Short Corner — Delhi

Brief scores: Sahara Airlines: 193/6 in 40 overs (Brijesh Roy 66, Deepak Bhatnagar 64, Surender Dayma 25 no, Anil Kumar 2/19, ArunSingh 2/47) Malviya Club: 45/6 in 11.1 overs (Sunil Sharma 3/14, Aakash Malhotra 1/21).

Easy for Sonnet
Rahul Ghatak claimed three crucial wickets while Shikher Dhawan scored unbeaten 54 to enable Sonnet Club beat Shanti Sports Academy in the Tara Devi Khullar Memorial cricket tournament for junior boys.

Brief scores: Shanti Sports: 95 in 31.4 overs (Inderjeet Singh 36 no, Anshul Gadia 20, Rahul Ghatak 3/23, Shaswat Duggal 2/8, Vikas Rathi 2/26) lost to Sonnet: 98 for no loss in 27.1 overs (Shikher Dhawan 54 no, Deepka Rajput 24 no).

Crifit triumph
Crifit Academy defeated Alpine Club by seven wickets in a league match of the Alpine cricket tournament for under-14 boys.

Brief scores: Alpine Club: 137 all out in 37.4 overs (Bharat Himmatramka 24, Deepak Sharma 19, Chanky 11, Rahul Gahlot 3/21, Nachiketa 2/02, Kapil Sharma 2/27, Amit Juneja 2/07) lost to Crifit Academy: 140 for 3 in 15.3 overs (Siddharth Ralhan 53 no, Raja Malik 29, Nachiketa 30, Karan Kapoor 2/43, Bharat Himmatramka 1/23).

Himanshu hits ton
A century by Himanshu Mehta and 63 runs by Harish Negi paved way for Alpine Club’s victory over Surpal Cycles Academy in the BDM Moonways under-19 cricket tournament. Another highlight of the Alpine’s 175-run win was the rich wicket haul by Gagan Sharma who claimed five wickets giving 46 runs.

Brief scores: Alpine Club: 306 in 48.5 overs (Himanshu Mehta 115, Harish Negi 63, Gaurav Sehgal 23, Sekhar Sharma 22, Aditya Surpal 3/32, Michael Stawcho 3/32, Sunny Bhatia 2/45) beat Surpal Cycles: 134 in 31.5 overs (Subodh Gulati 30, Aditya Surpal 30, Michael 23, Gagan Sharma 5/46, Sudanshu Sharma 3/33, Pankaj Madan 2/18).

Dena Bank win
Former champions Dena Bank (Delhi) beat Indian Military Academy (Dehra Dun) by nine wickets in the All-India CDA (Air Force) Cricket Tournament.

Brief scores: IMA: 159 in 37.3 overs (V Deshpandey 29, R Ghosh 22, N Panth 25, Suresh Bala 3/45, Jogender Singh 2/62) lost to Dena Bank: 160 (Manu Nayar 100, Ashwani Katiyal 50 n.o).

Air Force win
Air Force beat Darling Club by seven wickets in the AI division match of teh DDCA League. The other matches between KN Colts and Delhi Audit, Inborn and United and Rani Bagh and Golden Hawks were washed out.

Brief scores: Darling CC: 125 inb 33.5 overs (Sarvesh 22, Ajay Khurana 24, TC Pandey 3/5, Pankaj Maitrey 3/14) lost to Air Force: 129/3 in 22.4 overs (Asif Khan 44 no, PMS Reddy 22, Rohin Khanna 2/23).

Hot weather cricket
Sixteen top teams of Delhi will be participating in the All-India Challenger’s trophy hot weather cricket tournament, organised by Yuva Khel Club, Palwal, from May 30 at Govt Sr Sec School, Palwal. The prizemoney for winners is 20,000 while runners-up get 10,000, besides usual prizes for best bowler and best all-rounder. For details contact: Rajinder Madan (01276-50386) or Anil Chaudhary (01275-52530).

Tour to Holland
Excel Club is organising a cricket tour to The Netherlands from June 24. Interested players may contact Rahul Jain (4677380) or Anil Maithani (4677844).

Cricket camp
The Inborn Cricket Academy will organise a six-week summer coaching camp for under-16 boys at GGHSS No 2, West Patel Nagar, from May 16 at 6.30 am to 9 am and at Gujaranwala Town, part-II, from 4.30 pm to 7pm. For details contact Anil Batra or Randeep at the venue or at 7210034.