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Atish's hat-trick helps Tarbund XI win

HYDERABAD: Atish scored a hat-trick to fashion Tarbund XI's 3-1 win over MCH Bistiwada in the Indira Gandhi memorial hockey tournament organised by Sports of India here.

The winner led 3-0 at the break. For the losers, Wajid reduced the margin.

In another match, AC Guards XI drubbed MCH Amberpet 8-0 with Imran Bin Ahmed, M.A. Aleem and Farooq Bin Yousuf scoring a brace each and Abdul Rahman and Hannan one each to complete the tally.

SR EC posts win

SR Engineering College (Warangal) scored a 37-run win over Vivekananda Engineering College (Godavarikhani) in the SR Champions Trophy State-level inter-engineering colleges cricket tournament in Warangal on Saturday, according to information received here.

The scores:

Dr. B.V. Raju Institute (Medak) 138 for four (Pankaj 68) bt VITS (Karimnagar) 88 for five.

KITS (Warangal) 92 for six bt Nishita (Ranga Reddy) 65 for nine.

Mother Teresa 96 for five (Akshay four for 12) lost to JBREC (Hyderabad) 100 for one (Charan Teja 57 not out, Aqeel 34 not out).

SR Engineering College 134 for nine (Dwaraka Prakash 60, Shyam three for 23) bt Vivekananda (Godavarikhani) 97 for four (Muzzafar 52 not out, Manish three for 12).

TKR (Hyderabad) 92 for nine (Gavaskar three for 22) lost to SBIT (Khammam) 94 for five (Kalyan 48).

VSCE (Khammam) 150 for six (Narender 66 not out, Sandeep three for 20) bt MLRIT (Hyderabad) 98 for four (Dilip 56 not out).

Srikanth outplays Naqi

P. Srikanth outwitted Naqi in the third round of the ninth Brilliant Trophy State open chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar School here on Saturday.

The results: 3rd round: N. Gopikrishna (2) lost to Vikramjit Singh (3); P. Praveen Prasad (3) bt K. Perumallu (2); L.P. Praveen (2) lost to M.Y. Raju (3); V. Jagadeesh (2) lost to Parameswara Rao (3); Revanth Reddy (2) lost to P.V.V. Seshu (3); P. Srikanth (3) bt Naqi (2); Chiman Prakash (3) bt Amogha Varsha (2): Y. Murali Mohan (2) lost to P. Ramakrishna (3); K. Ravi (3) bt Vangmayi (2); Anmol (2) lost to Y. Niharika (3).

Double for Sruta, Sachin

G. Sruta Kirti and Sachin Jai Kumar bagged a double each in the boys' and girls' sections respectively in the Pioneer Tennis Academy open tennis tournament at Mettuguda here.

The results: Boys: Under-8: P. Siddarth bt P. Sree Dutt 8-6; U-10: P. Ashish Rao bt P. Siddarth 8-2; U-12: Sachin Jai Kumar bt S.A. Wahab 8-2; U-14: Sachin Jai Kumar bt P. Sai Arjun Reddy 8-2.

Girls: Under-8: G. Sruta Kirti bt C. Shloka Reddy 8-1; U-10: G. Sruta Kirti bt B. Amrutha 8-3; U-12: B. Moulika Ram bt Bhavana Priyanka 8-5; U-14: K. Shina bt Y. Sai Sudheera 8-4.

Men's singles: Final: S.M. Irfanuddin bt Zaid-bin-Harris 8-5.

Easy win for Secunderabad Club

Secunderabad Club scored a comfortable, 54-run win against Kolkata in the Jiji Irani Challenge Cup cricket tournament here.

The scores: Sec'bad Club 217 for four (Verzavan Debara 76 not out, Kushal P. Jilla 63) bt Kolkata 163 for nine (Manoj Irani 37, Ramin Bulsara 33).

Chess tournament

Andhra Pradesh State open prize money chess tournament will be held at Vignan Public School (Mandapeta, East Godavari) from January 18 to 19.

The event carries a prize money of Rs.25000 with the winner getting Rs.5000. Special prizes will be given to under-9 and under-14 age group players.

Further details can be had from V. Kameswara Rao on Phone No. 94403 65469 or Y. Kalyan Kumar (Phone No. 98490 92671) or V. Sai Rambabu (Phone No. 98498 52528).

Cricket Star show

`Cricket Star' reality talent hunt show, also featuring the 17-year-old Pravith Kumar from Vizianagaram among the 23 selected from across the country, will be telecast from January 14 simultaneously on Doodarshan and the Zee Sports on Sundays at 11.30 am, at 8.30 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays and a weekly episode on Zee TV on Saturday from 6.30 pm, according to a press release.

It maybe recalled that former India stars Robin Singh and Ajay Jadeja monitored the selections at the Vijayanand Gardens here last month before finalising the 23 players to attend a 10-week training programme at Cricket Star Academy (Mumbai). The winner of the first series of the Cricket Star India will win a one-year all-expenses paid contract with Leicestershire Country Cricket club.

The final 11 contestants will also have the opportunity to participate in the global roll-out of the Cricket Star which is slated for a UK launch in 2007 summer and a subsequent launch in Pakistan.

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