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Nadia to lead State squadNadia Sayyed of Friends Club will lead a 17-member State squad at the forth coming Senior Nationals to be held a...

Nadia to lead State squad
Nadia Sayyed of Friends Club will lead a 17-member State squad at the forth coming Senior Nationals to be held at Chennai from September 27 to October 7.

The Team: Neeta Pisore, Smita Kariwadkar, Vijaya Mogal, Bhagyashree Nimbalkar Balewadi, Neha Shah, Sayali Patil St. Joseph8217;s, Pashan, Yogita Shah, Leena Khataokar, Seema Jagdale Sangli, Renuka Phadnis Symbiosis, Kiranjit Bhure Champions Club, Aruna Waghchaure, Neeta Waghchaure PCMC, Nadia Sayyed, Huma Sayyed, Anuradha Sawant, Tracy Crasto all Friends Club. Coach: M A Beliappa. Manager: Nadia Sayyed.

Hockey meet put-off
Lack of proper ground preparation, hampered the start of the Poona City Zonal Sports Committee PCZSC Inter-Collegiate hockey meet resulting in the postponement of the meet at the S.P College ground, here today.

The matches will now commence from Tuesday September 22 at 9.00 a.m according to Prof. Gurav, sports in-charge of the tourney.

Nitin8217;s efforts go in vain
Ness Wadia College scored a 37-run win over their sister institution Nowrosjee Wadia College to gain maximum points from their tie in the PDMGSC organised C.K Nayadu under-19 limited overs cricket tournament at their home grounds, today.

Ness batting first, rattled up 134 with their openers failing miserably.

Pawan Gangawati 17, Imran Qureshi 29 and a supportive 24-run knock by John Besterwitch helped Ness stabilise reach some respectability.

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The architect of Ness Wadia8217;s downfall was left-arm medium pacer Nitin Devginkar who finished with figures of 6/12, while Mithun Tribhuvan scalped 2/25.

Nowrosjee Wadia crumbled with a miserable batting performance and were shot out three-runs short of the three figure mark. However, Umesh Dangat 15, Mithun Tribhuvan 12 along with Amol Shagiral 8212; who top-scored with 21 runs towards offered some resistance to help Nowrosjee narrow the loss.

John Besterwitch and Imran Nahat shared bowling spoils with three wickets apiece.