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Record entries for Boost Cup

HYDERABAD: The Boost Cup inter-school cricket tournament for boys (under-16), promoted by Procam International and sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, which will begin on October 6 has attracted a record 64 entries, according to P. N. Sankaran, general manager of Procam.

“The 2008-09 edition of the Boost Cup will feature an intra-city competition among schools from 10 centres across India. The fact that Nike has agreed to be the official apparel partner is a sign of the growing popularity of the event,” Sankaran said. The 64 teams split into 16 groups will play on a league basis and the top team from each will play in the knock-out format, said S. Venkateswaran, HCA Executive Committee member. “The winners will get Rs. 18,000 and the runner-up Rs. 12,000,” he said. The winner will represent Hyderabad in the Intra-City Challenge.

Avinash hits century

G. Avinash’s 101 was instrumental in Marredpally Blues recording a five-wicket win over MP Youngmen in the A-division (one-day) league here.

The scores:

Under-19 practice matches: Team Purple 186 (Dilip three for 32, Neeraj three for 41) lost to Team Green 187 for three (Zameeruddin 53, Ashwin 85, Mohinder Reddy 31 n.o.).

Combined Districts 205 (Jaya Surya 44, Sai Kumar 48, Nishant Yadav 38, Bhargava Anand three for 49) lost to Team Red 209 for seven (Anurag Reddy 41, Vasanth Reddy 35, Siva Rama Krishna 34, Syed Ali 35 n.o.).

Team Yellow 238 (Mohd. Noman 58, Sandeep Rajan 74, Irfan five for 41, Syed Muzammil three for 49) bt Team Blue 180 (Murtuza 54, Asad Ali 42).

A-division (one-day) league: OMC 100 (Venkat 57, M. Das four for 18) lost to Hyd Bottling 106 for three (Sohail Khan 51).

Ameerpet 160 (Vinod 64, V. S. Praneeth four for 27) lost to SN Group 161 for three (Mir Sami Ali 57, Balakrishna 66).

RK Puram 87 (Ravi Kumar four for 10, Sanjay six for eight) lost to Income Tax 92 for one (Deepak Lal 44 n.o.).

Youth CC 117 (Vivek four for 35) bt Cambridge 90 (G. V. Manoj five for 28, Kiran Yadav five for 17).

Gaganmahal 163 bt Vinayak 146 (Shiva five for 26).

Gowlipura 180 for nine (Bhasker Rao 68, Kiran Bamboo 40, Jagdish six for 26) bt Southend Raymonds 61 (N. Laxman six for nine).

National 87 (Sridhar four for 18) bt Future Stars 69 (Sriram six for 27).

Cheerful Chums 119 (Vijay five for 17) lost to Apseb 120 for seven (Kaushik 60).

HBCC 178 (Anup Singh five for 42) lost to Sec’bad Club 179 for eight (Kishore Kumar four for 56).

VP Willowmen 161 (Abhishek 43, Basava Raj six for 36) lost to Commercial Taxes 162 for five.

MP Youngmen 263 for nine (Rohit 44, Adarsh Gandhi 53, Mujawan 65) lost to MP Blues 264 for five (K. Vijay Kumar 55, G. Avinash 101).

Schools league: AB Colony 173 (Harith 44) lost to Vijayanand 174 for eight (G. Vipul 83).

Adams XI 257 (K. S. K. Chaitanya 94, Ananth five for 56) lost to WMCC 258 for three (M. Ravi Kiran 73, Y. Gaurav Saudagar 97).

B-Division: Sai Saint 114 (K. Avaindra Reddy four for 41) lost to Bharatiya 115 for four (Sharat Yadav 43, Pandey 42).

D-Division: YMRC 157 (J. Aniketh 56 n.o., T. P. Anirudh seven for 22) lost to RR District 162 for three (Prasanth 59 n.o.).

Amrutha in semifinals

B. Amrutha defeated M. Srivani 8-4 to enter the girls’ under-14 semifinal of the AP State-ranking tennis tournament at Ganesh Raman Academy here.

The results: Boys: Under-12: First round: Vikram Raju bt S. Sai Ananth Mohan 8-3; Abhinav Macedo bt G. Akash 8-2; Krithi Man bt K. Tarun 8-4; Taha Kapadia bt Sri Harsha 8-2; A. Aditya bt U. Prudhvi 8-1; Kunwar Gandhi bt T. Sri Akhil 8-4; S. K. Akshay bt Vishwesh Agarwal 8-1; Arpith bt C. Abhijit 8-1; Yash Puri bt S. J. Suryasen 8-6; K. Rawal bt C. Tarun 8-2; Apuroop Reddy bt Raj Aditya 8-2; T. Sri Akhil 8-4.

Girls: Under-14: Quarterfinals: B. Amrutha bt M. Srivani 8-4; Shruthi Reddy bt Uttama 8-1; Harshitha Rao bt R. Niharika 8-5.

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