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NCA coaching course for women cricketers

Bangalore: The National Cricket Academy is conducting a Level ‘A’ coaching course for women cricketers for the first time here at the academy premises. The course that commenced on Monday, features 31 women cricketers and will conclude on February 1.

Dr. K. Suratwala is in charge of the course while Dinesh Nanavaty, Atul Gaikwad and R. Sridhar are also part of the resource panel. NCA’s director of operations Dav Whatmore also participated in the discussions.

Dr. Suratwala explained the rationale behind the course. “It is a first for the NCA to have a course for women cricketers. We have 31 cricketers/coaches who have come in from all parts of the Country and this course called the Level A course, was originally known as the Level I course but the ICC in a meeting at Dubai has renamed these levels and we have also taken note of the change. This course covers basic skills of cricket, safety in sport and also the conduct of net sessions. The response has been good and the sessions have been interactive and Dav Whatmore also has contributed,” Dr. Suratwala said.

Meanwhile the NCA is upgrading its infrastructure. The gym will soon be equipped with the latest state-of-the-art equipment. .

Gurumurthy’s unbeaten 213 set the base for Johnson CC’s 189-run victory over Mathikere CC in a KSCA Group I, fifth division league match here recently. Johnson CC posted 395 for four in 50 overs and bowled out Mathikere CC for 206 in 29.5 overs.

The scores: Johnson CC 395 for four in 50 overs (Gurumurthy 213 n.o., Gerard 59 n.o.) bt Mathikere CC 206 in 29.5 overs (Chetan 99, Jitendra four for 53, Shreyas four for 72).

City Gymkhana 203 in 34 overs (C. Vinay 50, Jagath Shridharan four for 24) bt Bangalore Indian CC 135 in 41.5 overs (C. Madhusudhan five for 45).

Vikram CC 263 for seven in 50 overs (Prasad 72) bt Lions CC 127 in 47.2 overs (Pawan 46, Prasad four for 64).

Vasanthnagar Cricketers 176 in 45 overs (Ram 48, Madadev four for 27) bt Karnataka Youth CA, Malur 171 in 47.3 overs (Shailu 42, Kishan four for 32).

Vijaya CC 204 in 47.1 overs (K.S. Srinivas 73, G. Madhu five for 48) lost to Prathibhe Talent Trust 205 for seven in 43.5 overs (V. Venugopal 57 n.o., Shreyas 40).

Blue Diamond Cricketers 421 for six in 50 overs (Vinay 130, Vijay 113, Koushik 66) bt National Cricketers 104 in 28 overs.

Sri Jayachamarajendra CC 295 for nine in 50 overs (Prakash 46) bt Modern Cricketers 110 in 19 overs (M. Sunil five for 39, Shashidhar four for 29).

Shanthinagar Cricketers 139 in 40.4 overs lost to Malleswaram SC 140 for three in 34.5 overs.

Kapali CC 315 in 49.2 overs (Sharath 59, Om Prakash 53, Raghu 48) bt Diamond CC 115 in 28 overs (Gnanamanil five for 10).

Metro Shield super league: Yuvakha Sanga CC 192 in 38.4 overs (Koushik 55, Murugasundaram five for 63) bt

Chintamani Sp. Association 169 in 47.2 overs (Pramond six for 60).

Young Boy’s CC, Kolar 383 for eight in 50 overs (Vijay Krishna 95, Madhusudan 94, N.N. Arjun 83) bt Indiranagar Cricketers 146 in 36.2 overs (Puneeth 44, Vijay Kumar four for 34).

New National CC 181 in 41.2 overs (Faisal 45) lost to Jai Hind CC 183 for seven in 37.3 overs (Manohar 44 n.o.).

Friends XI CC, D’pura 163 in 38.4 overs (Sunil four for 66) lost to Sangam CA 165 for seven in 32.3 overs (Sudarsan 46 n.o., Vivek four for 67).

Visweswarampuram CC (2) 152 in 25.3 overs (Nagasimha four for 43) lost to Cavaliers CC 154 for one in 11.1 overs (Deepak Ugrappa 60 n.o.).

The Karnataka Swimming Association for Disabled will conduct a swimming camp for disabled here from February 1. For details, call: Santhosh Kumar, 9845232099.

The Karnataka State Football Association will be conducting a coaching-cum selection camp to select the state women’s football team for the 16th Senior National women’s championship to be held at Haldia (West Bengal) from February 23. The trials will be held in Bangalore from February 1 between 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m.

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