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Easy for City Cricketers

Kottayam: City Cricketers, Thiruvananthapuram, defeated Travancore Cricket Union, Thiruvananthapuram, by 46 runs and entered the third round of the Mathew P. Mani memorial T20 cricket tournament at the Nehru stadium here on Tuesday.

Kasaragod District Cricket Association scored a six-wicket win over Sunshine CC, Alappuzha in a first round match.

The scores: City Cricketers 155 for eight in 20 overs (Aji three for 24, Aneesh three for 34) bt Travancore Cricket Union 109 in 16.3 overs (Pradeep four for 13)

Sunshine CC 141 in 19.5 overs (Fazil 31, Akshay four for 33) lost to Kasaragod DCA 142 for six in 19 overs (Akshay Babu 68, Abdul Nasser 32 no).

MSP HSS in last four

Malappuram’s MSP HSS defeated Ernakulam’s SN HS by a lone goal and entered the semifinals of the Mar Athanasious Trophy all-India inter-school football tournament at the Municipal Ground, Aluva, on Tuesday evening.

Sreerag scored the match-winner in the 43rd minute.

KVL postponed

The inaugural Kerala Volleyball League, an IPL-style professional league which was scheduled to begin in Kozhikode on February 20, has been postponed.

“We have found that franchise owners would need more time to effectively organise their participation. Bringing together a professional management team to run the franchise is the biggest constraint for the franchise owner,” said Jitendra Joshi, the CEO of SportzConsult, which is organising the event with the Kerala State Volleyball Association.

“Evaluating the scenario and to have a successful league, we decided to take the tough call to postpone the first edition of KVL by a couple of months. We are in discussion with everyone involved and will have new dates very soon.”

The league will be a six-team affair and eight people have show interest in buying the teams, said Mr Joshi. Some partnerships and sponsorships have already been finalised for the league which will see nearly 100 players from Kerala and outside in action.

Sacred Heart in last four

The host Sacred Heart CMI Public School and Don Bosco ‘A’ (Vaduthala) entered the semifinals of the Fr. George Koyikkara endowment inter-school basketball tournament at Thevara on Tuesday evening.

Sacred Heart topped Group ‘A’, while Don Bosco ‘A’ finished on top of Group ‘C’ and made the last-four grade.

The results (league): Group ‘A’: Sacred Heart ‘A’ (Thevara) bt Don Bosco ‘B’ (Vaduthala) 48-29.

Group ‘B’: Bhavan’s (Elamakkara) bt Matha Nagar PS 58-31; Bhavan’s (Elamakkara) bt Sacred Heart ‘B’ 61-36; Matha Nagar bt SH ‘B’ 45-30.

Group ‘C’: Don Bosco ‘A’ bt Global PS 44-33; DB ‘A’ bt SBOA (Chittoor) 49-37; SBOA bt Global 42-35.

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