Salwan, Santhome in Boost Cricket title clash

NI Wire

Mumbai

Mon, 14 Apr 2008: 

Santhome High School, Chennai registered a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Swami Vivekanand High School, Mumbai to set up title clash of the Boost Cricket Cup Inter-City Challenge for boys under-17 category against former champion Salwan Boys School, Delhi which scored a 51-run win over formidable DAV School, Chaigarh in the other semifinal here.

M Kamlesh's unbeaten defining knock of 111 stitching along a mammoth partnership of 181 runs with S S Xavier (59 n.o.) powered Santhome High School, Chennai to score a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Swami Vivekanand High School, Mumbai in the first semi-final played at the MCA Ground, Bandra Kurla Complex.

In the second semifinal, fine half-century knocks by Sandeep Kaushik (65), Nitesh Rana (57) and some good bowling by Yatharh Tomar (4/45) guided Salwan Boys School, Delhi, to score a comfortable 51-run win over DAV School, Chandigarh here.

Brief Scores

First Semi-final:

Swami Vivekanand High School, Mumbai: 180 all out in 44.5 Overs (Pratik Gawli 68, Siddesh Lad 29, Harmeet Singh 25, R. Sarwan Kumar 3 for 37, S. Aakash 2 for 18, R D Ashwin Kumar 1 for 20)

Santhome High School, Chennai: 181 for 1 in 31.1 overs (M. Kamlesh 111 n.o. (107b, 18x4, 1x6), S S Xavier 59 n.o., Aatif Attarwala 1 for 23)

Second Semi-final:

Salwan Boys School, Delhi: 269 for five in 45 overs (Sandeep Kaushik 65, Nitesh Rana 57, Shakti Singh 39 n.o, Rajiv Bose 32 n.o.)

DAV School, Chandigarh: 218 for nine in 45 overs (Saket Nandal 44, Akshay 41, Ankit Kaushik 42, Karan Sharma 35, Yatharh Tomar four for 45).