St Paul’s School, Begusarai and Don Bosco Academy, Patna in second round

Patna, November 25, 2009: St Paul’s School, Begusarai and Don Bosco Academy, Patna moved into the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

In the first match of the day, St Paul’s School prevailed over Sun International School, Patna by 72 runs while Don Bosco Academy got the better of Indian Public School, Sasaram by 6 wickets.
Batting first Begusarai boys made 153 for the loss of five wickets with Santosh Kumar scoring a magnificent 50 runs. Manish (30) too contributed well. Vishal took two wickets for 26 runs.

In reply, Sun International School were bowled out for paltry 81 runs.In the second match, Sasaram boys collected 71 runs off 22.3 overs. In reply, Don Bosco boys raced to the target losing four wickets.

Santosh Kumar Sonu of St Paul’s School and Abhishek Kumar of Don Bosco Academy were adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores: St Paul’s School 153 for 5 (Santosh Kumar Sonu 50, Manish 30, Vishal 2 for 26, Aman Aditya 1 for 11).

Sun International School 81 all out (Vishal 19, Ankit 17, Mohammad Saddam 2 for 11, Manish 2 for 11, Chandan 2 for 14).

Indian Public School 71 all out (Sunil 12, Akash Deep 11, Abhishek 3 for 10, Amitabh 2 for 6 and Satyanath 2 for 10).

Don Bosco Academy 72 for 4(Rishav 26, Amitabh 19, Aniket 2 for 10 and Animesh 1 for 11).

Photo caption: Don Bosco Academy, Patna boys (top) and St Paul’s School, Begusarai boys (bottom) after winnig their respective matches of Sukhdeo school cricket in Patna on November 25, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui