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BCC-Reds-down-Blues-to-enter-district-Bandipora-finals
          SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: Two semi-finals were played Thursday in the district Bandipora leg of State  Cricket Academy T-20 Championship.
          The first semi-final of the day between BCC Reds and BCC Blues was won comprehensively by the former, beating their opponents by six wickets in what turned out to be a lopsided encounter.
          Batting first, Blues limped to 120 for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 over’s.
          BCC Reds consumed just 11.3 overs to scale down the target, losing just four wickets and confirmed their place in the finals. Ishtiyaq Ahmad was chosen man of the match for his match winning 71 and taking brace of wickets.

          The second semi final of the day was being played between Sonawari XI and ACC Reds Ajas in which the former team batting first had posed a target of 179 in stipulated quota of 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets and in response ACC Reds Ajas  was sailing smoothly on 75 for the loss of one wicket in 7.2 overs when reports last came in.

160 teams from Kashmir, 164 from Jammu to participate in tourney
SRINAGAR, JUNE 22: The State Cricket Academy is all set to organize a mega cricketing event from next month, in which 160 teams from the Kashmir province and 164 teams from the Jammu province are will be participating to fight it out for the title.
          The event would be held in two phases for which the registration process has already started two months ago.
It will be first major cricket event to be held in Jammu and Kashmir on this scale this season. The top cricketers from all over State would be taking part in the event, Director State Cricket Academy Mubashir Hassan said.
The second edition will also witness teams from Ladakh, the players for which were selected during recently Ladakh Students Tournament held in Srinagar.
"It is our ambitious project of unearthing the hidden talent in our State. The matches would be held in all the major district venues across the State, the Director SCA said.
He said that to make the event more attractive, bumper cash prizes of Rs 25 lakh will be awarded to the top performers which will eventually help in giving a boost to the sports activities in the State.

He said the event will also provide an opportunity to find the young talent which can be groomed so that they can feature in national events to mark their name for themselves and for the State.