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Payyade Sports Club entered the record books by becoming the only team after Shivaji ParkYoungsters (SPY) to win all their division matches on the trot in the HD Kanga Cricket League. SPY had achieved the feat in the mid-70s when they won the ‘B’ Division title without a loss. On Sunday, Payyade drew with Parsee Gymkhana to finish on top of the table with 18 points followed by Young Maharashtra who had 12 points.
Payyade made their entry in the ‘G’ division of the Kanga League in 2002 and have remained consistent ever since.
Meanwhile Kandivali Cricket Association (16), Palghar Dahanu Taluka (15) and Parel Sporting (13) will be promoted to ‘B’ Division from the ‘C’Division next year.
Brief Scores
Division ‘B’: Gaud Saraswat 178 (Salil Baberdesai 35, K. Pednekar 55 n.o.; Bharat Karnik 5-28) bt Khar Gymkhana 148 (Amol Muzumdar 38; Salil Baberdesai 5-39); Parsee Gymkhana 169 (Shashank Singh 64, Gaurav Suryavanshi 41; Sandeep Bhandari 4-41) drew with Payyade Sports Club 77 for 5 (Sachin Jagtap 3-32); Young Friends 229 for 7 decl. (Aziz Shaikh 118, Manoj Yadav 50; Prathamesh Achrekar 4-45) drew with Jolly Cricketers 218 for 8 (Santosh Bhor 51, A Maid 68, Pratik Naik 57 n.o.; Ashish More 3-65); Dadar Parsee Zorastrian 164 for 8 decl. (Jigar Patel 45, S Chavade 38) lost to Young Mohmmedan 168 for 4 (Shahabaz Khan 36, G. Shah 50 n.o.; Sai Prasad 38); Islam Gymkhana 161 (V. Dabholkar 3-35), A.Darekar 3-24) drew with Sind 140 for 8 (G.Yadav 42); P.J. Hindu Gymkhana 179 for 9 decl. (Karan Shah 81, Tushr Zaveri 42 n.o.; Sagar Mulye 6-40) drew with Maskati 66 for 5.
Division ‘C’: Dahisar 129 (Hari Patil 4-37) lost to United Cricketers 132 for 8 (Pradeep Godbole 43, S Agnihotri 3-32, P Shah 3-32); Palghar Dahanu Taluka 219 for 5 decl. (K Meher 37, Randhir Tandel 75, Tushar Gharat 62) drew with Shantibhai Memorials 136 for 4 (S Singh 36, Mangesh More 59 n.o.); Kandivali CC 115 (Digvijay Singh 4-23) and 58 for 4 lost to Parel Sporting 120 for 5 decl. (Prashant Shetty 41 n.o.; A Parsekar 3-43) on the first innings; Sunder CC 143 (F Qureshi 45; A Mitra 3-48, S Singh 3-23) & 20 for 4 bt Young Comrade 66 (D Khatri 5-22, A Pal 4-19) and 13 for 2 on the first innings; Evergreen CC 126 (N Ekre 32; S Sawant 3-42, J Parikh 4-27) lost to Regent 153 for 4 (K Korgaonkar 54, I Shirgaonkar 38); Wellington 198 (P Narvekar 83; B Kadam 3-38,D Mayekar 4-30) drew with Esplanade Liberals 74 for 8 (A Bedade 30, V Khot 3-12, U Matkar 3-15); Dadar Parsee Colony 194 for 6 decl. (T Narvekar 49, P Sawant 41, S Mistry 47) drew with Merry Youngsters 107 for 5 (V Gawas 51 n.o.);
How they finished: Kandivli 16, Palghar Dahanu 15, Parel Sporting 13, Esplanade Liberals 11, Dahisar, Evergreen and Regent 10 each, United Cricketers and Sunder 9 each, DPC, Wellingtons and Merry Youngsters 8 each, Shantibhai 7 and Young Comrade 6.
