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Superb spell by Ashish Reddy

HYDERABAD : Gemini Friends drew its match against Oxford Blues, thanks to Ashish Reddy's superb spell of seven for 45, in the A-Division (two-day) league cricket championship here on Friday.

The scores:

A-Division (two-day league): Gemini Friends 503 for eight decl. (G. Rohith Kumar 61, Sanketh Shah 73, Sridhar 81) drew with Oxford Blues 112 (Rafiq 48, Ashish Reddy seven for 45).

EMCC 104 (G. Srinivas four for five) drew with Syndicate Bank 107 for two.

A-2 Division (one-day league): Saleem Nagar 224 (M.A. Layeeq 65) bt Natraj 137 (Kartik 41, M.A. Layeeq six for 36 and Shahed four for 27).

Gusti on target

Gusti Noria, with a score of 46/50, stole the show in the skeet event for seniors in the seventh AP State shooting championship at the SAAP Shooting Range in Central University here on Friday.

The results: Skeet: Seniors: 1. Gusti Noria 46/50, 2. Abhinav Ram Reddy 40/50, 3. Khuram Ansari 28/50. Juniors: 1. Abhinav Ram Reddy 40/50, 2. Asher Noria 33/50, 3. Shreyan Kapoor 30/50. Preliminary round: .177 peep sight air rifle: Men: 1. Verma Reddy Anish 386/400, 2. K. Vignan Tej 383/400, 3. G. Thrimurthulu 374/400.

Small bore free rifle prone: 1. M.V. Prasad 569/600, 2. G. Naveen Raju 565/600, 3. P. Krishna 533/600. .177 air pistol women: 1. V. Suvarna 345/400, 2. Nargis Fatima 330/400.

Player's death condoled

The Hyderabad Carrom Association condoled the death of Nazia Hassan Ansari, who died in a road accident in the city recently. She represented the State in various sub-junior and junior nationals. B.K. Haranath, President, and S. Madanraj, Secretary of HCA, conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members.

BSC posts win

Boys Sports Company defeated St. Paul's High School 76-48 in the men's section of the MCH annual open basketball tournament at the Victory Playground here on Friday.

In the women's section, SCR put it across St. Ann's Junior College 66-22.

The scores: Women: SCR 66 (Sofi Sam 20, Sindhu 20) bt St. Ann's Junior College 22 (Anjana 10, Preethi 10).

Men: Boys Sports Company 76 (Kuldeep 17, Namdar 10, Meraz 13) bt St. Paul's HS 48 (K.P. Jose 20).

AP cycle polo teams

M.M.S. Priyanka and W. Punchasheela will lead Andhra Pradesh sub-junior and senior teams respectively in the fourth National cycle polo championships in Puri from August 21.

The teams: Sub-juniors: M.M.S. Priyanka (capt.), K. Sumalatha, K. Vijaya, K. Vasavi, K. Triveni and D. Prashanti; seniors: W. Punchasheela (capt.), V. Divya Bharathi, Hajira Begump, B. Prashanthi, P. Sireesha, Fareen Fatima, S. Lavanya and Kavita Rani; coach: V.Sarvani; manager: D. Nagaraj.