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Central Zone fights back

PALAKKAD: M.P. Sorab (55 not out) and Sebastian Antony (39) guided Central Zone to 110 for two against South on the second day of the Jacob Trophy senior inter-zone championship at the Fort grounds on Tuesday.

South was all out for 292 shortly after lunch. In reply, Central started off in style, scoring at close to six an over. Sorab lived dangerously, twice edging new ball bowler P. Manoj past the slip cordon for boundaries.

Sweet timing

But he soon grew in confidence and began to time the ball sweetly.

Sebastian, who looked solid throughout, supported Sorab to a great extent.

Before any further damage could be done, the umpires, on repeated appeals by the batsmen about bad light, called off play eight minutes early.

The scores:

South 292 in 120.3 overs (Vinan G. Nair 108, V.A. Jagadeesh 47, Anil Kumar three for 57, Shyamjit three for 81, Tinu Yohanan two for 57, V.S. Shiju two for 76) vs. Central 110 for two in 40.2 overs (Sorab 55 not out, Sebastian Antony 39).

Suresh cracks century

At Kollam, Suresh Krishnamoorthy cracked a fine century as Thiruvananthapuram finished the first day in a position of strength against Kottayam in the two-day under-17 inter-district cricket tournament at the Ashramam Maidan here on Tuesday.

V.V. Kannan (77), R. Aravind (51) and Bipin Chatterjee (50) made useful contributions as Thiruvananthapuram posted an imposing 417 for six.

At the Agriculture College ground, Sandeep (four for 32) had Kollam struggling at 88 for five at stumps against Alappuzha.

Earlier, Monish Jayan continued his fine form with the bat as he scored 71 to prop up the Alappzuha innings. But the Kollam bowlers, especially Arun Krishnan (three for 30), did well to restrict the Alappuzha's first innings to 220.

The scores:

Thiruvananthapuram 417 for six in 90 overs (Suresh Krishnamoorthy 134, V.V. Kannan 77, R. Aravind 51, Bipin Chatterjee 50) vs. Kottayam

Alappuzha 220 in 57.5 overs (Monish Jayan 71, S.K. Sabin 40, R. Rejith 26, Arun Krishnan three for 30) vs. Kollam 88 for five in 12 overs (Abhijith 34 batting, Sandeep four for 32).

Choice School wins

Choice School (Tripunithura) and Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, won the titles in the boys' and girls' sections respectively in the all-Kerala CBSE Cluster VI basketball tournament at the Oxford school basketball courts on Tuesday.

Choice School defeated Bhavans Vidya Mandir (Elamakkara) 67-56 in the boys' final while Bhavans Vidya Mandir beat Choice School 49-22 to win the girls' title.

The results:

Boys (final): Choice School, Tripunithura 67 (Jacob 47, Anit 10) bt Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara 56 (Vishnu 26, Jacbon 12).

Third place: Rajagiri, Kochi bt St. Thomas 41-40.

Semifinals: Bhavans bt St. Thomas (Tvm) 57-47; Choice bt Rajagiri 68-61.

Girls (final): Bhavans 49 (Ramola 16, Avelyn 11) bt Choice 22.

Third place: Navy Children School bt St. Peter's 34-23.

Title for St. Ephrem

At Changanassery, warding off a strong challenge, St. Ephrem's boys (Mannanam) and host Kristu Jyoti girls won the 12th Chavara Trophy all-Kerala inter-school basketball tournament.

The tournament concluded at Chethipuzha, near here, on Monday evening.

SN Vidya Bhavan (Chentrappinni) won the boys volleyball title while Ernakulam's SRV Model HSS bagged the handball trophy.

The results (finals):

12th Chavara Trophy basketball: boys: St. Ephrem's HSS, Mannanam 62 (Saji Mathew 20, Ebby Mathew 16) bt St. Joseph's HSS, Pulincunnu 61 (Ashin Xavier 18, Kevin V. John 15).

Girls: Kristu Jyoti HSS, Chethipuzha 25 (Shikha Jose 16) bt SN Trust, Kollam 24 (Smrithi 8). Best player: Shikha Jose (Kristu Jyoti). Most promising player: Smrithi (SN Trust).

1st Kristu Jyoti Silver Jubilee volleyball: Boys: SN Vidya Bhavan, Chentrappinni bt CHSS, Chentrappinni 25-13, 25-17, 25-12. Best player: Even Edward. Most promising player: Tom. B. Puthoor (Kristu Jyoti HSS).

9th Placid Decennial handball: Boys: SRV Govt. Model HSS, Ekm 23 (V.Sajith 7 goals, Vijith 5) bt SMV Model HSS, Tvm16 (Anoop 11, Sivaprasad 4).

State tennis teams

At Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala will field a 14-member strong team for the tennis events of the National School Games.

Majority of the players selected are from Trivandrum Tennis Club.

The team:

Boys: N.R. Abhilash, S.S. Nikhil, Sarath Lal, Sachin, G.L. Vivek, Swathykanth, Jessy Jacob and Rubothaman Ram.

Girls: Minu R. Raju, Parvathy Vijayan, Guthami Devi, Ann Leela Sumanam, Sneha Susan Thomas and Renjitha Rajiv.

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