Gritty Girish guides ARO to victory

Batting first, EPF were dismissed for 147 in 20.4 overs with S Sreekumar (51) and Nagabhushan (42) doing bulk of the scoring.

M Chakravarthy picked up four wickets for 17 runs while TK Hemanth and Prashanth scalped two wickets apiece for ARO.

Girish then smashed 56 not out as ARO eased to target in just 11.3 overs with Rangaswamy contributing 40 runs in an undefeated stand.

Brief scores: EPF Recreation Club: 147 all out in 20.4 overs (S Sreekumar 51, Nagabhushan 42; TK Hemanth 2-17, Prashanth L 2-15, M Chakravarthy 4-17) lt to ARO Recreation Club: 148/1 in 11.3 overs (Sunil Kumar 36, Saptha Girish 56 n.o., Rangaswamy 40 n.o.).
NAL Staff Club: 177/8 in 30 overs (Patrick 44, Shadakshari 38; Chandrashekar 3-25, Laximikanth 2-39) lt to BHEL (EDN) Sports Club: 178/6 in 27.5 overs (Jagadish 77 n.o., Laxmikanth 33 n.o.).

BEML Rail Coach, Bangalore: 182/8 in 30 overs (Muniraju 52, A Manohar 32; Nandeesh 2-35, Deepak 2-29) lt to Secretariat Cricket Club: 183/5 in 25.4 overs (Chethan 32, Deepak 28, N Girish 42; Thomas 2-27).