PANCHKULA, SEPT 13: Amarjit Kumar's fine allround performance (43 and 5 for 16) helped LIC Employees cricket club to defeat Oriental Insurance Company b 29 runs in the Inter-Bank/Government Institutions cricket tournament here today.LIC club thus made it to the semifinal stage where they were also joined by the Food Corporation of India, who beat National Insurance Company by 55 runs.Former Punjab wicket-keeper batsman Arun Sharma was the star for FCI as he scored a quickfire 48 and then excelled in a rather unusual role - that of a bowler - capturing 4 for 18.In the first match, LIC club scored 140 for 7 in 25 overs. Apart from Amarjit, Gundeepak, Anil Arya and SMS Chauhan bosted the team's tally.In reply, OIC could only manage 111, succumbing to the bowling guiles of Amarjit, Mohan Lal (3 for 20) and SMS Chauhan (2 for 29)Scores: LIC: 140 for 7 (Amarjit Kumar 43, Gundeepak 38, Anil Arya 30, SMS Chauhan 25; Sarish Katyal 3-29, Hemant Puri 2-21) beat OIC: 111 (Dinesh Gupta 38, Vipin Sharma 23, Hemant Puri 22, Sandeep Mahajan 24; Amarjit Kumar 5-16, Mohan Lal 3-20, SMS Chauhan 2-29)FCI: 119 for 4 (Arun Sharma 48, Kulwinder Singh 30, Kamal Thakur 20, Ravinder 18; Vimal Tandon 3-20) beat NIC: 64 (Anil Sood 32; M S Sodhi 5-16, Arun Sharma 4-18)Vineet to lead HARYANA Ranji Trophy seamer Vineet Jain will lead the Chandigarh district cricket team in the Haryana Inter-District Pataudi Trophy, according to Surinder Singh, secretary, Chandigarh Cricket Association.Chandigarh play their first match against Panchkula on September 15 at Gursagar ground.Team: Vineet Jain (Captain), Rajesh Patha, Ravinder Nain, Gautam Sharma, Randhir Nain, Charanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, Amardeep, Mukesh, Ajay Sikka, Azad, Mandeep Sodhi, Sanjay Rajpal, Nitin Bhutani, Madhur, Ruban Verma, Susheel Kumar, Sanjay Singh, Navjeet Singh.Cricket trials todayThe two units of Panchkula District Cricket Association are conducting trials seperately to select the team for the Haryana Inter-District tournament for Pataudi Trophy, tomorrow.The unit under Sandeep Moudgil (secretary) will organise trials at the Hansraj Public School in Sector 6 at 3 p.m.. The other unit, whose secretary is RP Chopra will also hold trials at the Sector 5 Cricket Ground, at 12 noon.The unit under RP Chopra had to postponed their trials today due to inclement weather conditions.Panchkula team will play their first match against Chandigarh on September 15, at the Gursagar Cricket Ground near Sukhna Lake, at 9 a.m.. The players of Panchkula are in a fix due to ongoing tussle between the units.
