Harinder struck ten boundaries and two sixes in his knock of 85 runs which helped CNS XI to reach a respectable total of 203 runs in the allotted 25 overs. Viresh Sharda (59) and Rakesh (20) also contributed to the score.

In reply, Rajesh Vaid 74 runs came to naught when other batsmen failed to face a hostile bowling spell of Girish Bhanot and Vivek Jain, as the duo picked up three and two wickets, respectively. JAL XI was bundled out for 158 in 17 overs.

In another match Punjab Civil Secretariat beat Bhakra Beas Management Board XI by three-wicket.
Brief scores: CNS XI: 203 for 6 in 25 overs (Harinder Sigh 85, Viresh Sharda 59, Sandeep 16, Chander Mohan 3 for 49); JAL XI: 158 (Rajesh Vaid 74, Gurpal Jimmy 21, Girish Bhanot 3 for 20, Vivek Jain 2 for 18, Viresh Sharda 2 for 21). BBMB XI: 141 for 9 in 25 overs (Pawan Kumar 38, Devinder 21, Ravi 18, Sunny 17, Parveen 17, Charan Dass 2 for 13); PCS: 142 for 7 in 24.2 overs (Sanajy Mishra 34, Harjeet Singh 30 n.o., Ashwani 27, Pawan 5 for 8).

Satish excels
All-round performance by Satish Chaudhary (66 and 4 for 19) enabled Punjab Engineering College Employees Cricket Club beat Punjab National Bank XI by 12 runs in the first Inter Government/Bank Employees cricket tournament, today.
Brief scores: PEC: 161 for 7 in 25 overs (Satish Chaudhary 66, Nobel 46, Rajesh Arora 25, Subodh Bist 4 for 35, Ashok 3 for 25); PNB Club: 149 for 9 in 25 overs (Anil Sharma 40, Harvinder Sandhu 35, Rajiv 30, Satish Chaudhary 4 for 19, Surinder 3 for 35).