Shaikh slams second ton

MUMBAI, Dec 16: Aslam Shaikh8217;S second successive century helped debutants Varun Shipping declare at 303 for eight against Indian Navy in Division B of the Times Shield cricket tournament at the Dadar Parsee Colony , Matunga, today.

Brief Scores: Group A: Bank of India 191 Srikant Pednekar 65, Raju Shirke 72 n.o.; Naresh Shanbag 4-51, J Sawant 3-35 vs Bank of Maharashtra 63-3; B Arunkumar 306-9 Rajesh More 96 vs Dena Bank.
Group B: Chowgule 208 Vinod Kini 3-59, Rashid Ali 3-53 vs Oriental Insurance 127-7 Nilesh Kambli 3-32; Union Bank 133-8 Prashant Shetty 74; Dinesh Sabnis 4-57 vs Bombay Customs.
Group C: Varun Shipping 303-8 decl. Aslam Shaikh 114; C D Thomas 3-83 vs Indian Navy; Reserve Bank 287-6 Sandeep Mahadkar batting 85, Dilip Kalyankar 90; Kishore Dakshine 3-88 vs BSES.
Group D: New India Assurance 205 V Joshi 43, Rajendra Pandit 4-56 vs Mumbai Port Trust 47-2; State Bank of India 323-6 Sudhir Patil 118, Manish More 69, Albert Fernandes 3-89 vs Central Bank.