Chandigarh, October 18
Supported by Harmanpreet’s all-round performance (54 runs and 4 for 10), St Stephen’s School-45, lifted the fourth Molly Carver Twenty20 Cup, defeating Sanjay Public School-44 (SPS), by 37 runs today. The match was held at the Stephen’s grounds, Togan, here.

Batting first, Stephen’s scored 114 runs for five wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Openers Harmanpreet (54) and Sachit Nayyar (39) gave a solid start to the team with their 70-run partnership. But the team could not capitalise on the chance and piled up just 114 runs.

For the Sanjay team, Anil Sihag claimed 3 for 23 while Rahul Chara snapped 2 for 20.

Chasing the target, Sanjay could make just 87 runs in 16.3 overs. Left-arm spinner Harmanpreet took a four-wicket haul for 10 runs.

Harmanpreet was declared the man of the match for his all-round performance. Gaurav Puri (St Stephen’s-45) was adjudged the best batsman and Paras of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, was awarded with the best bowler title. Gaurav of Sanjay Public School got the best wicketkeeper award. Anil Sihag of SPS-44 was declared the best fielder.

Brief scores: St Stephen’s School-45: 114 for 5 in 20 overs (Harmanpreet 54, Sachit Nayyar 39, Anil Sihag 3 for 23, Rahul Chara 2 for 20).

Sanjay Public School-44: 87 all out in 16.3 overs (Gaurav 36, Anil Sihag 9, Harmanpreet 4 for 10, Harshank Singh 2 for 12, Sachit Nayyar 2 for 19, Vishal Gupta 1 for 12).

Chandigarh, October 18
Kerala and Uttar Pradesh qualified for the quarterfinals in the senior women's category of the ninth Senior Women and fifth Sub-junior Girls’ National Cycle Polo Championships today, which are underway at Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, here. Other teams that reached the quarterfinals were Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

Kerala ousted Jammu and Kashmir by 18-0. In their second league fixture, the team defeated Chandigarh by 21-0. Kavya Lakshmi and Divya Babu were the highest scorers for the team, netting seven goals each against Chandigarh.

Meanwhile, J&K got the better of Karnataka by 5-1. Nazma Bashir (3) and Zareena Tabasum (2) were their scorers.

In other matches, Uttar Pradesh thrashed Delhi and Andhra Pradesh by 17-0 and 9-0, respectively.

For UP, Sunita (7), Shobha and Sunita Sipli (4 each) were the main scorers.

Chhattisgarh beat Vidarbha by a huge margin of 20-0 while Maharashtra got the better of Punjab by 8-0.

In the sub-junior section, Vidarbha defeated Uttar Pradesh by 4-3.

Other results

Women: Chandigarh (Priya 2, Ashi 2, Monika 1, Usha 1, Neha 1) b Karnataka (DM Nandi 1) 7-1; Uttar Pradesh (Sunita 7, Shobha 4, Snita Sipli 4, Neha Singh 2) b Delhi 17-0; Kerala (Divya Babu 7, Kavya Lakshmi 5, Ashna Aziz 5, Sonia Joseph 1) b Jammu and Kashmir 18-0; Andhra Pradesh (Sirisha 5, Uma Devi 5, M.S. Priyanka 4, S Lavanaya 2, Sandhya Rani 1) b Delhi 17-0; Chhattisgarh (Sonali 7, Sudipti 6, Poonam 4, Karishma 2, Monika 1) b Vidarbha 20-0; Maharashtra (Pratiksha Mate 3, Prachi 2, Ruchika 2, Deepika 1) b Punjab 8-0; Kerala (Kavya Lakshmi 7, Divya Babu 7, Ashna Aziz 4, Jeeva Jose 3) b Chandigarh 21-0; Uttar Pradesh (Shubha 4, Sunita Singh 2, Sunita Sharma 2, Neha Singh 1) b Andhra Pradesh; Jammu and Kashmir (Nazma Bashir 3, Zareena Tabusum 2) b Karnataka by 5-1.

Sub-junior: Kerala (Radhika 6, Priti Jose 3, Aparna 2, Hena 2) b Punjab (Manpreet 2) 13-2. Vidarbha (Khushboo 2, Nidhi 1, Mamta 1) b Uttar Pradesh (Neelam Yadav 2, Pooja Kushwa 1) 4-3. Chhattisgarh (Oshin 5, Preeti Yadav 4, KajalKiran 2, Kheti 1) b Andhra Pradesh (Ranjani 1) 12-1; Rajasthan (Neha Yadav 8, Lisha Sharma 2, Deepika Chauhan 2, Neelam Yadav 1, Neha Singh 1) b Jharkhand 14-0; Karnataka (Savita 1, Sunita 1) b Orissa 2-0. 

Chandigarh, October 18
Despite tall claims by the Chandigarh administration to complete pending projects, things seem to be moving at a snail’s pace.

The project of setting up tennis courts at the Sector 42 sports complex, here, is yet to see the light of the day despite repeated claims by the authorities for its early completion.

The work on the project started three years back. Then it came to a halt due to the administration’s rigmarole.

Though the final work has started, the authorities are clueless when it would be operational.

When contacted joint sports director J.P.S. Sidhu, his answer was the same as it was 10 months back: “Very soon”.

On January 25, this year, the official stated that everything had been settled and the courts would start within a week. “Hopefully, the inauguration of the courts would take place the next week as everything is ready except the final rolling,” said Sidhu then. But nothing happened.

Again on September 9 this year, almost similar reply came from the officer: “The work would be completed once the rainy season ends as the final rolling could not be undertaken during the rains.”

Even now, the work at the courts is on but at slow pace. “We have to lay the final layer of red soil,” said a worker at the site. After that, poles and other infrastructure have to be erected.

In 2003, the work came to halt when the engineering department realised that the expenditure on heavy 
compacting after laying the brick layers was not sought while taking the administrative approval. 

Chandigarh, October 18
Buoyed by raider Reena’s good performance, Haryana got the better of Karnataka by 16 points in the 19th Senior National Circle Kabaddi Championship (w), which commenced at the Sector 17 football stadium, here, today.

In another match, Jammu & Kashmir beat Madhya Pradesh eves by three points. Kushi and Mamta clinched the best raider and best catcher titles, respectively, in the match.

In the men’s category, Vidherva lost to Jammu and Kashmir by 11 points. Ravinder Singh got the best raider title while Ram Kumar became the best catcher. In the second match between the Pepsu and MP teams, the former thrashed the latter by 16 points.