Saturday, May 22, 2010

Siwan, Muzaffarpur move into semifinals

Patna, May 13, 2010: Siwan and Muzaffarpur cruised into the semifinals of the Randhir Verma memorial U-19 inter-district cricket championships here on Thursday.

Siwan trounced Begusarai by 219 runs at Bihta while in another match at Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here, Muzaffarpur routed Bhojpur by 10 wickets.

Batting first Bhojpur made 175 runs for 8 wickets off 30 overs. Saurav (31), Rohit Raj (48) and Santosh (22) were the notable contributors. Ajay captured four wickets for 37 runs. Nishant took two wickets for 27 runs.

In reply, Muzaffarpur reached target without loss. Vikash Ranjan scored a fine unbeaten century (111) while other opener Pawan too remained unbeaten on 45.


Siwan scored 288 in 30 overs. Imran Nazir hit a blazing unbeaten ton (110) with 12 boundaries and 6 sixes. Raj Kumar (54) and Manish Giri (58) were the other useful scorers. Raj Kumar, Arbind and Manish of Begusarai got one wicket each.

In reply, Begusarai managed to score 69 runs off 15.1 overs. Raj Kishore (27) and Deepak (16) were the two important contributors. Manish Giri of Siwan claimed five wickets for 6 runs. Pankaj Mishra and Ravi got two wickets each.

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