Thiyagarajan slams 134
S. Thiyagarajan struck 134 (87b, 19x4, 3x6) as Madurai defeated Sivaganga by 124 runs in the TNCA S.S. Rajan Trophy inter-district cricket tournament.
S. Muralikannan’s five-wicket haul and S.P. Nathan’s unbeaten 90 helped Tuticorin edge out Tirupur by one wicket.
The scores: At Coimbatore: Madurai 385 in 49.4 overs (S. Thiyagarajan 134, E. Ashwin 43, M. Santosh Gopi 61, K. Manibharathy 34, B. Mohammed Azharudin three for 57) bt Sivaganga 261 for nine in 50 overs (D. Marimuthu 45, S. Parthasarathy 91, R. Raghavan 42).
Krishnagiri 348 for nine in 50 overs (D. Karthik 64, M. Suriyah 110, M. Venkat Raju 89, N. Baskaran three for 42) bt Pudukottai 158 in 40.4 overs (J. Maheshwaran 64, R. Sonu Yadav five for 38).
Tirupur 160 for eight in 50 overs (S. Sabarinathan 48, Susilkumar 33 n.o., S. Muralikannan five for 23) lost to Tuticorin 161 for nine in 48.2 overs (S.P. Nathan 90 n.o., B. Vengatesh three for 18).
At Tiruchi: Tiruchi 284 for nine in 50 overs (R. Guhan 72, N.S. Harish 47, C. Sarath Kumar 36) bt Virudhunagar 121 in 33.5 overs (M. Satheesh 30, B. Muthuraman 28, K. Suryaprakash 27).
Nagapattinam 110 in 31.4 overs (R. Arunivas 32, S. Manoj Prabhakar four for 21) lost to Perambalur 112 for seven in 42.1 overs (R. Idhayadulla 25, B. Aiyappan three for 17).
Theni 72 in 31 overs (T. Suresh Kumar three for 21) lost to Salem 73 for one in 12.3 overs (A. Dharvesh 42 n.o.).
Namakkal 233 for eight in 50 overs (P. Kumar 70, P. Prabakaran 52, M. Suresh Kumar 30 n.o.) bt Kanyakumari 226 in 48.1 overs (W. Antony Das 46, S. Sunish 34, S. Sahaya Vijai 25, N. Arun Raj 25, M. Prabhakaran four for 43).
Sathish shines
An all-round display by Sathish (48 & three for 18) set up a comfortable 66-run win for Tasmanian Tigers over Sivakasi Town in the first division of the TNCA-Virudhunagar DCA league here recently.
The scores: I div.: Young Indians 175 for nine in 45 overs (Thirupathy 34, K. Arun Kumar 33, Suryaprakash 26) lost to Challenger Star 177 for seven in 42.1 overs (Lalith 58, Padmakumar 34, Malaikannan 27, Ajith three for 37).
Tasmanian Tigers 140 in 31.3 overs (Sathish 48, Sathya 31, Thavidupitchai five for 16) bt Sivakasi Town 74 in 29.4 overs (Paramasivam four for 18, Sathish three for 18).
Galaxy 211 for six in 45 overs (Vijay 56, Prabhu 40, Thangamarimuthu 35, Marimuthu 26) bt Liberty 55 in 20.5 overs (Mathan four for 11, Baskar three for 39).
II div.: Gladiators 208 in 28 overs (Gobi 33, Rajesh 31, Perumal 26, Srinivasan three for 43) bt Mepco EC 105 in 28.2 overs (Perumal three for 14).
Red Rose 176 in 32.2 overs (Anand 33, Prabhu 32, Salairaj three for 28) bt Metro 110 in 29 overs (Solai Raj 28, Vairam three for 13).
III div.: War Horses 126 in 29 overs (Mani 41, Venkatesh 25, Vignesh three for 15) bt Smart 94 in 19.2 overs (Nagarajan four for 18).
ANJA College 162 in 29.5 overs (Kalirajan 74, Manikandasamy 31, Babu three for 15, Balamurugan three for 33) bt Friends 109 for nine in 30 overs (Suresh 33, Ramprasath 26, Gnanasekar three for 14).
Vijayarajan sizzles
P. Vijayarajan’s incisive spell of six for 27 set up a comfortable 56-run win for Vellore over Ramanathapuram in the TNCA inter-district tournament. The scores: At Tirunelveli: Cuddalore 115 in 32.3 overs (S. Santhan Devan 42, T. Tamil Kumaran four for 24) lost to Thanjavur 117 for three in 24.2 overs (S. Vinoth 47, P. Sakthi 27).
Vellore 137 in 36 overs (V. Naveen Kumar 41, M.A. Athikur Rahuman 36, R. Alexander four for 32, B. Karthik four for 33) bt Ramanathapuram 81 in 21 overs (P. Vijayarajan six for 27).
Thiruvannamalai 210 in 49.3 overs (P. Hariharasudhan 48, N. Vasim Ahmed 40, S. Krishnakumar 25, K. Aravind three for 31, M. Gowtham three for 41) bt Tirunelveli 185 in 45.2 overs (K. Jawahar 44, K. Aravind 37, M. Gowtham 27, S. Manikandan four for 39).
At Dindigul: Dharmapuri 97 in 33.2 overs (M. Ravikumar 27, M.S. Raja 27, T. Sirajudeen four for 16) lost to Villupuram 99 for one in 10.2 overs (V. Anbu 54 n.o., V. Sakthivel 26 n.o.).
Nilgiris 341 for eight in 50 overs (R.K. Magesh 74, J. Ratheesh 52, Arun K. Nair 39, V. Tinku Prasheed 39, V.P. Subash 29, S. Sandeep 27) bt Karur 102 in 23.1 overs (S. Sandeep four for 23).
Thiruvarur 149 in 43.5 overs (Vijayan 35, M. Sathish Kumar 31, V. Bharathwaj 26, R. Srivatsan five for 16, R. Amith Singh three for 27) lost to Thiruvallur 150 for five in 28.1 overs (Nilesh Subramanian 50, Sanjeevi Kandepan 26 n.o., Vijayan three for 42).
Veeramani excels
A. Veeramani’s spell of six for eight helped SBMCET register a comfortable eight-wicket win over MKUC College in the inter-collegiate league for the NPR trophy here.
The scores: University CE 148 for nine in 25 overs (A. Aachi Gopinath 52, M. Praveen Kumar three for 19) bt SBM Polytechnic 111 in 25 overs (M. Kalidass 30, S. Kathirvel four for 20, including a hat-trick).
Sri Hayagreeva Arts & Science 97 in 22 overs (R. Arun Kumar four for 23) lost to Aravindar Polytechnic 99 for five in 14.5 overs.
MKUC 81 in 23 overs (A. Pandi Ganesh 33, A. Veeramani six for eight) lost to SBMCET 84 for two in 12.4 overs (T. Bhuvaneshwaran 52 n.o.).
MKUC 91 for nine in 24 overs (S. Ramkumar 26, R. Karthikeyan three for 12) lost to GRU 94 for one 10.1 overs (R. Gopi 46, A. Stephan Durai 38).
GTN Arts 138 in 24 overs (A. Rajapandi 29, K. Jeyapaul four for 21) bt SSM Institute of Engineering & Technology 92 in 20.3 overs (V. Venkatesh 26, R. Nagarjunan three for five, G. Everest three for 15).
