Clarence ride on Suman, Divith batting exploits
Spurred by half-centuries from M Suman (91) and C Divith (51), Clarence High School registered a thumping 186-run win over Sri Aurobindo Memorial School in a first-phase match of the Boost Cup inter-school under-16 cricket tournament.
Batting first, Clarence scored a formidable 224 all out in 27.5 overs, and bundled Sri Aurobindo out for a measly 38 in 7.2 overs as Divith got into the act again, picking up three for 14.
In another match of the day, Kenneth Ashish took four wickets as Shantiniketan School, Mico Layout, pipped Jain Heritage School by four-wickets.
Kenneth’s four for 32 helped Shantiniketan to restrict Jains for a moderate 166 for seven in the allotted 30 overs. Shantiniketan replied through Varun (32) and Sanjay (35) before reaching the target in the 27th over losing six wickets. Mihir Saksena’s all round effort (46 & 2-30) for Jains went in vain.
Brief scores: Clarence High School: 224 all out in 27.5 overs (M Suman 91, C Divith 51; Chethan 2-20, Arjun 2-42, Akshay 4-41) bt Sri Aurobindo Memorial School: 38 all out in 7.2 overs (D Prajwal 2-12, C Divith 3-14).
Jain Heritage School: 166/7 in 30 overs (Vishak Rao 30, Mihir Saksena 46; Kenneth Ashish 4-32) lt to Shantiniketan School, Mico Layout: 172/6 in 27 overs (Varun 32, Sanjay 35; Mihir Saksena 2-30).
Hymamshu Jyothi Kala Peeta: 194/4 in 28 overs (Sharath 57, Sunil 51 n.o.; Karan 2-41) drew St Mira’s High School: 81/5 in 9.5 overs (Aravind 33 n.o.; Sunil 3-28).
Shantiniketan School, Bilekahalli: 194 all out in 20.1 overs (Abhishek 91, GK Kiran 26; Shivakumar 2-37, Atique 6-32) bt RT Nagar Public School: 114 all out in 24 overs (Praveen G 26; Dilip 2-12, Rakesh 2-32, GK Kiran 3-26).
Mirambika School for New Age: 155/5 in 30 overs (Aashirwad 46 n.o., Vivek 33; Mayank 3-21) lt to Vidyashilp Academy: 156/2 in 19.4 overs (Raunak 64 n.o., Karan 27 n.o.).
Carmel School, Padmanabhanagar: 206/3 in 25 overs (V Chandrashekar 113 n.o., RV Abhishek 59; Siddu 2-30) drew Mahatma School: 82/2 in 12.5 overs (Yashwari 26, Siddu 45 n.o.).
St Paul’s English School: 198/5 in 28 overs (Deepak 43, Harsha 46, Ganesh 27, Pratheek J 26) bt Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home: 157/9 in 28 overs (Saurabh 40, Swaroop 41; Ganesh 2-33).
