Aurobindo beat Youth Club in first division match
Shillong: Aurobindo defeated Youth Club by 44 runs in the Shillong Cricket League first division match played at cricket ground, Polo on Wednesday. Being put to bat first, Aurobindo scored 199 runs losing all their wickets in 34.1 overs. Bipin Shah and Robin Singh scored 32 and 28 runs respectively. Youth club’s Akhil Das and Sonu Prasad took three wickets each. In reply, Youth Club could manage to score only 155 in 29.2 overs with Sumit Paul contributing 46 runs off 61 balls. Aurobindo’s Vishal Kumar Balmiki took three wickets while Ashish Gupta and Bikash Gupta took two wickets each.
Football match to mark Meghalaya Day
Shillong: To commemorate the 45th Meghalaya Day, the office of the Deputy commissioner, together with the District Sports promotion society, East Jaintia Hills will be organising a football match between the super division champion of West Jaintia District Sports Association and the super division champion of East Jaintia Hills District football association. The match will be played at Deinchynrum playground at 1pm.
Handscomb to make ODI debut against Pakistan
Perth: Middle-order batsman Peter Handscomb will make his One-Day International (ODI) debut for Australia against Pakistan in the third match of the VB ODI series on Thursday as the hosts aim to wrest back the initiative. A neck injury to Chris Lynn has allowed Handscomb to sneak in with coach Darren Lehmann saying that the batsman has done well recently and deserves his chance. He is one of two changes to the side that lost in Melbourne on Sunday. Mitchell Marsh is also injured with pacer Billy Stanlake taking his place. “He’s done really well so this is a good reward for a good summer,” Lehmann was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia’s website on Wednesday. “Obviously we want four quality batters at the top so he’ll get his chance there. It’s bad luck for Chris Lynn … the number four spot is there and Peter has done a really good job in the Test matches so he gets a crack at it,” Lehmann added. “He played a one-day style innings for us in the Sydney Test, so he’s got all the shots and he’s quite innovative,” he said. “Or if we lose early wickets he can consolidate,” Lehmann said of Handscomb. (IANS)