Ispat English Medium School suffer upset

Public School (Nabarangpur) caused a major upset, beating last year’s runners-up Ispat English Medium School (Rourkela) by four wickets in a pre-quarterfinal match of the State Inter-School Cricket Tournament at Cuttack on Tuesday. But defending champions Sundargarh Public School thrashed Saraswati Sishu Mandir (Kendrapara) by 109 runs to march into the quarterfinals. Two other schools also posted wins to to reach the last eight round. Brief scores: At Sunshine ground: Ispat EMS (Rourkela) 184/7 in 30 overs (Soumya Mohanty 56: J Nayak 2/23) lost to Public School (Nabarangpur) 188/6 in 30 overs (P Roshan Rao 42: Soumya Mohanty 2/36) by 4 wkts. At Baliyatra ground: SD High School (Dhenkanal) 152/10 in 29.1 overs (SP Maharana 34: K Bahadur 3/29) lost to Govt High School, Burla (Sambalpur) 153/6 in 26.5 overs (Sohan Srivastav 47: M Sahoo 2/42) by 4 wkts. At Darbar ground: Angul High School (Angul) 100/10 in 19.5 overs (Manoj Nanda 5/13) lost to Mahavir High School (Jajpur) 101/3 in 16 overs (Balaji Panda 33 n.o) by 7 wkts. At SCB Medical ground: Public School (Sundargarh) 191/7 in 30 overs (Udit Lakra 53, Uttam Mahato 50: A Giri 3/27) beat Saraswati Sishu Mandir 82/10 in 21.1 overs (M Sahanawaz 33: U Mahato 3/7) by 109 runs.