MUMBAI, May 12: The Shrushti cricket tournament for under-14 boys organised by Sporting Union Club commenced today.

Matches will be played on a 30-overs-a-side basis for the Santosh Kumar Ghosh Memorial Trophy.

Sassanian beat Dadar Parsi Colony by 45 runs, Aarey got the better of Parsee Cyclists by 43 while National ran up an emphatic 75-run win over Sporting Union on the opening day's action.

A valliant performance by Anand Dalvi merited the man of the match award for Dadar Parsi, playing at Shivaji Park. He followed a fine bowling display that brought him two wickets for 44 runs with a fine 69 performances that failed to stave off defeat.

BRIEF SCORES

Sasannian 221-3 (Abhishekh Nair 87 n.o., Soham Dalvi 67; A Dalvi 6-44) bt Dadar Parsi Colony 176-9 (A Dalvi 69, Kedar Kango 20, Ritesh Kothari 25). M-o-M: Anand Dalvi.

Aarey CC 154-8 (Shirish Mandrekar 25, Mangesh Akerkar 40; Tanvir Shah 2-31) bt Parsee Cyclists (Alok 33, Rahul 13; M Akerkar 2-18, Aditya 2-11, Shirish Mandrekar 4-15). M-o-M: M Akerkar.

National CC 166 in 27.3 overs (Hiken Shah 35, Suresh Jadhav 42, Rohan Almadi 14; Vishal Dalvi 2-25, Rituraj Telkar 2-29, Pritesh Dodhwadkar 2-14) bt Sporting Union 93 (Sonny Rathod 4-16, Suresh Jadhav 4-22). M-o-M: Suresh Jadhav.

Bowling alley

THE city's first bowling alley was launched at Club Aquaria, near LIC Colony, Borivali. The alley was inaugurated by the noted singer Daler Mehedi. Installed by Brunswick, the bowling alley is a major attraction of the club, which also offers various sports and water-park facilities.

Indian Gym win

Indian Gymkhana beat Bombay YMCA B 55-11 in a boys' match of the sub-junior Bombay YMCA Open basketball championships at the Mastan Shah Baugh playground, this evening.

Robin Rodrigues top scored with 16 points.

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