NOVEMBER 25: Kamlesh Malvankar (101 not out) of Lord Northbrook Cricket Club, Dahisar, and A J Bhatwadekar (121 not out) of Bhatnagar Sports Cultural Foundation, Andheri, scored unbeaten centuries in the first-round of the 42nd Balkrishna Bapat Memorial Shield cricket tournament at Kurla Sports Club.

Brief scores: Cricket Club of Dahisar 148 in 37.4 overs (Mazhar Sagri 31, Sallaluddin Kadri 36: Mohan Dhokre 3-9) lost to Lord Northbrook 149 for 7 in 31 overs (Kamlesh Malvankar 101 n.o.). Bhatnagar Sports 341 for 7 in 45 overs (A J Bhatwadekar 121 n.o., Anish Khan 32, Amol Ghag 67, Umesh K 4-19) bt Vivekanand, Andheri, 46 in 14 overs (Ajay 5-19, Sushil Bhatnagar 3-33). Sri Shivaji, Chembur 221 for 8 in 45 overs (Samir Apte 63; M Chawdhari 3-45) bt J Bhatia, Santa Cruz 150 in 41.2 overs (Pramod Shetty 33; Dilip Sakpal 3-21). Young Star, Thane 97 in 24 overs (Shashikant Gaonkar 33) lost to Kandivli Cricket Club, Borivli 99 for 2 in 19 overs. Almighty Cricketers, Kandivli 178 in 38 overs (Rajesh Kadam 48; P Desai 5-23, Bharat Acharya 3-43) bt K G Sports Club, Dahisar 133 in 27 overs (Arup Bhattacharya 4-28). Vijaychandra, Andheri 222 for 7 in 45 overs (Ashish Gadre 45, Sukesh Shetty 30, Rajesh Sawant 66 n.o.; Digvijay Singh 3-32) lost to Friends, Bandra 223 for 4 in 34.1 overs (Sandesh Paralkar 60, Rajesh Sanil 40, Ashpak Shaikh 40, Deepak Jadhav 55 n.o.). Springfield, Bandra 289 for 7 in 45 overs (Amit Jadhav 82, Jayesh Parsekar 53, Nilesh Bhurke 34, Siddharth 38; Firoz Khan 3-26, Manish Ambawane 3-38) bt Morarji Velji, Kalyan 221 for 9 in 45 overs (Karte Magaz 52, Karte Irfan 35, Samir Khan 30). Superstar, Dahisar 147 in 42.3 overs (Ashok Dichwalkar 4-33) bt Anushaktinagar, Vashi 83 in 26.1 overs (Pravin Gogri 6-4).

Savio Club tops

Savio Club defeated Shree Samarth 78-16 (half-time 17-22) in the junior girls' final of the 10th Bombay YMCA basketball tournament, organised by YMCA Ghatkopar Branch.

Other results: Jr boys' (final): Ghatkopar YMCA 70 (Amit More 22, Sachin More 14, Pragnesh B 13, Ajaz Shaikh 10, Ashish Lad 10) bt NNH 43 (Wasim Khan 17, Matin Shaikh 15) HT: 33-24. Mini boys (1st round): Bombay YMCA B 24 (Shaikh Obed 10, Naved Khan 6) bt Mahatma Sports Club 19 (Hemant Thorat 9) HT: 12-3.

IInd round: Ghatkopar A 89 (Pradeep G 16, Imran K 16, Vivek Shetty 10, Shardul A 10) bt Fatima 15 (Ashish Shetty 7) HT: 57-2. 3rd round: Central YMCA 45 (Gaurav 12, Vishal 8) bt Ghatkopar YMCA B 35 (Sumit Shetty 12) HT: 25-19.

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