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Sarath, Vijay sparkle

Coimbatore: Sarath Prabhakar and Vijay Prasanna picked four wickets each as Salem bundled out host Coimbatore for 208 in its first essay on the opening day of the two-day TNCA under-16 inter-district cricket quarterfinal at the SNR Sons grounds here on Monday.

In reply, Salem was 91 for three at stumps. Vikram Guru chipped in with an unbeaten 46.

The scores: At Coimbatore: Coimbatore 208 in 65.2 overs (Anirudh 53, Sarath Prabhakar four for 43, Vijay Prasanna four for 62) vs. Salem 91 for three in 26 overs (Vikram Guru 46 not out).

At Chennai: Theni 66 in 34.4 overs (A. Karthik five for 14) & 18 for no loss in six overs vs. Tiruvallur 117 in 56.3 overs (S. Siddanth Ekalavya 29, Ulaganathan six for 45).

PSG CAS in last four

PSG College of Arts and Science blanked Maharaja College of Arts and Science 3-0 and entered the semifinals of the 18th State-level collegiate football tournament for the PSG Trophy on Monday.

Bhuvanesh opened the account for the host eight minutes into the first session, and striker Arun followed it up with a double effort in the 13th and 22nd minutes.

The results: quarterfinals: RVS w/o Karunya University, PSG CAS 3 (Bhuvanesh 8, Arun 13 & 22). First round: CIT 3 (Samuel 28, Nigel 58, Lipok 59) bt CMS CSC 1 (Mohd. Anae 41), Bharathiar University Dept. 5 (R. Saravanan 26, 45 & 52, Shankar Ganesh 34 & 56).

Easy for SRMSC

Sri Ramakrishna Mills Sports Club (SRMSC) and Coimbatore Raiders Cricket Club scored comfortable wins in the Canara Bank-CDCA first division cricket league for the Pricol Trophy here on Sunday.

SRMSC defeated RKS Kalvi Nilayam ICC by 54 runs and Coimbatore Raiders dispatched Red Diamonds Cricket Club by six wickets.

The scores: First division: Sri Ramakrishna Mills SC 271 for nine in 50 overs (A. Avinash 66, S.P. Saravana Kumar 63, Gowjith Subash 46, K.M. Suresh four for 22) bt RKS Kalvi Nilayam ICC 217 in 48.2 overs (K. Narashiman 82); Red Diamonds CC 139 in 41.2 overs (Saravana Babu 42) lost to Coimbatore Raiders 141 for four in 24 overs (S. Vinodh 43, R. Venkatesh 42).

Third division: Dolphin CC 133 in 40.1 overs (Prasanna 54, Suresh six for 11) lost to Rainbow Jeeva CC 134 for six in 20.1 overs (Murali 77); Rainbow Wizards CC 271 for nine in 50 overs (Janakiraman 64, Mohd. Yasin 66, Sakthivel 58, Rama Seshan four for 46) bt CIT 94 in 25.5 overs (Aditya four for 10).

Easy for Vampire CC

At Salem, Vampire Cricket Club notched up a 71-run win over S. Rao Cricket Club in the Canara Bank-SDCA first division league on Sunday.

The scores: First division: Rothmans CC 188 in 42 overs (D. Jeevanatham 66) bt Gandhiji CC 154 in 42 overs (G. Selvam four for 22); Vampire CC 204 for nine in 43 overs (R. Devendran 40) bt S. Rao CC 123 in 43 overs (V. Jagan 51).

Third division: SISCOL CC w/o Chemplast RC.

Madurai triumphs

At Tiruchi, Madurai recorded a 4-1 win over Dindigul in a shoot-out to clinch the A.G. Subbaraman Trophy at the 18th State youth football championship on Monday.

Madurai looked the dominant side and could have sewed up the match in regulation time. But ill-luck and some brilliant saves by the Dindigul custodian Maniraj left the contest to be decided on shoot-out.

Madurai’s Robin Raj came agonisingly close to scoring midway through the first-half, but his lovely free kick hit the post. Madurai had two chances of scoring in the second half — one at the beginning and the other at the fag end — but the rival goalkeeper warded off the threats on both the occasions.

The Madurai players held their nerve in the shoot-out and converted all four of their attempts to emerge victorious. It was a case of so near yet so far for the Dindigul team, which finished runner-up in the previous edition as well.

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