Mother of Mercy High School beat Vidyamandir, Chicalim by one run in a nail biting match to enter Mormugao Zone semis at MPT grounds, Vasco on Friday
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Govt HS Keri defeated OL of Grace HS of Bicholim by 11 runs to book their place in the semi-finals of U-16 Dilip Sardesai inter school cricket tournament organised by GCA from Bicholim-Sanquelim Zone.
Batting first, Govt. HS Keri scored 144 in their innings and later dismissed OL of Grace HS for 133 runs at Navelim grounds. Elsewhere, Vikas High School, Valpe-Pernem and Murgao High School, Mormugao registered victories at Sawalvada grounds, Vikas HS defeated Durga HS by 3 wickets. While in the MormugaoZone, Murgao HS defeated St Joseph’s Institute of Vasco by 3 wickets to reach semi-finals. In Pernem taluka match, St Joseph’s HS of Pernem defeated Bhagwati High School by 3 wickets to
enter semis. Electing to bat first, Shree Bhagwati High School scored 205 runs. Later St Joseph’s HS chased the target with 3 wickets in hand, riding on a superb 97 by Jayesh Gadekar.
Mother of Mercy High School beat Vidyamandir, Chicalim by one run in a nail biting match to enter Mormugao Zone semis at MPT ground, Vasco on Friday Batting first, Mother of Mercy School scored 133 all out in 27 overs. Ritvik Naik top scored with 22 runs. He was well supported by Sameer Bankapur who scored 20 valuable runs. For Vidyamandir, Chetan Harmalkar was the wrecker-in-chief scalping four wickets. In reply, Vidya Mandir fell short just by 1 run and were bowled out for 132 in 39.1 overs. Gaurish Kambli, Sairaj Khutwalkar and Nandesh Gauda scored 13 runs each. For Mother of Mercy, Sameer Bankapur and Gorakh Gaonkar were the most sucessfull bowlers capturing three wickets each.
Brief scores
Govt. HS Keri, 144 all out in 32.2 overs (Sridharnath Gawas not out 41, Ketan Parsekar 34 runs. Shubham Gauns 4-29, Ashpak Ahmed 2-22) beat OL of Grace HS, 133 all out in 31 overs (Shubham Gauns not out 34, Chinmai Hunchimani 29 runs. Rohit Naik 3-31, Prathamesh Gauns 2-22). At Sawalvada grounds, Durga HS, 223 all out in 39 overs (Rahul Gawandi 50, Sahil Pandhre 34, Aniket Polji 30, Abhishek Nagvekar 28, Prasad Naik 17, Trushal Kanolkar 15 runs. Shubham Rao 2-34, Gajanan Hkarvat 2-38, Nilesh Kharwat 2-45, Sahil Arondekar 2-38, Rohan Mhalankar 1-20) lost to Vikas HS, 224 for 7 in 38 overs (SahilArondekar 71, Anish Asolkar 30, Adarsh Parab 22, Shubham Rao 20, Nilesh Kharwat 17, Keshav Parab 11 runs. Rahul Gawandi 2-48, Sahil
Arolkar, Aniket Temkar, Hritikesh Parsekar and Lakshdeep Polji 1 wkt each).
At MPT grounds, St Joseph’s Institute, 85 all out in 29.5 overs (Craig Dourado 24, Daivik Rao 25 runs. Rama Nagvekar 5, Rajan Singh and Akash Shukla 2 wkts each) lost to Murgao School, 86 for 7 in 21.3 overs (Rama Nagvekar 18 not out, Gaurang Parab 33 runs. Raghavkiran and Craig Dourado 2 wkts each). Shree Bhagwati HS, 205 all out in 38 overs (Saurabh Barde 45, Aniruddha Parab 34, Saggar Zantye 20, Utkarsh Parab 17, Mihir Nadkarni 13, Sahil Bhagat 12 runs. Aniruddha palav 3, Jayesh Gadekar and Rohit Talkar 2 each, Saish Pednekar, Sitesh Pednekar and Chaitanya
Ambekar 1 wkt. each) lost to St Joseph’s HS, 206 for 7 in 35 overs (Jayesh Gadekar 97, Saish Kudav 36, Sanyat Mote 15 runs. Prasad Nagvekar 3, Mihir Nadkarni, Sagar Zantye and Utkarsh Parab 2 wkts each).
