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Ajaykumar’s century in vain

CHENNAI: V. Ajaykumar’s 110 went in vain for Galaxy, as a six-wicket haul by S. Palanivel and half-centuries from T. Balaji (85 not out), S.M. Sundaresan (80), and B. Pradeep (56) powered Magnet to a seven-wicket win in a TNCA third division ‘A’ league cricket match played here recently.

The scores:

III ‘B’: Rising Stars 228 in 48.3 overs (D. Srinivasan 69, K. Muralidaran 43, J. Sethuraman four for 71) bt Bunts 186 in 47.2 overs (Abilash R. Chandran 73, T. Akilan 41, M. Munuswamy four for 47).

Jupiter 119 in 25.5 overs (Iyyappan 50, K.V. Sathya Narayanan four for 55, R. Sathyaseelan four for 24) lost to Madras Port Trust 120 for two in 22 overs (D. Gokulakrishnan 46).

Sir Theagaraya 129 in 40.4 overs (V. Prabhu five for 20) lost to Bharathi 130 for three in 23.4 overs (Sashi Kumar 52).

Galaxy 258 in 45.4 overs (V. Ajaykumar 110, S. Bharathram 55, S. Palanivel six for 99) lost to Magnet 259 for three in 40.3 overs (B. Pradeep 56, T. Balaji 85 not out, S.M. Sundaresan 80).

Venkateswara 175 for eight in 35 overs (T. Bharath 46, N. Leenesh 44, G. Vinay Nahar four for 45) bt Book Sellers 84 in 26.4 overs (K.N. Dilli Babu five for 29).

IV ‘A’: Royapettah 359 for eight in 50 overs (A.K. Rajesh Kumar 92, K. Vinod Kumar 49, V. Mahalingam 48, M. Nandakumar 48, G. Shan Basha five for 114) bt Appaiah Chettiar 77 in 28 overs (G. Raju five for 20).

Vigneswara 145 in 43 overs (S. Ramesh 75) lost to 20th Century 147 for four in 22.3 overs (Shibu Isaac 43).

Ashok Leyland 257 for eight in 50 overs (B.M. Balu Rajkumar 97, B. Lokesh 42) lost to Minerva 261 for six in 46.5 overs (Athish Singh 47, V. Srinivasan 40, Leslin Ross 94).

MRC ‘B’ 251 in 49.2 overs (Rama Raja 46, Vignesh Raja 41) lost to Universal 252 for eight in 46 overs (Pannerselvam 65).

Grand Prix 165 in 44.5 overs (Anish S. Wadhwa 82) lost to Prasad 168 for three in 40.5 overs (Pramodh 49 not out).

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