Waghela stars in New Hind win

Bipin Waghela struck a brilliant half century and Pratik Manjrekar claimed five wickets to guide New Hind Sports Club to a first innings win over Parkophene Cricketers in an A Division match of the Strategen Dr HD Kanga Memorial Cricket League at New Hind ground, Matunga, on Sunday.

Batting first, Parkophene made a competitive total of 166 with the help of a half century from P Salunkhe. New Hind reached the target with the loss of four wickets.
With three points from this win, New Hind  are leading the table with eight points, followed by MIG CC (7), Greater Mumbai Police Sports Club (6) and Victory Cricket Club (6).

In a B division match, G Kochrekar scalped eight for 36 to help Young Friends Cricket Club gain a first innings win over PJ Hindu Gymkhana.

M Singh’s impressive knock of 83 saw Islam Gymkhana beat United Cricketers in a Division C tie. 

Brief scores: Division A: Fort Vijay CC 169 all out (S Bhaye 63, H Siddique 7-51) drew with Apollo CC 83-8; Parkophene Cricketers 166 all out (P Salunke 53, P Manjarekar 5-29) lost to New Hind SC 169-4 (B Waghela 69); Greater Mumbai Police SC 139-8 decl. bt Young Maharashtra Cricket 84 all out (S Shinde 5-20); Karnataka SA 124-6 decl. (S Wagh 53, R Singh 5-44) drew with Worli SC 60-3; Shivaji Park Gymkhana 215-5 decl. (S Ahmad 58, S Manjrekar 47*, A Modak 44) drew Victory CC 107-7 (S Ahmed 4-33); Payyade SC 89 all out (A Salvi 4-36) drew with Shivaji Park Youngsters SC 87-9 (S Saxena 4-13); Division B: PJ Hindu Gymkhana 110 all out (B Sawant 57, G Kochrekar 8-36) lost to Young Friends CC 119-6; Kandivili Cricket Association 165-7 decl. (A Pal 56, V Shinde 4-34) drew with Gaud Saraswat CC 119-4 (V Naik 51); Parel Sporting Club 226-7 decl. (N Borkar 87, P Shetty 44) drew with Jolly Cricketers 177-9 (P Naik 80*, J Chavan 6-67); Sind SC 108 all out (S Pawar 7-48) lost to Muslim United SC 110-7 decl.; National CC 170-6 decl. & 36-0 (S Lad 50) bt Maskati Cricket Club 106 all out (R Pawar 4-39); Palghar Dahanu Taluka SA 81 all out & 12-4 (N Divane 5-17) lost to Dadar Parsi Zorastian CC 83-7 decl.; Young Mohammedan CC 94 all out (A Jambhekar 5-30) lost to Cricket Club of India 112-8 (N Patil Jr 50); Division C: Regent Cricket Club 80 all out & 18-4 lost to  Sunrise SC 82-2 (Decl.) (R Gawade 40*); Dr DY Patil SA 122 all out & 108-3 (S Vaze 46*, P Saraiya 5-29) bt Wellington CC 90 all out (M Dalvi 6-33); United Cricketers 145 all out (M Singh 6-43) lost to Islam Gymkhana 163-5 decl. (M Singh 83); Dahisar SC 82 all out & 144-9 decl. (A Kulkarni 57*, A Yadav 6-40, A Mistry 4-42) lost to Khar Gymkhana 143-4 decl.) (R Amonkar 54); Dadar Union Sporting Club 100 all out & 18-3 (N Porwal 5-29, D Chabda 4-30) bt Sunder CC 56 all out (A Dubey 4-16); Sainath SC 171-5 decl. (S Shaikh 91) bt Esplanade Liberals CC 60 all out & 91-1 (K Bhagat 4-23); Dadar Parsi Colony SC 150-7 decl. (S Yadav 4-26) drew with Evergreen SC 136-8 (H Siddique 5-40)