Three batsmen bucked the trend on a bowlers’ day, each scoring a hundred in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s under-16 inter-school cricket tournament in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Vivek Mohan and M.Abhirath Reddy smashed centuries on either side of the fence in their match.
While Mohan’s 107 helped KV Bolarum score 194 for 7, Abhirath smashed a belligerent, unbeaten 179 as HPS ‘R’ overhauled that target with eight wickets to spare.
Mel Binto cracked 129 as Bhavan’s ‘B’, taking first strike, made 294 for 6 against Mahbub College High School. Sai Sandeep was unfortunate to get out on 94. In reply, Mahbub folded for 58, thanks to Kunal Anand’s 6 for 18.
Among the bowlers, Anuraag Vittal (5 for 20, St Mary’s Jr College), Naveen Kumar (5 for 29, Wesley Junior College ‘A’), and Abhinav Kumar (5 for 16, Cal Public School) shone.
Meanwhile, in the ‘A’ Division two-day league, Mohammed Khaled slammed 130 as Saleem Nagar (261 for 6) thrashed New Blues (158 all out).
Osmania's Srujan's (5 for 65), Kosaraju's Krishna Charit's (6 for 66) and Ratan Sharma's (103) also shone.
BRIEF SCORES A2-A3 DIVISION TWO-DAY Saleemnagar 261/6 (M Md Khaled 130, Rachnesh Dubey 51 n.o., B.V.Roy 3/49) bt New Blues 158 (Shaik Nafeez 54, Ahmed Aksari 4/44).
Sporting XI 179 (Ranjeet Kumar 54, Jaysurya 32, Dhruv 4/39, Naresh 3/28) lost to Gujarati 180/5 (Srikanth Reddy 82 n.o., Dharahas Reddy 43 n.o.).
Osmania 316 (Santosh 71, Abhinav 54, Phanindra 53, Krishna Charit 6/66) bt Kosaraju 218 (RRatan Sharma 103, Srujan 5/65).
A4-A12 ONE-DAY Classic 189 (Falam 32, Akram Ali 35, Mohsin 56, Jitender Goud 7/15) lost to Amberpet 190/5 (Sagar Chaurasia 102 n.o., Sandeep 52, Hyder Qureshi 4/48).
PKCC 70 (Mudassar 4/3, Srikanth 5/28) lost to MP Youngmen 75/1.
HCA INTER-SCHOOL UNDER-16 KV Bolarum 294/7 (C.R. Manthan 54, Vivek Mohan 107) lost to HPS M. Abhirath Reddy 179 `R' 296/2 (M n.o., Shanmukh Siddarth 73 n.o.).
Bhavans `A' 231 (Christy Victor 52, CH Rakesh Kumar 32, Sunny 4/49, Vamshi S. 3/40) bt All Saints H.S.195 (Touseef 30, Saddique 49 n.o., Christy Victor 3/33, Sachin 4/36).
St Marys Jr College 270/7 (Anuraag Vittal 71, Sandeep 58, Yogesh 30) bt HPS `B' 123 (A Anuraag Vittal 5/20).
St Patrick's HS 120 (Abhishek Singh 35, Taha 3/17, Saiteja 3/36) lost to Gowtham MS 124/1 (M.S.R.Charan 61).
Bhavans `B' 294/6 (M Mel Binto 129, Sai Sandeep 94, Ayub Khan 3/49) bt Mahboob College HS 58 (K Kunal Anand 6/18).