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Spurred half centuries from Mahendra Velip and Shailesh Naik, Sports Welfare Club, Zaino-Velim crushed Porvorim Cricket Academy by a huge margin of 106 runs to win the GCA 'C' Division State title organized by Goa Cricket Association at SAG grounds, Campal.
Batting first, Sports Welfare Club were all out at 239 runs in 37.5 overs. Mahendra Velip smashed 74. He was ably supported by Shailesh Naik who contributed 52 valuable runs. For Porvorim Cricket Academy, Ashraf Mujawar was the most successful bowler claiming 4 for 42.
Needing 240 to win, Porvorim Cricket Academy failed and were bundled out for 133 in 29.4 overs. Porvorim batsmen were out cheaply with Tanmay Usgaonkar (35) and Aashish Morajkar (35) being the top-scorers. For Zaino, Bablu Zore and Dilip Zamuni shared three wickets each.
Brief scores: SWC Zaino, 239 all out in 37.5 overs (Mahendra Velip 74, Shailesh Naik 52, Akshay Kamat 27, Junaid Shaikh 16, Smitesh 18 runs, Ashraf Mujawar 4-42, Nitesh Gaonkar 2-35, Sunil Pal 1-28, Shivsagar Kashyap 1-40, Mohsin Tahsildar 1-48) beat Porvorim Cricket Academy,
133 all out in 29.4 overs (Tanmay Usgaonkar 35, Aashish Morajkar 35, Rohit Patekar 14, Shailesh Alornekar 13, Aditya Parkar 10 runs. Bablu Zore 3-25, Dilip Zamuni 3-29, Junaid Shaikh 2-17, Shailesh Naik 1-16).
