Date:06/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/06/stories/2006100602661800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Niranjan, Santosh slam centuries

HYDERABAD: Ranji stars P.S. Niranjan (124, 12x4, 1x6) and Santosh Yadav (115, 14x5, 1x6) helped India Cements score 301 for nine against SA Sports, Amberpet in the A-Division (three-day) knockout cricket tournament here on Thursday. In reply, SA Sports was bowled out for 66 with medium-pacer M.P. Arjun taking five for 33.

The scores:

A-Division: Day two: India Cements 301 for nine (P.S. Niranjan 124, Santosh Yadav 115, Ashish Kumar four for 74) v SA Sports 66 (M.P. Arjun five for 33); P & T Colony 115 (Rohit 50, Sashidhar Rao 42, Shiv Shankar four for 20, Lalith Mohan four for 22) v BDL 309 for nine (Madhav Kumar 87, P.S.S. Bharath 60, Balakrishna four for 77); Deccan Chronicle 206 (Partha Jhala 52) v Ensconse 227 (Md. Imran 87, Abhishek Ponia 46, J. Shivaji five for 70); SCRSA 186 (M. Suresh 80, Seshagiri four for 48) v Crown 141 for five (Suman 45, Seshagiri 44 not out).

Abhishek in final

Alla Abhishek defeated R. Rishab of Kendriya Vidyalaya (Picket) 6-0, 6-4 in the boys' U-12 semifinal of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament organised by the Surya Tennis Foundation here.

The results: Semifinals: Boys: U-12: A. Abhishek bt R. Rishab 6-0, 6-4; S.M. Abdullah bt T. Nehal 7-5, 6-7, 6-1. U-14: S. Karan (Kar) bt A. Abhishek (AP) 6-4, 6-2; A. Veerabadhran (TN) bt Varun Satyanarayana (Kar) 6-2, 6-3. Girls: U-12: N.B. Saranya bt Ch. Nidhi 7-6, 6-2; Zainab Ali Sajjad bt I. Teertha 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. U-14: N.S. Saranya bt Zainab Ali Sajjad 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Sravya Reddy bt I. Teertha 6-3, 6-4.

Inter-schools hockey

Hyderabad Hockey Association will organise the third V. Purushotham memorial inter-schools hockey tournament in the third week of October, according to HHA Secretary G. Satyanarayana. Entries close on Oct. 12. For details, contact 27905190.

Cross-country trials

Osmania University will organise selection trials to pick the team for the forthcoming all-India inter-university cross-country championship in its campus on Oct. 8 at 6:30 a.m.