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Narrow win for Tirunelveli

TIRUNELVELI: An unbeaten 71 by Kannan and a 50 by Ashwin Prasad helped Tirunelveli chalk out a two-wicket victory over Krishnagiri in the TNCA inter-district under-15 cricket tournament on Friday.

In another match, Sivaramakrishnan's five wickets, including a hat-trick, could not stop his team Namakkal from losing to Perambalur by 89 runs.

Meanwhile, Nilgiris defeated Erode and Thiruvarur at the Lawrence School ground in Lovedale. The host defeated Thiruvarur by two wickets and followed it up with a convincing ten-wicket win over Erode.

Earlier, J. Pradeep's six-wicket haul helped Cuddalore defeat Dharmapuri by 76 runs in Cuddalore.

The scores:

Zone A: Cuddalore 117 in 36.2 overs (R. Guhan 41, Naveen four for 15, Sekar three for 21) bt Dharmapuri 41 in 24.5 overs (J. Pradeep six for 10); At Neyveli: Sivaganga 162 in 45.3 overs (Ramesh Kumar 64, Varun three for 30, Keshav three for 25) lost to Madurai 163 for three in 44.2 overs (R. Varun 84).

Zone B: Kancheepuram 323 for six in 50 overs (Prasanna Narayanan 100, Vijayanand 63, G.R. Jayanth 38 not out) bt Villupuram 52 in 29 overs (R. Ashish Kumar four for 15, R. Deepak three for 7); Karur 44 in 17.3 overs (A. Ansar Basha four for 15, A. Rajasekar three for 8) lost to Tiruvannamalai 45 for three in 14.2 overs.

Zone C: Tuticorin 74 for nine in 50 overs (Ulaganathan three for 10) lost to Theni 75 for no loss in 13.2 overs (I. Sudesh 37); Ramanathapuram 157 in 45 overs (Washid Khan 30) bt Coimbatore 144 in 42.2 overs (Venkatesh 54, Chandra Mohan three for 16); Ramanathapuram 187 for nine in 50 overs (Mani Rathinam 50, Mohamed Yasir 30, Sudesh three for 40) bt Theni 141 in 44.3 overs (Sudesh 45, Arunkumar four for 23); Coimbatore 247 for seven in 50 overs (Shri Varadan 56, Prithiviraj 32) bt Tuticorin 140 in 49.3 overs (Suraj 33, Akash three for 18, Venkatesh three for 16).

Zone D: Krishnagiri 208 for seven in 50 overs (Ramachadnran 50, Thennavan 31, Sudalaimuthu three for 40) lost to Tirunelveli 209 for eight in 49.1 overs (Ashwin Prasad 50, Kannan 71 not out); Perambalur 163 in 41.3 overs (B. Arunkumar 31, Durairaj 42, Sivaramakrishnan five for 46, Sri Vishnu three for 13) bt Namakkal 74 in 26 overs (Mahesh four for 25, G. Anand three for 27); Krishnagiri 85 in 26 overs (Mani Bharathi six for 30) lost to Namakkal 86 for two in 14.5 overs (Mani Bharathi 32 not out); Thanjavur 140 in 14.4 overs, Jeyakumar three for 11) bt Perambalur 74 in 21.3 overs (P. Manoj four for 23, A. Srinivasan three for seven).

Zone G: Kanyakumari 91 in 41.1 overs (Rajesh five for nine, Rathinabalan three for nine) lost to Nagapattinam 92 for three in 11.1 overs (R. Vivek 78 not out); Tiruchi 204 in 49.4 overs (R. Ragavendran 56, S.R. Mithun 37, B.M. Sivaprasad three for 46) lost to Salem 205 for six in 48 overs (R. Pradeep Kumar 92); Erode 84 (N. Pradeep four for 19, R. Praveen three for 17) lost to Nilgiris 85 for no loss in 10 overs (K. Gaurav Ganapathi 49 not out); Thiruvarur 252 for six in 40 overs (N. Velmurugan 64, S. Saravanan 55, S.V. Narendran 47) bt Pudukottai 43 (K. Surendar four for 12); Thiruvarur 142 for nine in 40 overs (K. Mohammed four for 22) lost to Nilgiris 143 for eight in 35 overs; Dindigul 151 (M. Mohammed 56, S. Ramu five for 26) bt Erode 77 (K. Deepan Babu four for 9).

St. Joseph's College

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St. Joseph's College of Engineering defeated Periyar Maniammai Engineering College 80-50 in the Anna University inter-zone women's kabaddi championship, organised by the Anna University Sports Board at Coimbatore.

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