West Garo Hilss beat Ri Bhoi
By Our Reporter
shillong: West Garo Hills won by 20 runs against Ri Bhoi in the Inter District U-16 category Cricket Tournament organized by Meghalaya Cricket Association. West Garo Hills on winning the toss and electing to bat first scored a modest total of 119 runs for loss of 9 wickets in reduced 27 allotted overs. Elchiang Momin 21 runs(41 balls) and Chianto Sangma 20 runs(16 balls) were the main scorers for WGH while Dev Thapa and Sadshiv Prasad claimed 3 wickets each for Ri-Bhoi. In reply Ri-Bhoi although beginning well and on course of victory faced a sudden middle order collapse with their innings winding up on 99 runs all out in 23.5 overs. The efforts of Kyrshanlang Thabah scoring 27 runs(29 balls) and Banshanlang Wahlang 22 runs(40 balls) were in vain as the WGH bowlers ran through the middle and tail enders of Ri-Bhoi with their strike bowlers Salchu Sangma and Tengsam Marak returning with 4 wickets each. On Sunday SCA will lock horns with West Garo Hills.
Lahiri moves into second place after round 3 of Thai C’ship
Chonburi: A win at the Thailand Golf Championships could open a whole new world for Anirban Lahiri and he put himself up in a perfect position to clinch his third title of the season, reaching the second place after the penultimate round of the Asian Tour event here on Saturday. Lahiri, playing in the fourth last group, was in a strong position at six-under after 15 holes, before bogeys on 16th and 18th set him back. He totalled four-under 212, one shot adrift of clubhouse leader Marcus Fraser, who edged ahead with a third round 70 at five-under 211. A lot is at stake on the final day for Lahiri and others, as the top four — not otherwise qualified — will earn a berth into the 2015 British Open Championships at St. Andrews. Currently, Fraser, Lahiri, Scott Hend and Jonathan Moore are the top four and they need to stay in there. Also Lahiri, who is second and trailing David Lipsky by a little over USD 133,000 in the Order of Merit race, could take the battle to the final event in Dubai with a win or even second place. (pti)
Anand holds Nakamura
London: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with Hikaru Nakamura of United States in a keenly fought game of the third round of London Chess Classic here on Saturday. Anand yet again showed fine preparation in the tournament but the victory continued to elude the Indian ace and he is now under pressure to catch up with just two rounds remaining in the six-player round-robin tournament.The day produced some high quality chess but there was no decisive game.Michael Adams of England came close to winning his second game in the tournament but let Russian Vladimir Kramnik off the hook in a rook and pawns endgame while Anish Giri of Holland split the point with Fabiano Caruana of Italy. (PTI)