Date:22/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/22/stories/2008072260361800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Paramveer Singh hits hundred

HYDERABAD: Paramveer Singh’s unbeaten 111 (15x4, 2x6) helped Deccan Chronicle score 413 for eight in reply to Ensconse’s 276 in the first innings on the second day of the A-Division (three-day) league cricket championship here on Monday.

The scores: A-Division (three-day) league: Ensconse 276 vs. Deccan Chronicle 413 for eight (P.S.S. Bharath Kumar Verma 62, D.B. Ravi Teja 96, Praneeth Kumar 50, Paramveer Singh 111 batting, Faheem four for 91).

A-Division (one-day) league: Walker Town 232 (Chanti 84, John Bosco 60) bt MP Sporting 209 (Naveen Makhija 102, Basith four for 45, John Bosco four for 47); Young Masters 187 (Anil four for 47) bt Lok Nayak 169 (Srinivas 46, Ibrahim Baig four for 42); HBCC 208 for nine (B. Shasi Kanth 101, Javeed four for 40) bt Deccan Wanderers 143 (Gokul five for 22, Girish four for 42); Rushi Raj CC 304 for seven (Md. Abdul Malik 139, Sameer 45, Dhanraj five for 80) bt Deccan Blues 247 (Sriknath 58); Tarakarama CC 153 lost to Kakatiya CC 157 for six (Ajay 53 n.o., Nipun 46).

Schools league: Hyderabad Cricket Academy 194 (Ravi Teja three for 40) lost to New Stars 195 for five (Ravi Teja 115 n.o., Aakarsh 35, Shubham Yadav three for 25).

Inter-district (two-day) league: Karimnagar 158 (Praveen Reddy 59, Zaheer five for 37) lost to Warangal 159 for two (Zameer 83 n.o., Venu 52); Nizamabad 93 (Abraar four for 20, Sai Kumar four for 48) lost to Medak 94 for six.

Double for Jayachander

P. Jayachander bagged a double winning the boys’ under-13 and the under-16 doubles titles in the Warangal District badminton championship held at the DSA Indoor Hall in Hanmakonda, according to information received here.

The results: Boys: U-13: Singles: 1. P. Jayachander, 2. D. Nanda Gopal. Doubles: Jayachander & Kiran, 2. Tippu Sultan & Vamshi.

U-16: Singles: 1. T. Sai Krishna, 2. P. Jayachander. Doubles: 1. Jayachander & Sai Krishna, 2. S. Sandeep & S. Vamshi.

U-19: Singles: 1. Benhur, 2. P. Yashwanth Reddy. Doubles: 1. Benhur & Lakan Lahoti, 2. B. Naresh & D. Upender.

Men’s singles: 1. Anil Kumar Raj, 2. P. Yashwanth Reddy.

Girls: U-13: Singles: 1. S. Lahari, 2. D. Soumya Sri. Doubles: Mithila Reddy & Yashaswini, 2. Ch. Rachana & P. Susmitha.

U-16: Singles: 1. Sheema Sabhath, 2. K. Archana. Doubles: 1. Sheema & Heena, 2. Swathi & Geetanjali.

U-19: Singles: 1. A. Monica, 2. M. Shailaja. Doubles: A. Monica & Shailaja, 2. B. Alekhya & V. Veena.

Women’s singles: 1. A. Monica, 2. Shailaja.

The Hindu recorded a six-wicket win over Microsoft in the third SBH Corporate T20 cricket tournament here.

The scores: Microsoft 99 lost to The Hindu 100 for four (Sridhar 49); Deloitte 143 for five (Ashley 87) bt Genpact 99 for seven; UBS 91 lost to SBH ‘B’ 92 for seven; Monster.com 140 for five bt HSBC-GLT 119; TNS Global 108 for nine lost to Dell International 112 for four.

Inter-school football

SPT Sports will organise the Sunfeast ISF Cup inter-school football tournament from July 28 to 31. Interested teams can contact Jasper S. David at 98661 90260.

Chess tournament

YMCA of Greater Hyderabad (Mehdipatnam) will conduct the prize money Open chess tournament from July 24 to 26 at its premises. For details, call 99494 34080 or 23517125. — Principal Correspondent