GUWAHATI, March 21 - South Central Railway (SCR) and North Central Rly (NCR) sailed into the last-four stage of the All India Railway Cricket Tournament.
In the two-day quarterfinals SCR defeated Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) by 71 runs at the Barsapara stadium while NCR prevailed over Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) by eight wickets at the NF Railway Sports Association Stadium, Maligaon today.
At the Barsapara, in reply to SCR�s mammoth 401 for five in 90 overs, RWF were all out for 330 in 80.2 overs.
At Maligaon, chasing a target of 186 set by DLW, NCR smacked up 189 for the loss of two wickets.
Brief scores: SCR 401/5. RWF 330/10 in 80.2 overs (overnight 02/0 in 2 overs � Sunil Kr Jain 110, Akshay CK 74, Jonathan R 41, V Cheluvaraj 30, Shoaib Manager 24; B Sudhakar 5/75, Sk M Basha 2/65).
DLWS 186/10 in 44.3 overs. NCR 189/2 in 51.1 overs (overnight 139/2 in 42 overs � (JR Singh 84, Sandeep Yadav 43, Md Arif 26, Ambikeswar Misra 18).
