Balaji defeated Anirudha Sanzgiri in the last round, while Bhilare drew with Kiran Kamble. The eighth standard student of Fr. Agnel school, Vashi, Vaibhav Saxena was third with 7 points.

Final positions: 1. G Balaji 8.5 points; 2. Ganesh Bhilare 7.5; 3-4. Vaibhav Saxena, Amol Wagle 7; 5-7. Rajan Rajadhayakshya, Kiran Kamble, Abhijit Bhurke 6.5; 8-12. DB Pulekar, Anant Iyer, Raj Parakh, Vakil Akhtar, Prakash Patole 6.

Anand Bharti tops

Sri Anand Bharti Samaj Sangh bt Royal Cricket Club by four wickets in the final of the 14th Dr Sridhar Deshpande Memorial cricket tournament, conducted by Sporting Clubs' Committee in its Platinium Jubilee year at the Central maidan, Thane, yesterday.

Brief Scores

Royal CC 158 all outin 29.5 overs (Nitin Palande 37, Kiran Salgaonkar 34; Nishikant Koli 3-30) lost to Sri Anand Bharti 159-6 in 29.1 overs (Sanjiv Kharade 74). MoM: Sanjiv Kharade. Best fielder: Dinesh Amre (Anand Bharti).

Carl prevails

Carl Serrao (60) pipped MV Gospel (50) 103-95, 88-123, 129-97 in the third-round of the Sushil R Ruia Cup Open Handicap snooker tournament, sponsored by Selvel and Consultant, at the Matharpacady Club, Mazgaon, today.

Other Results:

Third-round: D Sitwala (35) bt R Mehta (50) 98-78, 112-103; B Shahade (40) bt M Jagdale (55) 103-86, 42-109, 109-79.