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All-round show by Jagannathan

CHENNAI: Jagannathan took three for 22 and top-scored with an unbeaten 83 to power Frank Worrell CC to a six-wicket win over Leo CC in the KDCA Seshadri memorial cricket tournament played here.

The scores: Leo CC 134 in 22.1 overs lost to Frank Worrell CC 137 for four in 23.4 overs (Jagannathan 83 n.o., Namasivayam 40); Mani Memorial CC w/o Tiruvallur CC; Jain Combines CC 128 in 28.5 overs (N. Suresh Kumar four for 29) lost to Prahalad CC 129 for five in 19.4 overs (D. Dharmaseelan 40 n.o.).

TN Ranji team

The following players will represent the Tamil Nadu State cricket team in the Ranji Trophy Super League match against Rajasthan to be played here from December 17 to 20:

S. Badrinath (capt.), M. Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, R. Srinivasan, K. Shri Vasudeva Das, K.H. Gopinath (wk), R. Ramkumar, S. Suresh Kumar, C. Suresh, P. Amarnath, R. Prasanna, R. Naresh, E. Suresh, V. Yomahesh, and C. Ganapathy.

Close call

Colombo Shipping Fraternity secured a one-run win over Vizag Container Line Association in the Tiger Line cricket series 2007 tournament here on Thursday.

The scores: Transworld Group 187 for seven in 20 overs (Pradeep 68, Gopal 64, Suman four for 19) bt Cochin Customs House Agent 92 in 18.5 overs.

Colombo Shipping Fraternity 136 in 18.3 overs (Srinivas four for 17) bt Vizag Container Line Association 135 for eight in 20 overs.

Transworld Group 179 for six in 20 overs (Pradeep 68) bt Calcutta Shipping Fraternity 153 for four in 20 overs (Sanjeev Pandey 74 n.o., Uday 54).

Match drawn

Nethaji drew with Soccer SC 3-3, in the CFA senior division football match at the JN Stadium, on Thursday.

Guru (25th), Durai Raj (65th, penalty) and Gunasekaran (81st) scored for Nethaji, while D. Bharathi Raja (40th), Ram Kumar (67th) and T. Manikandan (72nd) were the scorers for Soccer.

The first division match between Central Excise and Challengers Union ended in a goalless draw.

Thumping win

Sathyabama beat Sasthra 83-44 in the Tamil Nadu inter-university basketball tournament, hosted by the Sathyabama University, here on Thursday.

The results: Sathyabama 83 (Milton 12) bt Sasthra 44 (Badri 15); Madras 76 (Vinoth 10, Parthiban 17, Azhar 11) bt Bharathidasan 37; Tamil Nadu University 57 (Senthil Kumar 21, Ganesh Prabhu 12) bt VIT 46 (Julin 10, Harsha 10).

Gandhigram 66 (Hari Shanker 13, Dinesh Kumar 12) bt Bharath 38 (Sri Prakash 14, Jonathan 13); Annamalai 54 (Anantha Krishnan 21, Janakiramanai 21) bt VIT 32 (Harsha 12, Jubin 11); Tamil Nadu Physical Education Sports University 57 (Senthil Kumar 23) bt Sasthra 22; Madras 73 (Vinoth 13, Parthiban 12) bt Bharath 36; SRM 68 (Deepak 27) bt Gandhigram 54 (Hari Sanker 18).

TNJA office-bearers

W.I. Davaram was elected president of the Tamil Nadu Judo Association at the general body meeting held here on December 1.

The other office-bearers: Vice-presidents: Sensei C.S. Rajagopal, Sensei A. Mathivanan, Sensei K. Srinivasan and A. Prasanna Rajha; General Secretary: Sensei R. Sadishkumar; Joint Secretaries: Sensei J. Venkatachalapathi, Sensei P. Premkumar, R. Vijaya Mohana Murali; Treasurer: Sensei K. Balachander; EC Members: B. Ramachandran, E. Baskar, G. Vigneshwaran, S. Boobalan, P. Dhanalakshmi, Victor Kulandairaj, V. Prasath, S. Sethilkumar, R. Kodeeswaran, J. Senthilkumar, S.B. Jagamohan and P. Jayapal.

Chess tournament

The Thiruvallur District Chess Association will conduct the District U-7 and U-9 championships on December 16 at the Amutha MHSS, West Mogapair. Only Thiruvallur district players are eligible. The top two players from each category will represent the District in the forthcoming State championship. For details, contact M. Sunitha, No.100, Vellalar St., Mugappair West, Chennai-37. Ph: 93803 01004.

Inter-college sports

The Anna Adarsh College will organise ‘Sporten’, an inter-collegiate tournament for women on Dec. 17 at the college premises. Volleyball, throwball, ball badminton and kho kho will be the events.

14-member team

A 14-member team will represent Tamil Nadu in the 69th junior and youth National and inter State table tennis championships to be held in Indore from December 16 to 21.

The team: Boys: Junior: G. Sathiyan, S. Prasanna, R. Venkatramanan, E. Prabhakaran; Youth: R. Abishek, Sivananda Seshadri, R.S. Raja.

Girls: Junior: N. Vidya, V. Sneha, K.K. Narmadha, Sumana R Krishnan; Youth: K. Shamini, Swetha Kumaravel, J. Swarna. Coaches: V. Vasu & M.H. Thirunavukkarasu; Manager: P. Janardhanan.

Death condoled

The president N. Srinivasan and the members of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) expressed their grief over the passing away of R.V. Radhakrishnan on Wednesday.

Radhakrishnan, who was actively involved with cricket, was a member of the executive committee of the TNCA and the president of Book Sellers XI. He had served in the executive committee in 2002-03.

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