MUMBAI: The quarter finals of the CAG Shield started with a bang on 24th February 2007 at Cross maidan and Azad maidan. Two of the favourites Adfactors Advertising and Rediffusion locked horns at Cross maidan. Adfactors won the match quite handsomely by 132 runs. Batting first Adfactors put up a mammoth score of 302 runs in stipulated 43 overs powered by innings of Nilesh Patil (90 runs), Sunil Patil (60 runs) and Sandesh Gaikar (52 runs). In reply Rediffusion team got out in 170 runs. Ganesh Panchal was the only player who survived the Adfactor bowling. He made 55 runs in 59 balls. Sandesh Gaikar took 4 wickets in 35 runs and was adjudged the man of the match.

In another quarter final match, Percept beat Ambience by 7 wickets. Ambience chose to bat first after winning the toss. Ambience team got out in only 164 runs. Shailendra Singh (3 for 50) and Rupesh Mulam (3 for 20) were the most successful bowlers. Bhavik Patel with 58 runs and Sanjay Yadav with 43 runs made a valiant effort to make the total go beyond 150 runs. Percept reached the target (165 runs) steadily with 7 wickets to spare. Indrajeet Yadav scored 74 runs in only 63 balls, which took the Percept score close to the needed target. This performance won him the Man of the Match.

The match between O&M and Group M was a one-sided affair. After winning the toss Group M opted to bat first and scored only 206 in 42 overs. Only Sachin Puthran (82 runs) and Rahul Bhogte (55 runs) were able to reach in double figures. Anand Gharat took 3 wickets in 40 runs. In reply the O&M innings came to an end in mere 85 runs. Rajeev Doshi swept through the O&M batting line up and ended up with brilliant bowling figures of 4.5-1-7-5. He was adjudged the man of the match.

Interactive Avenues team experienced a grueling defeat at the hands of Vyas Giannetti Creative VGC). After winning the toss VGC team put Int. Avenues in to bat. Int. Avenues batsman were absolutely clueless about the VGC opening pace attack and were bowled out for a paltry 54 runs in 13 overs. In one of the memorable bowling performance of CAG Shield tournament, Vaibhav Sane ended up with dream figures of 6-2-15-8, clean bowling 7 batsmen from Int. Avenues. VGC cake-walked towards the necessary target of 55 runs in only 6.4 overs with no loss. Vaibhav Sane was adjudged the man of the match.

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Brief Scores

ADFACTORS: 302 FOR,
P. CHAVAN - 90 RUNS, S. PATIL 60 RUNS, S. GAIKAR - 52 RUNS
P. CHINDARKAR - 3/60
REDIFFUSION: 170 ALL OUT,
G. PANCHAL - 55 RUNS
S. GAIKAR - 4/35
MAN OF THE MATCH: SANDESH GAIKAR

AMBIENCE: 160 ALL OUT,
B. PATEL - 58 RUNS
S. YADAV - 43 RUNS
S..SINGH - 3/50, R. MULAM - 3/20,
PERCEPT: 166 FOR 3,
I. YADAV - 74 RUNS,
S. JADHAV - 36 RUNS, M. WALSE - 38* RUNS
MAN OF THE MATCH: INDRAJEET YADAV

GROUP M: 206 FOR 9,
R. BHOGTE - 55 RUNS
S. PUTHRAN - 82 RUNS
A. GHARAT - 3/40
O & M: 85 ALL OUT,
N. SALVI - 39 RUNS
R. DARSHI - 5/7, D. NAIDU - 3/16
MAN OF THE MATCH: RAJEEV DARSHI

INT. AVENUES: 54 ALL OUT,
V. SANE - 8/15
VGC: 57 FOR 0
A. YALVIGI: 45* RUNS
MAN OF THE MATCH: VAIBHAV SANE

Semi Finals will be played on 3rd March 2007

VGC Vs. GROUPM ( MCA Grounds, BKC , Bandra)
PERCEPT Vs. ADFACTOR ( PJ. Hindu Gym, Marine Drive)