, 85m, 4x4, 1x6) did the bulk of the scoring adding 43 runs for the seventh wicket.ScoreboardBaroda (1st innings; overnight 201-9): Rishikesh Parab c Adhikari b Hazare 5, Rohan Salvi lbwb b Sawant 37, Darpan Badola b Khote 17, Kapil Sahastrbuddhe c Bangera b Sawant 24, Zakir Syed c Adhikari b Hazare 17, Darshan Mulherkar c Dhule b Shaikh 17, Rohit Chandurkar c Bangera b Bhalekar 15, Siddarth Parab not out 39, Yogendra Wakaskar c Shaikh b Hazare 12, Shekhar Joshi b Hazare 0, Irfan Pathan b Khote 8; Extras: (lb5, nb12, w2)19. Total: (all out in 91 overs) 210Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-54, 3-92, 4-103, 5-129, 6-135, 7-154, 8-197, 9-201Bowling: Hazare 22-10-46-4, Khote 23-6-43-2 (6nb), Sawant 14-1-43-2 (5nb, 2w), Shaikh 13-2-37-1, Bhalekar 19-6-36-1 (1nb)Mumbai (1st innings): Hrishikesh Shende 29, Manish Bangera run out 25, Praful Dhule lbw Joshi 0, Amit Aroskar c Badola b Pathan 9, Saket Adhikari b Wakaskar 65, Sachin Sawant b Wakaskar 10, Pushkaraj Jadhav c Badola b Joshi 9, Faisal Shaikh batting 25, Mussavir Khote c Syed b Mulherkar 18, Swapnil Hazare batting 10; Extras: (b2, lb6, nb9, w1) 18. Total: (for nine wickets off 87 overs) 227Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-57, 3-68, 4-68, 5-107, 6-127, 7-165, 8-176, 9-211Bowling: Pathan 19-7-47-2 (1w), Wakaskar 24-3-66-2 (5nb), Joshi 21-6-57-3, Mulherkar 21-5-42-1 (4nb), S Parab 2-0-7-0Scoreboard Maharashtra-Gujarat)Maharashtra (1st innings; overnight 255-6): Prashant Kharade c Sunil Bhatt b Shyamal Bhatt 0,Dheeraj Jadhav c Sunil Bhatt b Gandhi 106, Sagar Kulkarni c Sood b Rana 8, Kaushik Aphale c Sunil Bhatt b Shyamal Bhatt 63, Vedant Patwardhan b Gandhi 32, Sagar Shah c Sood b Gandhi 4, Sachin Aradye b Rana 32, Satyajit Satbhai c Sunil Bhatt b Rana 30, Kashinath Khadkikar not out 16, Aditya Manohar c&b Gandhi 13, Sachin Nair c Wagh b Gandhi 0; Extras: (lb6, nb22) 28. Total: (all out in 114 overs) 332.Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-10, 3-139, 4-205, 5-221, 6-236, 7-279, 8-300, 9-332Bowling: Shyamal Bhatt 28-4-103-2 (13nb), Rana 22-4-60-3 (5nb), Wagh 12-3-43-0, Gandhi 26-8-48-5 (1nb), Yadav 11-1-36-0, Damani 11-2-28-0 (3nb), Joshipura 4-2-8-0Gujarat (1st innings): Vivek Gandhi c Satbhai b Aradhye 10, Tushar Bhatt c Kulkarni b Nair 9, Kush Pawar run out (Aradhye) 3, Hem Joshipura c Satbhai b Patwardhan 47, Kirat Damani b Nair 62, Amit Sood run out (Aphale) 11, Sunil Bhatt batting 15, Shyamal Bhatt 9; Extras: (lb1, nb7) 8. Total: (for six wickets in 64 overs) 174Fallof wickets: 1-19, 2-19, 3-39, 4-129, 5-147, 6-147Bowling: Nair 15-2-54-2 (5nb), Aradhye 13-5-29-1, Patwardhan 9-1-22-1 (1nb), Khadkikar 18-7-36-0, Shah 6-3-12-0, Manohar 3-0-20-0Rizvi in finalRizvi college extended their dominance with an emphatic display against NM College at the Cross Maidan on Wednesday. Rizvi, thus, stormed into the final of the Junior College Sports Association's Inter College Cricket Tournament. After bowling out the opposition for a paltry 111, Rizvi overhauled the rivals' first innings score losing two wickets. NM College skipper Yogendra Bhogle judging the futility of the situation conceded the match.The other semi-final between Jhunjhunwala and RA Podar is heading for an exciting finish. Podar were 50-2 in reply to Jhunjhunwala's first innings score of 172.Brief Scores: NM College 111 in 42.3 overs (Yashaswin Kenkre 39, Pushkaraj Korde 20; Uday Karkera 3-19, Imran Baig 2-23, Seemab Khan 2-13, Saeed Khot 3-25) conceded match to RizviCollege 113-2 (Amol Sisodiya 37, Imran Khan 40 not out)NPBS triumphThe Nariman Point Building Services (NPBS) team reigned supreme in The Indian Express Sports and Cultural Club Inter-department tennis ball Cricket Tournament held at the Central Railway ground, Parel on Sunday. In the final NPBS upstaged Circulation Dept by seven wickets.Earlier in the semi-finals, NPBS had defeated Press XI by eight wickets while Circulation had scraped through with a two-run victory over EDP XI.
