Harris Shield: Shaikh three wickets sends Rizvi Springfield to semi-final

Rizvis Farhaan Shaikh 3rd from left is congratulated by teammates after a wicket at Dadakar Maidan yesterday PicPrakash ParsekarSwamiacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Vivekanand International School Borivli skipper Suved Parkars 115ball 147 went in vain after Rizvi Springfields leftarm spinner Farhaan Shaikh claimed three wickets soon after tea to turn the tide in their favour and make it to the semifinals of the MSSAorganised U16 Harris Shield Elite group tie at Dadkar Maidan in Matunga yesterdayFarhaans wickets which also included centurion Suved helped defending champions Rizvi Springfield restrict Swami Vivekanand for 285 in reply to Rizvis 312 and win the match by virtue of the first innings leadSwami Vivekanands Suved Parkar scored 147 off 115 ballsResuming at the overnight score of 295 for eight Rizvi managed to add another 17 runs to post 312 in the first innings It was a closely contested game till Swami Vivekanands skipper Suved almost took the match away with his gritty hundred which was studded with 17 fours and three sixesAt tea the Borivli team were 247 for five and needed another 65 to take the vital first innings lead Suved was batting on 142 and giving him company was Devkaran Parmar on 19Akash Yadav of Rizvi picked up 465 PicPrakash ParsekarHowever Farhaan who was wicketless till then came into the attack and rattled Suveds furniture with an arm ball After that he picked up two more wickets and along with medium pacer Akash Yadav who earlier picked four for 65 put Rizvi on topUnbeaten 106 by NabijaanNabijaan Ansari scored a scintillating unbeaten 106 to help AlBarkaat MMI English School beat Swami Vivekanand International School Kandivali by virtue of their first innings lead and storm into the semifinals at Islam GymkhanaAasim Shaikh was the other notable contributor with 79 They stitched a fifthwicket partnership of 148 as AlBarkaat amassed 312 for eight in their first innings in reply to Swami Vivekanands 234Manan Pranav score tonsDon Bosco Matungas Manan Kawale 101 and Pranav Barges 139 brilliant hundreds and their unbeaten 243run first wicket partnership went in vain as they lost to Balmohan Vidyamandir Marathi by virtue of the first innings lead at Elphinstone pitch Oval MaidanThough Don Bosco batted brilliantly in the second innings they were bowled out for a paltry 159 in the first Balmohan Vidyamandir in reply posted 230 in the first innings to win the match by virtue of the first innings leadHansraj sail to semisHansraj Morarji Public School Andheri made it to the semifinal by defeating Lilavati Poddar High School Santacruz on the first innings at Sydenham Ground Oval MaidanHansrajs offspinner Ayush Sharma 534 and leftarm orthodox Aryan Sen 431 picked nine wickets between themselves to bowl out Lilavati for 97 in the first innings and take a 44run lead Hansraj declared their second innings at 1896 and then reduced Lilavati to 744 in the second when the game endedSumeirs super 202Sumeir Zaveris magnificent 202 helped Cathedral and John Connon beat IES Modern English School Dadar on the basis of the first innings lead Sumeir who was batting on 43 overnight went on to get his double hundred off 266 deliveries and was studded with 20 hits to the fenceSumeir added 232 runs for the third wicket with Shreyas Saraf 85 as Cathedral and John Connon went on to declare their first innings after posting a mammoth 411 for nine in reply to IES Moderns paltry first innings total of 113 Parth Satwik was the pick of the IES Modern bowlers with six for 71Anurags ton goes in vainAnurag Nairs wellcompiled 138 went in vain for IES New English School Bandra as they drew with Shardashram English School as their first innings was not completed Aadarsh Patils 111 helped Shardashram Vidyamandir put up 302 in their first innings and in reply IES New English School notched up 2798 when the match endedAdditional reporting by Binaisha M Surti and Vivek Singh