Rizvi Springfield (Bandra) thrashed Jamnabai Narsewe by nine wickets to storm into the semifinals of the B.Khichadia-Khar Gymkhana Suburban schools cricket tournament, held at Azad Maidan here today.
Opting to bat first, Jamnabai batsmen were all at sea against some fine bowling by Anchal Mishra 3/19) and Prashant Solanki 3/12 and were shot out for 57. In reply, Rizvi were home with nine wickets to spare with Suraj Pandey remaining unbeaten with 34.Rizvi will take on Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali), who too notched up a nine-wicket win over Parle Tilak (English).
The other semifinal will be contested by IES New English (Bandra), who scored an emphatic 95 runs win over Oxford Public, and Borivali’s Swami Vivenkanand, whoscored a shock 8-wicket win over fancied Dhirubham Ambani for a place in the final.
Brief scores (quarter finals):
Jamnabai Narsee 57 (Anchal Mishra 3/17, Prashant Solanki 3/12) lost to Rizvi Springifield (Bandra) 60/1 (Suraj Pandey n.o. 34) – by 9 wkts.
Parle Tilak (English) 120 (Om Joshi 52, Sheesh Shetty 32; Vinayak Patil 4/25) lost to Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali) 123/1 (Mihir Agarwal n.o.51,Sai Naidu n.o. 56)- by 9 wkts.
Dhirubhai Ambani 108 (Rutik Rathod 7/42) lost to Swami Viveknand (Borivli) 111/2 (Gautam Vaghela n.o. 51) – by 8 wkts.
IES New English (Bandra) 243 (Jash Ganiga 65, Sanket Kashte 36, Santosh Ranawat 3/37) bt Oxford Public 148 (Abhishek Walia 38;Abhishek Dayalkar 5/46) By 95 runs.