Short Corner — Pune

In other matcehs, Syndicate Bank downed Ashoka by 100 runs and S B Youth beat Century by 77 runs.

Brief Scores: Chand Club: 343 for 5 in 40 overs (Sohail Rauf 176, Rajat Khanna 34) bt City Gymkhana: 262 for 9 in 31.2 overs (R Srikanth 91, Safdar Qaiyum 55, Ijaz Ahmed 40, M S Jaggi 3 for 29, Salman Shah 3 for 30) by 81 runs.

Syndicate Bank: 280 for 8 in 40 overs (Murthy 109 not out, Rajeev Kumar 59, Jagprit Singh 3 for 46) bt Ashoka Club: 180 (Bhola Shankar 3 for 25, Murthy 3 for 27) by 100 runs.

SB Youth: 242 for 5 in 40 overs (Harinder Rawat 52, Narender Sood 51, Deepak Kumar 45 not out, Shekhar 35, Ranjit Mehta 2 for 46, Ram Prakash 2 for 54)bt Century: 165 in 32.2 overs (Rakesh Lucky 28, Rakesh Rawat 4 for 47, Harinder Rawat 3 for 22, Deepak 2 for 27) by 77 runs.

Ravinder scalps three in last over
Fine bowling by Ravinder Bhandari (5 for 19, including three wickets in the last over) and all-round performance by Balvinder Singh (42 and 2 for 16) helped D S Group beat Rajender Nagar Colts by 55 runs to enter the quarterfinals of the second Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial night tournament at the MCD grounds. Balvinder was named the man of the match.

D S Group: 209 (Balvinder Singh 42, Jitender Solanki 34, Rakesh Bhatia 30, Nischal Gaur 3 for 41, Kushal Pal 2 for 39, Pawan Kumar 2 for 45).

R N Colts: 154 for 9 (Akash Malhotra 43, Deepak Kapoor 33, Ravinder Bhandari 5 for 19, Balvinder Singh 2 for 16).

Ashish in form
Ashish Sharma’s 40-ball 56 and fine bowling by Dinesh Yadav (3 for 41) and Bhupender Rana (4 for 38) enabled Ambassador Sky Chef beat Shalimar Starlets by six wickets to enter the quarterfinal of Khazan Singh Mathur tournament at Paschim Vihar.

Shalimar Starlets: 195 for 8 (Vikas 56, Jagdish 56, Amit 32, Bijender 25, Bhupender Rana 3 for 38, Dinesh Yadav 3 for 41).

Ambassador Sky Chef: 196 for 4 (Ashish Sharma 52, Gaurav Sharma 39, Jagjit Singh 28, Mukesh 2 for 38).

Pankaj excels
A fine all-round display by man of the match Pankaj Joshi (76 n.o and 2 for 41) and a good knock of 73 by Jagdish Singh enabled last year’s runners-up Brighto Club beat Surpal Cycles xo by 54 runs in the pre-quarter final of the Laxman Dass Memorial Cricket Tournament at the University Polo ground, near Police Lines.

Brighto Club: 233 for 6 in 35 overs (Pankaj Joshi 76, Jagdish Singh 73, Vishal Giri 34, T. Anand 3 for 35, Kulbir Singh 2 for 41).

Surpal Cycles XI: 179 for 9 in 35 overs (Vijay Dhaiya 38, T. Anand 24, Sumit Tomer 20, Pankaj Joshi 2 for 41, Maninder Bhola 2 for 16, Vishal Verma 3 for 13).

SAIL through
A swashbuckling 73 (39 deliveries, 11 fours, four sixes) by Delhi Ranji player Oniel Wilson and useful contributions from Pradeep Chawla (83) and Sanjay Raul (75) helped Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) beat B B Press by six wickets to enter the semifinal of Vam Cup at Gajraula (UP), according to reports reaching here, batting first, B B Press made 247 in 38.5 overs, with Kamal Kant top-scoring (89: 84 balls, 10×4, 1×6). Surendra Kumar was the most successful bowler, claiming four wickets for 31 runs.

SAIL replied with 249 for four in 34.2 overs.

Oniel Wilson was named the man of the match.

On Tuesday, SAIL will take on Victoria Park (Meerut).

B B Press: 247 (Kamal Kant 89, Dharmendra Mishra 36, Amit Jaiswal 28, Surendra Kumar 4 for 31); SAIL: 249 for 4 (Pradeep Chawla 83, Oniel Wilson 73, Sanjay Raul 75, Anil Srivastava 2 for 33).

Motilal for US
The United States Golf Association has invited Moti Lal, who has been imparting training to youngsters for over four decades at the Delhi Golf Club, to visit America.

Cricket camp
St John’s Academy began an exclusive cricket coaching for budding cricketers using modern techniques on Monday. Those between 7 and 15 years are eligible to particpate. Details can be had from the Director, St John’s Academy (Tel 6863407/6523523).