Greetings! Cricket Lovers The match between Sri Lankan Cavaliers and Anson could not be played because of a double booking of pitches. Rajput have taken advantage and gone on top of division 1 following their win over West Harrow. Pratik Patel scored 54 in Rajput's total of 168-8 in 40 overs and than took 4-21 as West Harrow were bowled out for115; Anand Bakrania made 78 for West Harrow.

The fixture between Embassy and Kondor was reduced to 30 overs due to damp wicket. Kondor were limited to 103 for 9 which Embassy passed easily as Ali Haider made 50. Lankian's Suranga Daluwatte took 3-19 and scored 43no in their comfortable 4 wicket win over bottom of the table Kingsbury Construction.

Indiana continued their unbeaten run in division 2 with a win over Bharat Olympians. Hitesh Depala scored 65no in Indiana's total of 165; Syed Shah was the pick of the Bharat Olympian bowlers with 4-25. All the Indiana bowlers contributed with the ball as Bharat Olympians were bowled out for 153. Ramya Upadhya made 84 and took 2-24 in Welldon's win over Muktajivan. In the bottom of the table clash, United Sports defeated Dharmaj in a low scoring match.

Lohana's Dighant Popat made 112 and with useful contributions from Vikash Savani 49 and Warris Deen 41no allowed them to finish on 285-5 in 40 overs against EKTA. Kamal Patel weighed in with 5-11 to dismiss EKTA for 93 as Lohana recorded their first league win. Jigar Patel junior and senior both made 81 & 53 respectively as Youth Wing compiled 255-9 in 40 overs against South Harrow. South Harrow could only respond with 171 in 31 overs with Lakindu Wasala undefeated on 51. Young Puthoharis won easily against Regency to remain top of the table, whilst Shivam inflicted a second consecutive defeat upon Sayona in as many weeks. In the 2nd XI competition, Vijay Tailor took 5-20 as Baladia Youth Club recorded their first league win at the expense of United Sports II.

READERS SOVEREIGN CUP: WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 2008