MUMBAI, AUG 2: Friends Cricketers' Suhas Mane fiery spell of medium-pace bowling stole the lower division honours in the Dr HD Kanga League on Sunday. Mane's six for 28 which included the season's first hat-trick floored opponents Oriental CC and enabled Friends to scrape through by four runs at PJ Hindu Gymkhana.Suresh Varma of Young Men's was the other hero of the day slamming 104 in a drawn encounter against Mumbai Police in the E Division.
Brief Scores
C Division: Bharat 60 (Freddy Corriea 7-16) & 84-7 (R Dhotre 35; Freddy Corriea 3-21) lost to United Friends 121-6 decl (N Joshi 3-28) on the basis of 1st innings. Park 86 (S Pagdhare 32; Raju Ambhire 4-22, Jayesh Meher 4-15) & 70-8 (S Jaiswal 5-33, Raju Ambhire 3-22) lost to Kandivli 133-5 decl (A Chawan 33, Nitin Akre 47 n.o.) on the 1st innings. Sangam 90 (Subhod Nimkar 43, Aziz Khan 30; Mahesh Sapte 6-36) lost to Evergreen 107-3. Star 92 (Sachin Jagtap 3-22, Balkrishna Samant 3-12, AdvaitJoshi 3-23) lost to Sassanian 93-5 (Hemant Tawade 33; Sanjay Naik 3-27). Young Muslim 195 (A Lopez 35, Sanjay Nadkarni 45; B Fakhi 3-38) bt Sportsmen, Kalyan 96 (Umesh Shinde 3-29, Venkatesh Shetty 4-13). Gaud Saraswat 124-7 decl (C Kulshretkar 42, Amod Desai 32; Pravin Gosavi 3-35, Shaid Khan 3-21) drew with Parsee Cyclist 99-5 (Firdaus Shroff 39 n.o.). New Hindu bt Esplanade Liberals.
D Division: Kamath Memorials 129 (Milap Achrekar 34; Paresh Nakhawa 4-33, V Vaity 3-32) lost to Koli Combined 132-6 (Nilesh Gomes 35 n.o; Jagpal Singh 5-38). Matunga Gymkhana 148 (Vimal Roy 67; Amstrong Fernandes 3-25) bt Indian Gymkhana 62 (Rajesh Varma 4-21, Suketu Kothari 4-31). Navroz 77 (Premanand Kinlekar 4-12, Hari Patil 5-11) lost to Sind 80-6 (Banti Kambli 35, Raju Bandwalkar 3-24). Parkophene 100 (Afzal Chougale 36; Saurav Bhatia 4-26, Premal Sariya 3-14) lost to Wellington 101-7 (Abhijit Joshi 36; Vinayak Joshi 7-39).Prabhu Jolly Youngs 161-6 (Venugopal 44, Nikhil Kulkarni 30; S Bagayatkar 3-57) drew with Young Star (MD) 82-8 (Nilhil Kulkarni 6-33). Catholic Gymkhana 126 lost to Dadar Parsee Colony 130-5 (Salauddin Kadri 71 n.o; Sunil Patil 38 n.o). Merry Youngsters 177-6 decl (Vaibhav Mhatre 50, Harshad Rawle 61 n.o; S Deshmukh 4-36) drew with Shri Shivaji 104-4 (Abhijit Gore 3-38).
E Division: Shree Lad 168-8 decl (D Parikh 39, Rohan Randery 69; Kunal Vaidya 5-55) bt Friends 132 (Kunal Vaidya 35; V Mathur 3-44). Fort Youngsters 150 (Parag Desai 37, M Girish 30; Vaibhav Sawant 3-48, Mangesh Ghadge 5-38) bt Friends Union 68 (Amit Yadav 3-32, Govind Rathod 4-7). Mandvi Muslim 179-7 decl (Amog Bhatawdekar 40, M Rishi 31 n.o., B Anil 31 n.o; Naresh Waghmare 4-44) drew with Maskati 157-9 (Milind Sanai 55; Raju More 5-37). Sportsmen, Vasai 174-5 decl (Abhay Vichare 50, Prasad Gawade 46, Melroy Gonsalves 81 n.o.) drew with Brothers95-7 (D Yadav 30; Melroy Gonsalves 4-41). BRD 129-9 decl (Nitin Kini 72 n.o; Irfan Sayad 7-63) bt Apollo 41 (Mahindra Walinjkar 3-21, Atish Walinjkar 4-11, Vipul Ravna 3-3). Sunrise 180-7 decl (Mobin Sayyed 63, Altaf Shaikh 50 n.o.) drew with Old Podarites 134-8 (Bhushan Vaidya 57; Mobin Sayyed 3-42).
Young Men's 197-7 decl (Suresh Varma 104, Girish 31; Deepak Patil 6-36) drew with Mumbai Police 125-7 (Rajendra Wagle 33, Rajendra Gujjar 30; Dharmendra Desai 4-58).
F Division: Elphinstone 98 (Nilesh Walawalkar 39; Samir Doshi 6-13) bt United 78 (Samir Doshi 32; Vijay Vaiti 7-7). Lord Northbrooks 113 (Nishit Pandey 49; Vikas Pardeshi 5-34, Sanjay Malusure 3-18) lost to Stylo 114-3 (Sanjay Malusure 51 n.o., Bipin Salunke 43; Datta Nagvekar 3-35). YMCA, Vasai 156-5 decl (Harish Narvekar 89; J Mehadi 3-19) bt Gallant 63 (Kishor Dakshine 5-17). Bohra 162 (Gopal Naidu 40, Gulam Rasul 30, Nilesh Shetty 31; Kishor Kore3-47, Ramakant Parab 4-47) drew with Mahim Juveniles 151-5 (Swapnil Penkar 70; Imran Shaikh 3-37). Combined 90 (Imran Shaikh 46; Amol Shejale 5-37, Jeetendra Ingle 4-23) lost to Star, Ketwadi 91-3. Borivli 106 (Atul Patil 31; Ravi Jadhav 4-21, Ravi Kini 3-15) bt Regent 58 (S Chawla 5-13). Crescent 156 (Rashid Khan 43, Mangesh Bhosle 30, Sameer Patil 32; Viraj Pai 3-38 drew with Parel Sporting 137-9 (Viraj Zagde 41, Finosh Panikar 53; Rashid Khan 3-25).
G Division: Friends Cricketers 150-6 decl (Nihar Shah 40) bt Oriental 146 (Sachin Jadhav 49; Suhas Mane 6-28). John Bright 123 (Vijay Thakur 30, Rohit 32; F Shaikh 3-18, Altaf Shaikh 3-30) bt Marwari 103 (Imran 41; Mahesh Shetty 5-56, Rohit Virnadkar 4-20). MVSC 138 (Ritesh More 42, Shankar Rajesh 30 n.o; Mandar Deodhar 4-54) lost to Maharashtra Young 140-9 (Ravi Tendulkar 5-52, Subodh Salaskar 4-47). Morarji Velji 83 (I Karte 34; P Masurkar 3-40) lost to New Amrit86-3. Royal 66 (Bhavesh Shah 5-22, A Surve 3-0) lost to Amar 74-5 (Dipesh Gandhi 34 n.o.). Young Association 84 (Yatin Thakur 5-38, Shailesh Jadhav 4-22) bt Canara Vijay 77 (Milind Bhosle 7-34). Aarey 89 (L Prabhu 3-32, A Gomes 3-17) lost to Regal 90-6 (A Gomes 30; D Sankhe 6-36).
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