Tottering at 108 for nine, Mishra and Vaid were involved in a 106-run alliance that saw Mumbai A rake up an impressive 214 off 40 overs.

While Mishra slammed an unbeaten 84 (99b, 9x4), Vaid chipped in an useful 40 (48b, 6x4).

Opting to bat first, the Mumbai outfit were in dire straits when they lost four wickets for 10 with Nashik medium-pacers Dhuryashil Sonavane (3-42) and Salil Aghakar (3-21) doing the damage. But they did make a partial recovery to reach the three-figure mark. It was at this stage that Mishra and Vaid began their rescue act. In reply, Nashik could only muster 168-8.

In a Group A tie, Pune piled up a massive 302 for 5 off 40 overs against Konkan mainly through the first-wicket century partnership between Sanket Puranik (58: 77b, 9x4) and Aditya Sharma (65:62b, 5x4) and Prashant Naik (72: 50b, 13x4).

In reply, the Konkan side were dismissed for 73 with medium-pacer Amit Medankar capturing four for 18 in 6.2 overs.

At the MiG Club, Vidarbha registered an emphatic seven-wicket win over Thane. Vidarbha wicket-keeper Ali Akbar, who excelled with four catches was adjudged man of the match.

Earlier the tournament was inaugurated by Maharashtra CHief Minister Manohar Joshi in the presence of former Sandeep Patil and Vinod Kambli.

Brief Scores

Group A: Sambhaji Nagar 117 in 32.1 overs (Sandeep Gaekwad 36; Tanmay Joshi 4-39) lost to Mumbai A 118-3 in 28.2 overs (Sanil Rane 37) MoM: Sanil Rane.

Pune 302-5 in 40 overs (Sanket Puranik 58, Aditya Sharma 65, Prashant Naik 72) bt Konkan 73 in 30.5 overs (Amit Medankar 4-18). MoM: Prashant Naik.

Group B: Mumbai B 214 in 38.2 overs (Sudhanshu Mishra 84 n.o., Pratik Vaid 40, Rohan Saldanha 31; Dharyashil Sonvane 3-42, Salil Aghakar 3-21) bt Nashik 166-8 in 40overs (Abhijit Gujral 30, Sahin Damse 30; Ashish Gupta 3-16). MoM: Sudhanshu Mishra.

Thane 92 in 35.3 overs (Swapnil Ambulkar 3-15) lost to Vidarbha 96-3 in 19.4 overs. MoM: Ali Akbar.

Noman Syed sparkles

Right-arm leg-spinner Noman Syed played a stellar role as Nalla Sopara's St Aloysious routed Bombay International by nine wickets in the MSSA-Colgate Harris Shield Inter-School cricket tournament, today.

Batting first, Bombay International were shot out for 50 with Syed claiming six for eight. The Nallasopara school reached the target for the loss of one wicket.

Brief Scores

Nutan Vidyamandir 146 (Rounak Gurjar 30; Amey Ghag 3-20) bt Ideal (Kalina) 49 (Janardhan Mehta 3-5, Jayesh Khatri 4-4, Rannak Chitre 3-3).

St Xavier's Boys Academy 143 (Kaushik Gala 3-38, Balaji Nagre 3-16) bt St Xavier's (Andheri) 66 (A Sheth 6-14).

Hindi Vidya Bhuvan 136 (Girish Mandhania 44, Ameya Redkar 3-38, D Pritamani 6-29) bt Arya Vidyamandir (Juhu) 49 (Girish Mandhania5-6).

St Francis (Borivli) 169 (Dedhiya Jenil 33, Raunak Balsubramanian 48; Dilpreet Sahani 4-30) bt St Joseph's (Wadala) 60 (Dedhiya Jenil 3-10, Siddhesh Maldikar 4-5).

IES (Charkop) 132 (Sanket Padwall 41; Atul Ganeniwal 3-27, Zahir Adanwala 4-22) bt Jamnabai Narsee (Juhu) 44 (Sachin Bandwalkar 5-24, Kaushik Vishal 3-11).

Bombay International 50 (Noman Syed 6-8) lost to St Aloysious (Nallasopara) 51-1.

IES (Bandra) 136 (Ninit Merchant 76; Rohan Nannavane 4-52) bt Parel Secondary 92 (Pankaj Waghmare 5-26, S Masurkar 3-9).

Gokuldham (Goregaon) 180 (Niket Naik 78, Amit Naik 31, Ashish Naik 34; Tirthank Shah 4-38, N Mehta 4-44) bt Gokalibai (Vile Parle) 83 (Nimish Soni 31; Ashish Naik 5-18, Aniket Naik 5-20).

Tarapur Vidyamandir (Boisar) 167 (Swapnil Janardhan 36; Srikant Nade 4-46, Mukesh Pillai 3-11) bt Bright (Bhandup) 96 (Mahesh Bisht 3-32, Navin Pandey 3-30, Sagar Rao 3-21).