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Comfortable win for Kollam

Thiruvananthapuram: Kollam defeated Pathanamthitta by eight wickets to secure full points in the South zone under-19 inter-district cricket tournament at the Agriculture College ground on Sunday.

Pathanamthitta, which conceded a 117-run first innings lead, performed marginally better in its second knock.

A fighting century by Sibi Kumar (110) delayed the inevitable as Pathanamthitta set a 90-run victory target for Kollam. Kollam reached the target without much fuss losing just two wickets off 16 overs.

The win, the first in the competition for any side, fetched Kollam four points.

At Ashramam Maidan, the Thiruvanantapuram and Kottayam match ended in a draw.

However, Thiruvananthapuram, which took the first innings lead, got two points from the tie.

The highlight of the last day's play was a fine century by Nimish Latheef (112).

However, Kottayam in reply to Thiruvananthapuram's first innings score of 457 for four could manage only 302 for four off its mandatory 90 overs.

The scores:

Pathanamthitta 85 & 206 in 53 overs (Sibi Kumar 110, Philip 34, Deepan Raj five for 20, Iyer Karthik Suresh two for 31, Anas two for 53) lost to Kollam 202 & 92 for two in 15.1 overs (Subin Sulaiman 38)

Thiruvananthapuram 457 for four (Ali Asgar 173 not out, Sachin Mohan 156, Rahul 50) drew with Kottayam 302 for four in 90 overs (Nimish Latheef 112, Cibi 68, Christy Christopher 43, M.E. Sanut three for 42). — Principal Correspondent

St. Thomas, Alphonsa

stay champions

At Pala, Alphonsa College's Soumya Joseph continued her merry run and took her two-day tally to 13 golds as the Mahatma Gandhi University swimming championship concluded on Saturday.

Jijo Joseph of St Thomas College set the day's lone record by clocking 1:07.10s in the men's 100m butterfly.

The host, St. Thomas men (97 points) and Alphonsa women (107) retained the team titles with St George men (Aruvithura, 58) and St Aloysius women (Edathua, 42) finishing runner-up.

St George's Akhil Joseph (23 points) and Soumya Joseph (58) won the individual championships in the men's and women's sections respectively. — Principal Correspondent

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