S.K. Sabin's match haul of eight wickets and M.P. Sorab's 85 helped V-Guard Swantons CC thrash Aluva's Globstar Telecom by 10 wickets in the Ernakulam District ‘A' division cricket league at the BPCL Kochi Refinery Ground, Ambalamugal.

The scores:

Globstar Telecom 130 in 41 overs (S.K. Sabin five for 37, S.M. Vinoop three for 44) & 207 in 47 overs (Rejilal 59, Abhilash 69, Sebastian Antony five for 66, S.K. Sabin three for 51) lost to V-Guard Swantons 303 in 69.3 overs (M.P. Sorab 85, S.M. Vinoop 37, S.K. Sabin 37, George four for 67, Premkumar three for 78) & 36 for no loss in 3.3 overs. Points: Swantons 6, Globstar 0 .

Cordiant SF 289 for eight in 70 overs (Sooraj 51, Vinukumar 96) drew with Muthoot ECC ‘B' 187 in 66 overs (Sajith 34, Damien Nair 44, Vinukumar five for 50, Sivaraj three for 73) & 92 for two in 25 overs (Rakesh 58). Cordiant 3, Muthoot ‘B' 1 .

KCA trials

The Kerala Cricket Association's open trials to select students for its Ernakulam academy will be held at the Maharaja's Stadium in Kochi from 9 a.m. on May 9.

Students from classes 7 to 9, preferably from State syllabus schools, and born on or after January 1, 1997 are eligible to attend the trials.

Selected players will be provided free hostel accommodation, food and training.

Players are to appear for the event in proper cricket attire and with their age certificates.

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