CHANDIGARH, Nov 1: Fine batting by Akshay Sharma (50) helped St Kabir School-26 beat Manav Mangal School-21 by 6 wickets to enter the semifinal of the under-16 boys group in the Edmund Rice cricket tournament being held at St John's High School-26.In another match Government Model School-35 beat Mount Carmel-46 by 71 runs to get a berth into the last four stage.
Brief Scores: GMS-35: 160 for 8 (Balvar pooni 64, Arbinder 19, Mahammed 18, Vinod Malik 2 for 29); Mount Carmel-46: 89 for 9 in 15.4 overs (John 12, Charanjit 11, Sahil 3 for 5, Mandeep 2 for 10). St Kabir-26: 140 for 4 in 24 overs (Akshay Sharma 50, Shekhar 19, Karanveer 15); Manav Mangal Schoo-21: 139 for 3 in 25 overs (Rishi Raj 42, Himanshu 19 n.o, Manjeet 16, Rahul Nagpal 3 for 17).
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