SA Srinivasan Memorial two-day cricket: Ahlawat five-for skittles Moffusil

Bengaluru: Riding on Abhishek Ahlawat’s five-wicket haul, Moffusil XI were bowled out for 239 against Combined City XI on Day One of the SA Srinivasan Memorial two-day cricket tournament for U-23 here on Friday.

Batting first at the Alur (1) grounds, Moffusil’s Shreyas (92) missed out on a century while Preetham (31) chipped in with his bit. Giving good support to Ahlawat, Deepesh Poonia picked up three wickets while left-arm spinner Shimon Luiz grabbed two.

At the Alur (3) grounds, Bangalore City were guided by Mashooq Hussain (88) and Harish Kumar’s (57) knocks as they scored 295 for 9 in 90 overs against Bangalore Zone for whom Aditya Somanna picked up 3/46. In reply, the Zone lads were 35 for one in 8 overs with Rahul Kashyap unbeaten on 34.

Brief scores (Day-1): Alur (1): Moffusil XI: 239 all out in 86.2 overs (Preetham 31, Shreyas 92, Lal Sachin 29, Abhishek Ahlawat 5/92, Shimon Luiz 2/62, Deepesh Poonia 3/27) vs Combined City XI.

ALUR (2): Combined Moffusil XI: 204 all out in 70.4 overs (Samarth Ooty 38, Jayanth N Gowda 66, Prashanth Subbarayappa 4/60, Punith S 2/47, Sharan Gouda 2/52) vs President’s XI: 67 for 1 in 21.4 overs (Nirmal S 30 n.o, Milind Ramesh 25 n.o)

Alur (3): Bangalore City XI: 295 for 9 in 90 overs (Mithun Bhat 46, Abheet Kuthpady 37, Mashooq Hussain 88, Harish Kumar R 57, Nithin M 30 n.o, Aditya Somana 3/46, Anand D 2/75, Kushaal W 2/55) vs Bangalore Zone: 35 for 1 in 8 overs (Rahul V Kaashyap 34 batting).