Openers spur CCI

Openers spur CCI
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

MUMBAI, DECEMBER 25: A 223-run opening partnership between Amarjit Marwa and Sachin Sawant enabled Cricket Club of India to notch 304-4 against MB Union on the first day of the two-day Purshottam Shield Cricket Tournament at Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday.

Marwa's knock of 103 came off 190 balls and was studded with 16 fours. Sawant (99: 183b, 10x4) was unlucky to miss his century by a solitary run. Left-arm spinner Kunal More who broke the marathon partnership was the most successful bowler with 3 for 66.

Brief scores
Islam Gymkhana 240 (Narendra Singh 41, Mubarak Shaikh 79, Dennis Desai 63; Shoan Jain 3-69) vs Fort Vijay 63-2 (Paul Valthaty batting 31).
Bombay Gymkhana 289 (Keniya Jayantilal 32, Salil Baberdesai 89; Amit Agwekar 3-39) vs Shantibhai Memorials 32-1.
CCI 304-4 (Sachin Sawant 99, Amarjit Marwa 103; Kunal More 3-66) vs MB Union.
Jolly Cricketers 148-9 decl (Dilip Agarwal 33; Pravin Tambe 3-26) vs Parsee Gymkhana 182-8 (Khushru Daruwala 53, Ambhish Shah 43; Uday Ujale 3-69, Chandu Bhatkar 3-46).
Sunder 116-8 decl (Rohan Bane 31; Sudhakar Harmalkar 3-29) vs Worli 173-4 (Abhijit Gawde 60, Prashant Shetty 62).
PJ Hindu Gymkhana 214 (Milind Tamhane 81, Kaustubh Latke 35; Haqib Siddique 3-46) vs Young Friends 58-4 (Vishal Tawde 3-28).

Top seeds stretched
Top seeds Nagsen Etambe and Sanjay Nagaonkar were stretched to three games 25-14 11-25 25-4 by Deepak Sawant and Suryakant More in the 35th Maharashtra State and Inter-district carrom open doubles event at Vasai today.
Other results
Open Doubles (4th round): Faiyaz Shaikh & Moula Shaikh (Pune) bt Mukesh Sharma & Santosh Sodri K (MDCA) 18-25, 25-8, 25-6; Kishore Joshi & Naresh Waifalkar (MDCA) bt Kishore Chiplunkar & Shantaram Angre (MDCA) 15-25, 25-14, 25-15; Suryakant Bairaloo & Ravi Baghalwar (MDCA) bt Snehal Mahude & Roshan K (MDCA) 25-6, 25-0; Arun Kedar & Mahendra Tambe (MDCA) bt Naran Baria & Pravin Janak (MDCA) 25-13, 25-4; Vilas Zite & Pramod Ghagre (MDCA) bt Shaikh Habib & Sayyad Yusuf (Jalgaon) 12-25, 25-13, 25-19; Dilip Sandge & Sudhir Pawar (MDCA) bt Abdul Sattar & Munna Darwaza (TDCA) 25-12, 25-20; Suhas Pomendkar & Narsing Rao Sakari (MDCA) bt Anant Gayatri & Suraj K (MDCA) 14-25, 25-6, 25-4; Vilas Dalvi & Ramesh Deokhule (MDCA) bt Sanjay Barve & P Nagpure (MDCA) 25-14, 25-6; Shamji Padaya & Manu Baria (MDCA) bt Bala Ghadi & Uday Maral (MDCA) 25-17, 25-6; Nagesh Kalamkar & Mangesh Palshetkar (MDCA) bt Arvind Telavane & Rajendra Mhatre (Raigad) 25-0, 25-0; Sayyad Mohsin & Sayyad Hamid (MDCA) bt G Gaikwad & RanganathPatil (MDCA) 25-0, 25-8; Ratan Oswal & Ebrahim Shaikh (Pune) bt Naresh Maru/Natwar Rathod (MDCA) 25-6, 25-7; Ajay Shinde & Liyaqat Nagarjee (MDCA) bt Iqbal Nabi & Shabbir Khan (MDCA) 25-2, 25-4.
Women's Doubles (semis): Parimi Nirmala & Sangeeta Chandorkar (MDCA) bt Hemlatha Pednekar & Malti Kelkar 25-0, 25-12; Anupama Kedar & Monaz Tanttra (MDCA) bt Nalini Bolinjkar & Shakuntala Dangle (MDCA) 25-12, 25-19.