The St. Joseph’s-CFA senior division league kicked off with a drab goalless draw between Hindustan Eagles FC and SAI here on Monday.
The opening 45 minutes witnessed urgency in attack by SAI which, however, came to nothing. Rather, the only opportunity of note in the first half fell to the Eagles’ Liberian forward Christian Taylor who missed the target around 10 yards from goal after being put through by Jacken Sebastian.
In the second half, SAI created the better chances and should have taken the lead around the 75th minute mark when Ameerudeen headed wide from close distance. Earlier, the league was inaugurated by the director of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, B. Babu Manoharan.
Other results: First division: Income Tax 2 (Regan 72, P. Rajaduli 75) bt RBI 1 (M. Sunder 63).
Swaminathan sizzles
S. Swaminathan’s all-round effort (69 and three for 19) helped Sri Sankara Vidyalaya defeat Corley HSS by 42 runs in the inter-school cricket tournament for the MASC Trophy.
The scores: Sri Sankara Vidyalaya 131 for five in 20 overs (V. Vikranth 30, S. Swaminathan 69, S. Hari Krishnan three for 22) bt Corley HSS 89 in 18.4 overs (S. Karthikeyan 32 n.o., S. Adshay four for 17, S Swaminathan three for 19, R. Rahul three for 17).
Vyasa Vidyalaya 194 for three in 20 overs (S. Santhosh Shiv 60, D. Karthik Sriram 51, S. Karthik Prabu 57 n.o.) bt ICF HSS 192 for five in 20 overs (V. Ganesh 85, G. Rahul Singh 45).
Nitin stars for WGCA ‘A’
V.S. Nitin’s unbeaten 87 enabled WGCA ‘A’ beat Little Hearts CA by 26 runs in a match of the First Flight-WGCA u-10 cricket tournament being held here.
The scores:
WGCA ‘A’ 177 for one in 20.overs (V.S. Nitin 87, S. Neyan 60 n.o.) bt Little Hearts CA 151 for eight in 20.overs (Eric Gladson 27, Johnsamuel Abhishek 71 n.o., S. Varun three for 14).
Victoria CA 138 for four in. 20.overs (Keerthivasan 30, Ram 33, Lakshman three for 32) bt WGCA ‘B’ 76 in 19.5 overs (Saffin three for 15, Rizill three for 24, Keerthivasan three for nine).
CSCA 113 in 19.4 overs (Mahadevan 69 n.o.) lost to Vidya Mandir 114 for five In 15.5 overs (Dananjay 36 n.o.).
All-round show by Abhishek
S. Abhishek (65 and four for nine) starred in Maharishi Vidya Mandir’s 98-run victory over Calibre Academy in the TNCA city schools under-14 cricket tournament for the B. Somasundaram Trophy.
The scores: Maharishi Vidya Mandir 160 for seven in 30 overs (S. Abhishek 65) bt Calibre Academy 62 in 21 overs (S. Abhishek four for nine).
Sindhi Model 112 for eight in 30 overs (Mithilesh 32, C.P.S. Rohan 24, Sanket Bharadwaj three for 21) lost to DAV Boys 114 for two in 22.4 overs (Aravind Sriram 62 n.o., R. Subish 29 n.o.).
Pon Vidyashram 173 for eight in 30 overs (U. Kanagasundaram 27, V. Sharan 28) bt Doveton 110 in 27.4 overs (S. Sharan 30, M. Ajay four for 24).
Chinmaya Vidyalaya 130 in 26.4 overs (Anishwer 58) bt Akhshaya MHSS 127 in 26.5 overs (S. Sudarshan four for 25, R. Suraj four for 10).
Dhamodaran shines
Dhamodaran’s 75 helped Elite Stars record a five-wicket win over Chennai Challengers in the Stugo Cup cricket tournament played here.
The scores: Avengers 192 for five in 30 overs (Syed Haseeb 95, Loganathan 30) lost to Reddy’s CA 193 for nine in 29 overs (Thirupathy Raj 67, Muthu 30).
Chennai Challengers 154 for nine in 30 overs (Pavan 66, Vijay 32, Muthupandi three for 21) lost to Elite Stars 156 for five in 25 overs (Dhamodaran 75, Aussain 30).
Spectra 124 in 27.1 overs (Lakshmikanthan 37, Shrey Kumar four for 34) lost to Reddy’s CA 128 for eight in 26.3 overs (Bezaleel Paul 40, Praveen Gopu 30, Sreedhar three for 14).
Ignited Bats 181 for nine in 30 overs (Freddy 34, Vinoth 79) lost to Avengers 182 for two in 21.5 overs (Syed Haseeb 52, Sathish 60, Guruprasad 35 n.o).
Loyola wins trophy
Loyola College defeated YMCA College of Physical Education 3-2 to win the Buck Memorial hockey trophy here.
The results: Final: Loyola College bt YMCA College of Physical Education 3-2. Semifinal: Loyola bt D.B. Jain College ‘A’ 1-0.
