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Suresh, Aashish and Ashwin scalp five each

Vidyut cracks a hundred for Alwarpet

CHENNAI: Five-wicket hauls from A.K. Suresh, Aashish Kapoor, and R. Ashwin and a century from S. Vidyut were the highlights of the first day’s play in the eighth round of the TNCA first division cricket league here on Saturday.

At Murugappa, Parry’s right-arm medium-pacer Suresh took six for 49, as IOB was dismissed for 189. R. Rajesh Kannan’s fighting 92 at No. eight and his partnership of 90 with K. Sasi Kumar (6) for the tenth wicket rescued IOB, which was struggling at 99 for nine. IOB struck back, reducing Parry’s to 14 for two by close.

Spinners on song

Veteran off-spinner Aashish Kapoor scalped seven at Pachaiyappa’s on a day dominated by spinners to help Globe Trotters bowl Aruna out for 166. S. Anirudha top-scored with 46. Left-arm spinner R. Pandiarajan helped Aruna battle back, claiming four for 25, as Trotters ended the day on 94 for seven.

Spinners Ashwin (five for 70) and R. Ramkumar (four for 35) combined to dismiss Indian Bank for 205 at IIT-Chemplast. S. Dinesh Kumar made 49. Jolly Rovers, in reply, finished on 117 for four.

Left-hander S. Vidyut, batting at three, compiled a 142-ball 108 (8x4) at CPT-IP, as Alwarpet scored 253 for seven in 93 overs against India Pistons. At SRMC, X. Thalaivan Sargunam (84) and J.R. Madanagopal (64) added 102 for the second wicket, as Grand Slam made 264 for four against Vijay.

Half-centuries from R. Ravi Kumar (65), L.N. Prasad Reddy (94), S. Sathish Kumar (58), and K. Srinivasan (72) enabled Young Stars end on 331 for six against Eagle at RKM-Vivekananda.

The scores: IOB 189 in 74.3 overs (R. Rajesh Kannan 92, A.K. Suresh six for 49) vs. Parry’s 14 for two in 15 overs, at Murugappa.

Aruna 166 in 48.4 overs (S. Anirudha 46, Aashish Kapoor seven for 60) vs. Globe Trotters 94 for seven in 40 overs (R. Pandiarajan four for 25), at Pachaiyappa’s.

Indian Bank 205 in 56.5 overs (S. Dinesh Kumar 49, R. Ashwin five for 70, R. Ramkumar four for 35) vs. Jolly Rovers 117 for four in 30.1 overs (S. Badrinath 41), at IIT-Chemplast.

Alwarpet 253 for seven in 93 overs (S. Vidyut 108) vs. India Pistons, at CPT-IP.

Grand Slam 264 for four in 90 overs (X. Thalaivan Sargunam 84, J.R. Madanagopal 64, S. Suresh Kumar 43 n.o.) vs. Vijay, at SRMC.

Young Stars 331 for six in 94 overs (R. Ravi Kumar 65, L.N. Prasad Reddy 94, S. Sathish Kumar 58, K. Srinivasan 72) vs. Eagle, at RKM-Vivekananda.

Venkat shines

P.R. Venkat Subramanian’s fine all-round performance (six for 71 & 94) enabled Sridhar CC script an eight-wicket win over Kohinoor XI in a third division ‘B’ zone encounter of the TNCA lower division league match held here recently.

Y. Sunny Kumar Singh’s 112 went in vain as Book Sellers lost to Magnet by three wickets in another third division ‘B’ zone match.

The scores: III div. ‘B’: Appaiah Chettiar 116 in 34.3 overs (C. Dinesh 41 n.o., R. Sathyaseelan four for 35) lost to Madras Port Trust 119 for one in 23.3 overs (M.D. Ahamed 59); Book Sellers 219 in 49.2 overs (Y. Sunny Kumar Singh 112, N. Manikandan Prabhu 43, Hariharan five for 81) lost to Magnet 220 for seven in 46.3 overs (M. Sridhar Raj 43, S. Palanivel 42); Kohinoor 152 in 47.3 overs (M.V. Sivaprasad 52, P.R. Venkat Subramanian six for 71) lost to Sridhar 153 for two in 20.5 overs (P.R. Venkat Subramanian 94).

IV div. ‘B’: Areva T&D 166 in 41 overs (S. Akash four for 55) lost to Friend’s XI 168 for no loss in 35.5 overs (B. Aparajith 74 n.o., V. Ganga Sridhar Raju 74 n.o.); Fox Trotters 274 for nine in 50 overs (V. Thulasidharan 79, R. Prasanna 52) bt Vigneswara 156 in 33.4 overs (G. Arun Prasad 54, A. Venkatesh four for 28).

Grand Prix 199 in 49.3 overs (V. Ajay Kumar 96, Arun Dayakar four for 40) lost to Bharathi 204 for one in 28 overs (K. Vidyuth 89 n.o., A.S. Rangarajan 76); UFCC (CGL) 87 in 31.5 overs (V. Vignesh Raja five for 38) lost to MRC ‘B’ 90 for one in 11 overs (S. Aravind 51).

Shivaji 197 for nine in 50 overs (S. Shanmuga Sundaram 42, D. Dharmaseelan 42) lost to Perambur Club 200 for three in 42.5 overs (V. Theivendran 62, V. Saravanan 55 n.o.).

IV div. ‘C’: YMA 200 in 46.5 overs (Vinodh Khanna 94 n.o., M. Palani 42, S. Selvam four for 62) lost to Egmore 201 for six in 28 overs (P. Inder Mogane 87, R. Vasantha Raj 59 n.o.).

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