Openers spur CCI

MUMBAI, DECEMBER 25: A 223-run opening partnership between Amarjit Marwa and Sachin Sawant enabled Cricket Club of India to notch 304-4 ag...

MUMBAI, DECEMBER 25: A 223-run opening partnership between Amarjit Marwa and Sachin Sawant enabled Cricket Club of India to notch 304-4 against MB Union on the first day of the two-day Purshottam Shield Cricket Tournament at Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday.

Marwa8217;s knock of 103 came off 190 balls and was studded with 16 fours. Sawant 99: 183b, 10215;4 was unlucky to miss his century by a solitary run. Left-arm spinner Kunal More who broke the marathon partnership was the most successful bowler with 3 for 66.

Brief scores
Islam Gymkhana 240 Narendra Singh 41, Mubarak Shaikh 79, Dennis Desai 63; Shoan Jain 3-69 vs Fort Vijay 63-2 Paul Valthaty batting 31.
Bombay Gymkhana 289 Keniya Jayantilal 32, Salil Baberdesai 89; Amit Agwekar 3-39 vs Shantibhai Memorials 32-1.
CCI 304-4 Sachin Sawant 99, Amarjit Marwa 103; Kunal More 3-66 vs MB Union.
Jolly Cricketers 148-9 decl Dilip Agarwal 33; Pravin Tambe 3-26 vs Parsee Gymkhana 182-8 Khushru Daruwala 53, Ambhish Shah 43; Uday Ujale 3-69, Chandu Bhatkar 3-46.
Sunder 116-8 decl Rohan Bane 31; Sudhakar Harmalkar 3-29 vs Worli 173-4 Abhijit Gawde 60, Prashant Shetty 62.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana 214 Milind Tamhane 81, Kaustubh Latke 35; Haqib Siddique 3-46 vs Young Friends 58-4 Vishal Tawde 3-28.

Top seeds stretched
Top seeds Nagsen Etambe and Sanjay Nagaonkar were stretched to three games 25-14 11-25 25-4 by Deepak Sawant and Suryakant More in the 35th Maharashtra State and Inter-district carrom open doubles event at Vasai today.
Other results
Open Doubles 4th round: Faiyaz Shaikh amp; Moula Shaikh Pune bt Mukesh Sharma amp; Santosh Sodri K MDCA 18-25, 25-8, 25-6; Kishore Joshi amp; Naresh Waifalkar MDCA bt Kishore Chiplunkar amp; Shantaram Angre MDCA 15-25, 25-14, 25-15; Suryakant Bairaloo amp; Ravi Baghalwar MDCA bt Snehal Mahude amp; Roshan K MDCA 25-6, 25-0; Arun Kedar amp; Mahendra Tambe MDCA bt Naran Baria amp; Pravin Janak MDCA 25-13, 25-4; Vilas Zite amp; Pramod Ghagre MDCA bt Shaikh Habib amp; Sayyad Yusuf Jalgaon 12-25, 25-13, 25-19; Dilip Sandge amp; Sudhir Pawar MDCA bt Abdul Sattar amp; Munna Darwaza TDCA 25-12, 25-20; Suhas Pomendkar amp; Narsing Rao Sakari MDCA bt Anant Gayatri amp; Suraj K MDCA 14-25, 25-6, 25-4; Vilas Dalvi amp; Ramesh Deokhule MDCA bt Sanjay Barve amp; P Nagpure MDCA 25-14, 25-6; Shamji Padaya amp; Manu Baria MDCA bt Bala Ghadi amp; Uday Maral MDCA 25-17, 25-6; Nagesh Kalamkar amp; Mangesh Palshetkar MDCA bt Arvind Telavane amp; Rajendra Mhatre Raigad 25-0, 25-0; Sayyad Mohsin amp; Sayyad Hamid MDCA bt G Gaikwad amp; RanganathPatil MDCA 25-0, 25-8; Ratan Oswal amp; Ebrahim Shaikh Pune bt Naresh Maru/Natwar Rathod MDCA 25-6, 25-7; Ajay Shinde amp; Liyaqat Nagarjee MDCA bt Iqbal Nabi amp; Shabbir Khan MDCA 25-2, 25-4.
Women8217;s Doubles semis: Parimi Nirmala amp; Sangeeta Chandorkar MDCA bt Hemlatha Pednekar amp; Malti Kelkar 25-0, 25-12; Anupama Kedar amp; Monaz Tanttra MDCA bt Nalini Bolinjkar amp; Shakuntala Dangle MDCA 25-12, 25-19.