Shib Shankar Paul, who has been included in the India A squad for tours of Zimbabwe and Kenya, has bagged both the Best Cricketer and the Best Fast Bowler awards for the 2003-04 season. This was announced by the Cricket Association of Bengal here on Tuesday. Middle-order batsman Arindam Das was named the Best Gentleman Cricketer.
YMCA Chowringhee A and Calcutta Port Trust have moved into the final of the Gupta Memorial team table tennis championships at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. In the semi-finals on Tuesday, YMCA beat Lake Athletic Club 3-1, while Port beat YMCA Chowringhee B 3-0. The final will be held on Wednesday.
RESULTS
YMCA A bt Lake Athletic Club 3-1 (Arup Basak bt Souvik Roy 11-3, 11-3, 11-6; Pinaki Das bt I.N. Bhattacharya 11-4, 11-9, 11-6; Santanu Majumdar bt Anindita Roy 11-2, 11-7, 11-8; Arup Basak bt Pinaki Das 8-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5). Calcutta Port Trust bt YMCA B 3-0 (Soumik Dey Sarkar bt Souvik Basu Roy 15-13, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7; Amit Mukherjee bt Kaushik De Sarkar 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9; Swapan Bose bt Amlan Patra 11-4, 13-11, 11-8).
MCC (Delhi) beat Mainland Sambaran CA by 23 runs on Tuesday as the formers’ Rinku Mehta scored an unbeaten 100 in a triangular meet now on at the Vivekananda Park.
Brief scores: MCC (Delhi): 222/5 in 40 ovs (Rinku Mehta 100 n.o., Manish Rawat 40). MSCA 199/9 in 40 ovs (Amit Jaiswal 65 n.o.). MCC won by 23 runs.
The Calcutta Sports Association will be holding its annual aquatic championships from Friday to July 18.
FOOTBALL: CFL Super Division — East Bengal vs George Telegraph (East Bengal). 1st div. Gr. A: City AC vs Kidderpore (Md Sporting), Taltala DS vs Police AC (Juger Pratik), Calcutta Customs vs BNR (R Sarovar), SAIL vs WB Police (Barasat), ECL SA vs Howrah Union (SAP II), Aryan vs Kalighat (Howrah), Muslim Institute vs Milan Bithee Mohun Bagan). Matches from 3.30pm.
TABLE TENNIS: Final of Gupta Memorial team championship at Netaji Indoor Stadium from 3pm.
