IES New English School Bandra’s southpaw Harshwardhan Barmukh’s (134) century helped beat Modern English School on the basis of first innings lead in the Giles Shield inter-school cricket tournament, organised by the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA), on Wednesday.

Modern English School Chembur were bowled out for 163 the previous day. Harshwardhan faced 111 balls, hit 21 fours and a six in his innings. Meanwhile, another five-wicket haul for off-spinner Arnav Lad of Swami Vivekanand International School, Gorai (SVIS) took his tally of wickets to 14 in the match against Anjuman-I-Islam Allana. Arnav claimed 9-6 in the first innings.