Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 6: SP Higher Secondary School and Spring Buds School Budgam booked their place in the semifinals of the Kashmir Harvard U-16 cricket tournament after winning their respective quarterfinals played at TRC Ground, here today.
SP School defeated State Cricket Academy of Sports Council by two wickets in the first match of the day. Batting first State Cricket Academy scored 113 runs in 19 overs. Waris, Abrar Ahmed and Javed Ahmes contributed 14, 12 and 11 runs respectively. For SP School, Aleem and Adil took three wickets each while Shakir and Munazir claimed one wicket each.
In reply, SP School achieved the required target for the loss of eight wickets in 18.3 overs. Shakir top scored with 29 runs, while Mubashir contributed 19 runs to the total. For Academy, Javaid and Majid took two wickets each while Arsalan and Irfan took one each. Shakir was awarded as the man of the match.
Spring Buds Budgam defeated Biscoe School in the second match of the day.
Batting first, Biscoe scored 102 runs for the loss of seven wickets in allotted overs. Hasnain with 23 was highest scorer for them while as Uman Shafi scored 20. For Spring Buds Junaid and Tahir took two wickets each while as Saleem and Ashish one each.
In reply, Spring achieved target in 13 overs for the loss of four wickets. Aashish with 46 was highest scorer for them while as Junaid scored 27. Hajid took two wickets for Biscoe while as Hayaan and Kashif took one wicket each. Aashish was adjudged as the man of the match.
The tournament is being organized by State Cricket Academy in collaboration with Amblin and sponsored by Kashmir Harvard, J&K Bank and Unibic Biscuits.
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