Short Corner — New Delhi

At Kotla No 2, Delhi Telecom (190 for 2: Rajinder Ahil 107, Dharminder Singh 46 n.o) triumphed over Gemini c.c (160 in 19.2 overs: Gautam Sharma 76, Satinder Kumar 44, Sushil 5 for 30, Ahir 2 for 22) by 30 runs in a C division match.

In another C division match, Pioneer c.c (221 for 8 in 37.3 overs: Sunil 46, Umesh Sharma 28, Anwar 35 n.o, Sanjay 2 for 44, Sanjay Gupta 2 for 29, Ajay 2 for 37) prevailed over Patel Nagar Nagar c.c (218 in 39.5 overs: Bitoo Kuldeep 46, Vinod 36, Manish 2 for 25, Ashok 2 for 42, Surinder 2 for 39, Manoj 3 for 28) by two wickets at the St Stephen’s College ground.

At the University ground, Chand Club (235 for 3 in 30 overs: Sohail Rauf 106 n.o, Sumeet Dogra 100) defeated Roop Nagar c.c (114 for 9 in 27.5 overs: Manu 34, Nitin 20, Sumeet Dogra 4 for 4, Vipin Bharadwaj 3 for 11) by 121 runs in a C division match.

Neeraj slams 139
n An unbeaten 139 by Neeraj Jain helped Ujala Group of Industries beat EDI International Group by two wickets in a limited over cricket match at the North Avenue ground.

EDI International Group: 263 for 8 in 35 overs (Steevhick 81, David Brown 52, Ramesh Chawan 37, Sanjeev Kapoor 3 for 52, Neeraj Jain 2 for 32; Ujala Group of Industries: 265 for 8 in 34.4 overs (Neeraj Jain 139 n.o, Aswani Anand 32,Ritesh 21, Mike Dixcon 3 for 49, Mastin Tom 2 for 53, Keith Mark 2 for 45).

Bristol beat Ramson
Bristol Club (176 for 2 in 28.1 overs: Gaurav Sharma 104 n.o, Manoj 51 n.o, Shashikant 2 for 10) beat Ramson Club (175 in 30 overs: Gurpreet 80, Shashikant 40, Ankush 6 for 42) by eight wickets in the Navjyoti Cricket Tournament at Sultanpuri. Gaurav Sharma was declared the man of the match.

Harsh slams 88
Keshav Puram c.c (229 for 7 in 30 overs: Harsh Kapoor 88, Bhola Shanker 43 n.0, Rajeev Sharma 28, Dharmesh Verma 29, Varun Jain 26, Amit Bansal 3 for 35) beat S.B.Youth c.c (136 in 26.2 overs: Jaspreet Singh 39, Ajay 32, Prabhat Rai 3 for 32, Varun Jain 2 for 10, Aditya Sharma 2 for 27, Vineet Sachdeva 2 for 24) by 93 runs to register their third successive victory in the President’s Estate Challenge Cup Cricket League at the PBG ground.

Brighto scrape through
Brighto club (183 for 9 in 23.2 overs: Sanjay Kumar 51, Gaurav Malhotra 47, Dharamvir 2 for 28) defeated Sarvodaya School (180 for 9 in 30 overs: Rohit 61, Dharamvir 31, Gautam 26, Gaurav Malhotra 2 for 14, Jitendra 2 for 22) by one wicket in the second Moonways under 19 cricket tournament at the YSC ground.

Ram Babu on a roll
Hurricane knock by Ram Babu Aggarwal, who scored 76 runs off 40 balls, was the highlight of TYCA Colts’ 71-run victory over Brothers c.c in the second Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial cricket tournament at the MCD sports club ground. Laxman Bhist, who took five wickets for 20 runs, was adjudged the man of the match.

TYCA Colts: 241 in 30 overs (Ram Babu Aggarwal 76, Sanjay Sharma 53, Pradeep Gupta 30, Rakesh Goel 4 for 35, Rinku 2 for 9, Pradeep Sharma 2 for 50).Brothers Club: 170 in 26.5 overs (Himanshu 34, Rakesh Goel 27, Rinku 24, Lasman Bhist 5 for 20, Jaiprakash 2 for 34).

Ambassador in final
Ambassador Sky Chef defeated Sharda Bhantu Samaj by 69 runs to enter the final of the 1st Renu Bhan Memorial tournament at Ambedkar ground.Brief scores: Ambassador Sky Chef: 239 (Mohinder Rathore 57, Mohammed Atiq 46, Subhash Chaudhary 38, Jagjit Singh 34, Satbir Chaudhary 5/ 35, Sanjeev Rana 2/ 29); Sharda Bhantu Samaj: 170 (Sanjeev Rana 53, Satish 53, Dinesh Yadav 2/ 26, K. S Rana 2/ 35).

Customs upset
RBI, FCI (North Zone) and DTC registered victories in group A of DSA Institutional league at Thyagraj Nagar. RBI beat Bank of India 2-1 (Basab Bhattacharya scoring two goals for the winners); DTC surprised Delhi Customs 1-0 (Victor Charles) and last year’s winners FCI humbled DDA 3-0. Sanjeev Bhalla, Mohan and Neeraj Chaudhary were the goal-getters.

West Delhi Academy
The West Delhi Cricket Coaching Academy for boys 8 to 18 years will commence from May 15 at the Saviour Convent School, Paschim Vihar. The academy will be held under the guidance of former Test and Ranji Trophy cricketers. Details can be had from Raj Kumar Sharma, ED-108, Tagore Garden (Ph Nos 5449333/535829).

Raghubir Trophy
The prize money for the 22nd Lala Raghubir Singh Hot Weather Cricket Tournament, to be held at the Modern School grounds from May 21, has been increased by Rs 10,000 (total amount will be Rs 61,000).