Left-arm spinner Deekshant Patil (6-22), operating with great control, finished with a match haul of 10 wickets as Modern English School (Chembur) secured a place in the final of the MSSA inter-school Harris Shield cricket tournament for the first time.

The Chembur school, relying on a collective bowling performance, registered a well-deserved 23-run win over Dnyandeep Seva Mandal’s Primary & Secondary School (Navi Mumbai) on the final day of the three-day semi-finals at Parsee Gymkhana on Wednesday. It took just 23 minutes of play on the final day for Modern English to wrap up the proceedings. They bounced back strongly after conceding a first innings lead following a disappointing batting display.