K. Dilli Kumar’s six-wicket haul went in vain as Venkateswara CC lost to Krishnaraj Memorial Club by 67 runs in a TNCA third division ‘B’ match recently.
In another third division ‘B’ contest, R. Ramesh’s century helped Sridhar CC edge out Perambur Club by two runs.
The scores: III div. ‘B’: Garnet 188 in 45.5 overs (A. Venkatesh 76, K.G. Sanjay 51, M. Affan Khader four for 65) lost to Madras Port Trust 189 for three in 41.2 overs (G.V. Vignesh 64, S.S.S. Keshav Krishna 44 n.o.).
Sridhar CC 270 in 49.4 overs (R. Ramesh 101, S. Padmanaban 56) bt Perambur 268 in 49.3 overs (K. Namasivayam 67, V. Ajay Kumar 53, L. Ashok Kumar 49 n.o., A. Deepak 46).
Bunts 201 in 49.2 overs (M. Sadiqulameen 54) lost to Bhimannapet 204 for two in 43 overs (J. Asfaq 61 n.o., V. Vignesh 54 n.o., T. Muralitharan 44).
Madras Emmanuel 244 for six in 50 overs (R. Arun Balaji 67, V. Saravana Guru 64, Satish Ganesan 55) lost to City Central League 248 for seven in 48.5 overs (M. Prasanna 59, J. Ram Prasad 57).
Krishnaraj Memorial 198 in 47.5 overs (B. Roop Prasad 54, K. Dilli Kumar six for 32) bt Venkateswara CC 131 in 38.3 overs (M. Aravind five for 22, R. Anirudh four for 31).
Madras United Club 185 in 44.3 overs (J. Sudhakar 42, Keith Ward four for 56) lost to Reserve Bank 189 for three in 33.5 overs (N. Lokesh 72, Daryl S. Ferrario 66 n.o.).
V ‘A’: Friend’s XI 164 in 47.5 overs (S. Ganesh 42) bt Madras Fertilizers Limited 129 in 38.3 overs (K. Eswaran four for 30).
Lusuraj CC 158 for nine in 50 overs (V. Bharath Hariharan 55) lost to Bharat Petroleum 159 for four in 30.4 overs (M. Logeswaran 63).
Tiger CC 265 in 48.3 overs (B. Prem Anand 72, N. Udhaya Kumar Andrews 54, S. Sivakumar 41, G. Venkat Raman five for 77) bt National United 206 in 46.2 overs (K. Arvind 81).
BSNL Chennai Telephones 205 in 47.1 overs (C.L. Rajesh Khanna 70) lost to Young Men’s 209 for four in 42.1 overs (J. Syed Haseeb Pasha 67 n.o.).
Jai Hind 269 for eight in 50 overs bt Unicorn 241 in 47.3 overs (B. Ramasethu 72, N. Imran Khan 49 not out, K. Amudhavan 40, K. Venkatesh Sundar four for 63).
Prem CC 196 in 41.5 overs (P. John Eljin 75 n.o., J. Prabhu 57) lost to Nungambakkam Sports Club 197 for one in 36.2 overs (S. Vinod Kumar 81, M. Sairam 63 n.o.).
V ‘B’: Nungambakkam Cricket Club 268 for seven in 50 overs (J.P. Raman 56, B. Eswaran 56) bt T. Sivaprakasam Memorial 83 in 28.5 overs.
Perungalathur 213 for seven in 50 overs (K. Anok Raju 69) tied with Bharathi CC 213 for nine in 50 overs (C. Karthick 54, Arun Dayakar 49).
Grand Prix 197 in 49 overs (J. Sai Sashank Reddy 58, A.S. Abdul Jabbar five for 45) lost to Egmore Excelsiors 198 for seven in 42 overs (R. Sivakumar Sukkal 67, S.M. Beaulet Julin 40, R. Bharath Rajan six for 54).
Free Lancers 276 in 50 overs (M. Kirubanithy 42, A. Guruprasad 107 n.o., P. Vimalraj 47) bt YMCA (Royapettah) 119 in 31.2 overs (S. Charunarayanan six for 41, R. Dilli Babu four for 23).
Sir M.CT.M. Old Boys 182 for nine in 50 overs (B. Vignesh 55, S. Prabhu 41) lost to George Town 184 for eight in 42.2 overs (S. Sanjay Bhardwaj 62 not out, K. Sudarsan four for 51).
South Indian Athletic Association 174 for nine in 45.2 overs (K. Ravikumar 53) lost to Alstom T&D 175 for nine in 40 overs (R. Senthil Kumar 40 n.o., K. Ravi Kumar four for 35).
