Kanpur cricketers shine in cricket matches

Kanpur: Sandhya Yadav's four wicket haul enabled Cricket Association of Lucknow to defeat KCA (Blue) by five wickets, ensuring their place in the final of the Dr Gaur Hari Singhania Memorial state level women cricket championship at Kamla Club ground on Saturday. Batting first, KCA (Blue) scored 88 runs, with Anjali Rawat contributing 25. Sandhya claimed four wickets for 17 runs. In response, the Lucknow side chased down the target, reaching 89 for five wickets in 25.2 overs, with Devyani Sharma scoring 24. For the Kanpur team, Diksha Kushwaha took three wickets for 24 runs. KCA secretary Kaushal Kumar Singh awarded the women of the match to Sandhya Yadav.Brief scores:KCA (Blue) – 88 (Anjali Rawat 25, Anushka Singh 16, Cvarsha Sharma 13, Simmi Thapa 12, Sandhya Yadav 4 for 17, Anshu Tiwari 3 for 11);Cricket Association of Lucknow – 5 for 89 (Devyani Sharma 24, Sonali Singh 15, Anvesha Chatterjee 20*; Diksha Kushwaha 3 for 24, Anupam Rajput 1 for 10).Sunday's fixture: Final between KCA (Red) and Cricket Association of Lucknow at Kamla club ground, 7.30 am.In the KDMA league, Green Park hostel and Reserve Bank of India overcame their opponents, securing full points on Saturday at different venues.Brief scores:At Green Park Stadium – Green Park hostel defeated Tilak Society by seven wickets. Tilak Society – 150 (Akash Jain 55, Shubham Yadav 29, Mayank Pal 4 for 20, Yatharth 3 for 33); Green Park hostel – 3 for 151 (Tanish Rathore 64, Harshwardhan 33, Arjun 38*, Prashant Singh Bhadoria 2 for 30).At Gems ground – Reserve Bank of India beat Prince club by five wickets. Prince Club – 123 (Karan Pal 36, Ashutosh Bajpai 33, Nikhil Vishwakarma 3 for 15, Komal Singh 2 for 18, Shashamk Shekhar 2 for 28); Reserve Bank of India – 5 for 126 (Amit Mishra 48, Rajnish Kumar 25, Satish Jaiswal 21, Naveen Rajput 2 for 18, Vijay Bhan 2 for 53).In JNT – 12 cricket, Balmol XI overcame Maplewood XI by five wickets in the JNT Under-12 cricket tournament at Kanpur South ground.Brief scores:Maplewood XI – 8 for 106 (Medhana 15, Aditya Yadav 27, Waris Ali 3 for 17, Suryavan Das, Siddhartha Verma, Aryan Yadav each one wicket); Balmol XI – 5 for 108 (Sankalp 25, Shivansh 14, Kavish Shukla 13*, Vihann Singh, Shashwat, Anikesh each one wicket, Nakshay Pandey 2 for 19).