Short Corner — Delhi

EDCC: 146 (Nitin Goel 30, Yogesh 46, Anil Saini 3 for 16, Rohit Malik 2 for 19, G S Vivek 2 for 49, Kuldeep Singh 3 for 41). Daryaganj Gymkhana: 147 for 5 (Rohit Malik 61, Lalit Rawat 26, Karan Ashoka 2 for 28, Robin Singh 2 for 7).

Summer coaching camps
One more Test cricketer has been caught in the coaching academy mania in the Capital. The latest to join the academy-fever is Delhi and India medium pacer Robin Singh Jr, who will coach “young and talented boys” at the JMD Cricket Academy at Mukherjee Nagar from May 16. He will be assisted by Prashant Yadav and Yogesh (Babu). Interested players may contact at the following phone numbers: 7653236, 7122892, 2195744.

A New Delhi Cricket Academy is being opened at Bal Bharati Public School (Ganga Ram Hospital Marg) from May 8 where aspiring cricketers will get expert guidance from former international Surinder Khanna. Interested boys may contact R S Malik at the venue between 8 am and 2 pm (Tel: 5782585 and 5630955 after school hours).

Archies Greetings win
Archies Greetings defeated Pakistan Embassy by six wickets in a friendly game at the Embassy ground. Batting first Pakistan Embassy made 135 with Asif Junior scoring 44 but in reply, Archies scored 136. Rakesh, who took four for 25 in the Pak Embassy innings, made 44.

Brief scores: Pakistan Embassy: 135 (Asif Jr 44, Sibta Rasool 20, Rakesh 4 for 25, Tanuj 2 for 20). Archies Greetings: 136 (Rakesh 44, Inder Mohan 35 not out, Irshad 2 for 32).

Padamjeet Sehrawat shines
Era Construction entered the quarterfinals of of the inaugural Baba Gurbachan Singh memorial tournament when they beat Moti Nagar Gymkhana by 167 runs. Era Constructions scored an imposing 256 for seven but Moti Nagar Gymkhana, who lost wickets at regular intervals, just about managed 89.

Brief scores: Era Constructions: 256 for 7 (Padamjeet Sehrawat 66, Bhupinder Rana 42, Rajkumar Wasan 40, Subhash Chaudhary 28 not out, Ajay Kumar 2 for 40, Honey 2 for 42). Moti Nagar Gymkhana: 89 (Yogender Khari 3 for 8, Padamjeet Sehrawat 3 for 22, Manvinder Joly 2 for 27).

All-round display by Chawla
An all-round performance by Himanshu Chawla (24 and 2 for 14) and Manoj Kumar’s 25 helped Hans Raj Sports Academy beat City Boys Academy by 50 runs in the final of the Namdhari Suba Ganda Singh Gold Trophy (under-16) cricket tournament. Himanshu was adjudged the man of the match for his dual effort.

Brief scores: Hans Raj Academy 137 (Manoj Kumar 25, H. Chawla 24, Ajay Singhal 2 for 29, Rohit Bakshi 2 for 31) bt City Boys Academy 87 (Sumit Sharma 22, Rohit Jagota 20, Himanshu Chawla 2 for 14, Abhinav Bali 2 for 23, Abhishek Sharma 2 for 10).