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Madurai rides on Santhosh's century

Madurai: Santhosh Gopi (143, 124 balls, 21x4, 1x6) helped Madurai defeat Nilgiris by 108 runs and entered the quarterfinals of the S.S. Rajan Trophy inter-district cricket tournament at the Madura College ground here on Wednesday.

The scores (Pre-quarterfinals): Madurai 313 in 46.4 overs (Santhosh Gopi 143) bt Nilgiris 205 in 36.2 overs (Sasi 67, Antony 45 not out).

Thiruvannamalai 227 in 50 overs (Haji Basha 89, Siva Kumar 41, Dinesh five for 44) bt Erode 173 in 37.3 overs (Velusamy 46).

At Karaikudi: Sivagangai 239 in 46.4 overs (Sankar 75) lost to Dindigul 240 for three in 30 overs (Thirumalairaj 41, K. Vinoth Kumar 71 not out, M. Mohamed Rafik 58 not out).

Vellore 325 for seven in 50 overs (Gangadharan 100, Suresh 42, Padmanaban 40) bt Karur 70 in 18 overs (Rajini Kanth four for 40).

At Chennai: Nagapattinam 185 in 48 overs (Haja Fakruddin 71) lost to Tiruvallur 186 for four in 27.5 overs (Petson Mathews 52 not out, M.K. Sivakumar 40, S. Thyagarajan 51 not out) at Jaya Engg. College ground.

Coimbatore 334 for nine in 50 overs (V. Sathish 73, A. Avinash 44, T. Suresh Kumar four for 51) bt Salem 72 in 18.4 overs).

At Tiruchi: Kancheepuram 275 in 49.1overs (Vignesh 69, E. Sundar 48, Prateepan 41) bt Thanjavur 145 in 32.5 overs (Senthil Kumar four for 40).

Tuticorin 186 in 42.5 overs (Ibram Sha four for 45) bt Tiruchi 169 in 42.4 overs (Muralikannan four for 25).

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