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Grand Slam, Alwarpet score outright wins

Chennai: Grand Slam, which leads the table with 18 points after three rounds, and Alwarpet scored outright victories in the TNCA first division league on Saturday.

Opener S. Anirudha – he now has 430 runs in five innings – missed his third hundred in successive matches by a run, while his teammate T. Kumaran followed his first innings 99 with a destructive spell of six for 24 that gave Aruna the lead over Parry’s. Pramod Das’s 106 was instrumental in IOB picking up five points against Eagles on day three.

Vijay takes lead

In the key match of the third round – Globe Trotters versus holder Vijay at the SRMC ground – Vijay secured a hard-earned lead over the visiting side. Vijay slumped from a comfortable 150 for three to a worrying 166 for seven before Sree Kumar Nair (71 not out, 177b, 6x4) and M.K. Sivakumar (76 not out, 175b, 10x4, 2x6) added 165 in an unbroken eighth-wicket stand in 55.4 overs. Grand Slam bundled out Young Stars for 189 at the ICL-Guru Nanak ground, winning by an innings and four runs. R. Sunil Kumar blitzed a 51 (31b, 5x6, 4x4) in a losing cause; for Grand Slam off-spinner S. Suresh Kumar claimed four for 65. At the IIT-Chemplast ground, Alwarpet bundled out Jolly Rovers for 195.

The scores: At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 212 & 195 in 52.3 overs (R. Ashwin 54) lost to Alwarpet 435 for six decl. in 111 overs (S. Vidyut 224, V. Maruthi Raghav 74, Huzefa Patel 40, A. Kasi Viswanathan four for 111). Alwarpet 8; Rovers 0.

At MAC: Aruna 323 & 144 for five in 43 overs (S. Anirudha 99) drew with Parry’s 221 in 92.2 overs (S. Murali 65, T. Kumaran six for 24). Aruna 5; Parry’s 2.

At SRMC: Globe Trotters 330 drew with Vijay 331 for seven in 127.3 overs (K. Shri Vasudeva Das 66, Sree Kumar Nair 71 not out, M.K. Sivakumar 76 not out). Vijay 5; Trotters 2.

At ICL-Guru Nanak: Grand Slam 332 bt Young Stars 139 & 189 in 66.4 overs (R. Sunil Kumar 51, S. Suresh Kumar four for 65). Grand Slam 8; Young Stars 0.

At CPT-IP: India Pistons 460 for five decl. drew with Indian Bank 159 in 81 overs & 41 for three in 21 overs. Pistons 5; Indian Bank 2.

At RKM-Viveka: Eagles 247 & 20 for four in 19 overs drew with IOB 265 in 112.3 overs (Pramod Das 106, S. Samuel four for 112). IOB 5; Eagles 2.
Saleem posts win

S.A. Saleem (MCC) bt Pranav Jain (TNBSA) by three frames to one in a round robin league of the TNBSA progressive snooker meet being held here.

The scores: Group ‘A’: 1. S.A. Saleem (MCC) bt Pranav Jain (TNBSA) 36-70, 68-29, 63-36, 59-21; Pranav Jain (TNBSA) bt Zaid Khan (TNBSA) 58-22, 62-27, 15-61, 67-43).

Group ‘B’: Vidya Pillai (TNBSA) bt Freddy (TC) 57-32, 52-39, 56-43; Vidya Pillai (TNBSA) bt Sarangarajan (TNSC) 60-1, 65-25, 52-40.

Group ‘C’: P. Vijayakumar (Q SHOT) bt Raj Kumar (TNSC) 40-69, 62-37, 62-43, 60-36.

Group ‘D’: S.K.N. Rajmohan (TNBSA) bt Pradeep (SS) 70-31, 62-52, 67-27; Magesh (TNSC) bt Ashok Kumar (TNBSA) 47-63, 62-31, 62-42, 51-28; Arun (Q SHOT) bt Fahd (Q SHOT) 62-27, 61-53, 73-63.
Easy for Don Bosco

Don Bosco scored a comfortable 4-0 win over Sankara School in the Lady Andal inter-school under-16 football tournament here.

Other results: U-16: MCC Matriculation bt Vidya Mandir 1-0; Sir M. Venkatasubba Rao School bt Spartan 1-0; Don Bosco bt Sankara 4-0; U-12: Lady Andal bt CD Nayagam 6-0; Sherwood Hall School bt Chettinad 2-0.

Basketball: Boys: Don Bosco bt Loyola Matriculation 22-14; Loyola Matric bt MES Rezeona 43-10.

Girls: Madras Sevasadan bt Chinmaya Vidyalaya 14-12; Lady Andal bt Our Lady Andal 26-19.
Children’s chess

Exnora Sports Club, in association with School of Chess, will conduct a two-day Tamil Nadu State-level children’s chess tournament for boys and girls at Shankarlal Sundarbal Shasun Jain College for women, No. 3, Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai-17. The categories are u-7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 19.
Chess tournament

The Thiruvallur District Chess Association will conduct the Amutha Team Championship for the Amutha Educational Trust Rolling Trophy on August 4 and 5 at the Amutha MHSS, West Mogappair. Only school teams within the State are eligible to participate. Entries close on August 2 with Amutha MHSS. Further details can be had from S. Balaraman, ph: 94447-51432 or tdcabala@yahoo.com.
Karthick’s knock in vain

G. Karthick Ganesh’s 79 could not prevent Santhome HSS from beating PSBB KK Nagar by four wickets in the St. Bede’s Centenary Sumeru Soft trophy tournament u-13 final here on Saturday.

The scores:

PSBB (KK Nagar) 165 in 49.5 overs (G. Karthick Ganesh 79) lost to Santhome HSS 166 for six in 41.4 overs (K. Vishal 40, M. Prasanna 34, K. Ashraf Ali 25).Player of the final: G. Karthick Ganesh.

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