R. Ramesh (193 n.o., 163b, 22x4, 4x6) powered Air India to a 100-run victory over Eccentrics in a TNCA V division ‘D’ zone match here recently.
In another match, S. Surya Sree (103 n.o.) and D. Soma Subramaniyam (seven for 61) set up Chennai P&T Audit Recreation Club’s 79-run victory over Gandhi Nagar Starlets.
The scores:
V-division ‘D’ Zone: Vigneswara CC 201 in 48.5 overs (M.B. Murali Krishnan 40, A. Tamilarasan 48, R. Sabaorish three for 44, B. Haresh four for 46) lost to Hunter’s XI 202 for eight in 31.3 overs (R. Sabaorish 56, K.M. Sharan 4 for 50).
Chennai P&T Audit 248 for six in 50 overs (S. Surya Sree 103 n.o., R. Vigneshwaran 49, A.K. Karunakaran three for 53) bt Gandhi Nagar Starlets 169 in 30.5 overs (Mohammed Anas 30, S. Muthukumar 60, D. Soma Subramaniyam seven for 61).
Air India 299 for four in 50 overs (R. Ramesh 193 n.o., T. Santhosh Kumar 31) bt Eccentrics 199 in 36 overs (U. Aswin 84 n.o., V. Narasimhan 36, K. Saravanan four for 57).
Varsity Occasionals 150 in 38 overs (N. Nagarajan 36 n.o., S. Rajesh four for 72, J. Manivannan three for 44) lost to Companions 151 for eight in 32.2 overs (R. Chandrasekar 32, J. Manivannan 30, Samruddh Bhat 3 for 31).
Triplicane RC 160 in 41.3 overs (P. Manikandan 39, V. Girish 32, A. Anish four for 55, T.K. Gowthama Raj three for 50) lost to Ranji CC 161 for three in 45 overs (D. Naresh Kumar 46, T.K. Gowthama Raj 70).
Grove 168 for six in 31 overs (K. Ravi Kumar 49, S. Suresh 32) bt Gopalapuram 138 in 26.2 overs (G. Booshan 50, S. Hariharan four for 49, V. Shakthivel three for 35).
Big win for FSCA
FSCA beat CCCA-A by 130 runs in the Ananda Ramanathan under-13 cricket tournament conducted by the Chennai Cricket Academy recently.
The scores :
FSCA 179 for five in 20 overs (C.S.D. Srirangan 42, S. Kishan Kumar 70, Vel Karthikanand three for 38) bt CCCA-A 49 in 17.2 overs (I.S. Akash three for 14, Viswanathan three for 12).
CCA-A 109 for six in 20 overs (Karthikeyan 32, Velkathikananda 29) bt CCA-B 82 for seven in 20 overs (B. Shravan 25, Srhiraam Venkatsubramani 30).
Kedar A 95 for eight in 20 overs (T. Ganesh 43, P.U. Pranev 25) bt Khan CA 75 in 20 overs (Ritesh three for 10, P.R. Santosh three for 11, Arvind three for 20).
TN schools team
The Tamil Nadu Schools Cricket Association will organise the Schools National championship from Oct. 24 to 28 at Loyola College grounds. The Tamil Nadu team for the same has been announced.
The team:
D. Vignesh (capt.), K. Venkatesh Prabhakaran, P. Praveen Kumar, S. Jeyaprakash, S. Ashok, Silambarasan, M. Vijay, S. Selvaganapathy, S. Arun Pandian, M. Arivoli, Abishek Guptha, M. Arjun, R. Praveen Kumar, K. Muthu Kumar, R. Karthick, R. Kabilan;
Manager: I. Giridhar; Coaches: Chandera Sekar, A.K. Rajesh Kumar.
It’s Nellai Nadar vs Vyasa Vidyalaya
Nellai Nadar HSS will take on Vyasa Vidyalaya HSS in the final of the MASC trophy inter-school cricket tournament after R. Ahilan (three for six and 35 not out) led Nellai Nadar to a four-wicket victory over Sri Sankara Vidyalaya HSS here.
The scores (semifinals):
Sri Sankara Vidyalaya HSS 113 for seven in 20 overs (S. Swaminathan 62, R. Naveen 30, R. Ahilan three for six) lost to Nellai Nadar HSS 116 for six in 20 overs (R. Veera 54, R. Ahilan 35 not out, S. Akshay three for 18).
Vyasa Vidyalaya HSS 161 for eight in 20 overs (S. Santhosh Shiv 56, S. Shankar 36, Vineet three for 20) bt Doveton Boys HSS 96 for five in 14.3 overs (Sanjay 30, Rajat 51). Match called off due to rain. Vysya won on better run rate.
City XI posts win
City XI won the under-14 cricket match against Combined Districts on the basis of first innings lead at the TNCA academy grounds, Theni, on Tuesday.
The scores: Combined Districts 188 in 104.3 overs (P. Prashanth Prabhu 63, P. Ajith Kumar three for 46) drew with City XI 210 in 118 overs (Adithya Raghuraman 65, Nekatan Radhakrishnan 35, S. Anirudh 25, R. Sasidharan three for 23).
City XI won on first innings lead .
Matches postponed
Thursday’s matches in the TNCA City Schools cricket tournament for B. Somasundaram Trophy (u-14) have been postponed due to inclement weather and poor ground conditions.
The fresh date will be announced later.
