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Arasaradi Cricket Club clinches title

Madurai: Arasaradi Cricket Club lifted the Deepak memorial Trophy defeating Lechatelier CC by four wickets in the final of the district-level Twenty 20 cricket tournament organised by Amigos Cricket Club at Madurai on Tuesday.

Special Awards: Batsman: Santhosh Gopi (Lechatelier), Bowler: Gangaram Singh.

The scores: Final: Lechatelier CC 218 for nine in 20 overs (Santhosh Gopi 93, Sivaram 35, Muruganandam 43, Gangaram Singh three for 50) lost to Arasaradi CC 219 for six in 19.1 overs (Jaiprakash 42, Bagath 59 not out, Vanamalai 37 not out). Semifinals: Lechatelier CC 106 for six in 20 overs (Thirumurugan 87) bt Pykara CC 104 in 19 overs; Olympus CC 171 for eight in 20 overs lost to Arasaradi CC 176 for nine in 19.4 overs (Riaz four for 18).

Narrow win

Host Tirunelveli beat Thanjavur by six runs in the ICL Mahaveer Chand memorial Trophy inter-district (under-13) cricket tournament at Sankarnagar on Wednesday.

The scores: Tirunelveli 124 for seven in 30 overs (Shameer Ibrahim 30) bt Thanjavur 118 for nine in 30 overs; Villupuram 64 in 19.5 overs (J. Balaji three for eight) lost to Krishnangiri 65 for two in 19.5 overs; Virudhunagar 109 in 23.1 overs (R. Karthik three for 25) lost to Cuddalore 110 for four in 19.3 overs (R. Karthik 35 not out); Sivagangai 113 for eight in 30 overs (Prasanna Venkatesh four for 23) lost to Madurai 114 for eight in 29.3 overs (Prasanna Venkatesh 25); Tuticorin 116 for eight in 30 overs lost to Theni 117 for seven in 24 overs(Daniel four for 16); Trichy 106 for seven in 30 overs lost to Kanchipuram 110 for two in 22 overs (NRS Sudarsan 49); Ramanathapuram 165 for five in 30 overs (Mohamed Absal 53) bt Vellore 133 in 29.1 overs; Pondicherry 243 for seven in 30 overs (Kumarasan 50) bt Pudukottai 93 in 22 overs (Kumarasan five for 24); Tiruvannamalai 104 in 28.4 overs (Donn C Williams three for 22) lost to Kanyakumari 106 for four in 22.2 overs (Donn C Williams 58).

Punjab beats Mumbai

Punjab beat Mumbai 8-7 and Shivaji beat Utkal 9-2 in the four-team group ‘B’ league of the all India inter-zone inter-university women’s kho-kho tournament at VOC stadium, Palayamkottai on Wednesday.

Calicut retained the title in the South West zone tournament defeating Pune 21-12 for all win record in the semifinal round robin league.

Mumbai bt Shivaji 16-8 and finished second (one win and 2 draws). Pune finished third (2 draws and one loss) and Shivaji finished last (1 draw and 2 losses).

The results: Group ‘B’: Punjab bt Mumbai 8-7; Shivaji bt Utkal 9-2. Group ‘A’: Calicut bt Delhi 14-3; Pune bt Panjab 18-6. Group ‘B’: Punjabi bt Shivaji 16-6; Mumbai bt Utkal 18-1.

Easy for Young Stars

Host Young Stars Basketball Club registered its second win in the semifinal round robin league of the 30th annual Irulappan Servai memorial State-level open basketball tournament at Batlagundu on Wednesday.

The results (League): SAI BC, Salem 78 (Ramakrishnan 20, Saranraj 16) bt BSNL Chennai 74 (Gokulakrishnan 17, Delhiraj 13); Young Stars BC 64 (Premkumar 15, Saravanan 13) bt Nagarajan memorial BC, Madurai 59 (Venkatesh 16, Patrick 13); BSNL Chennai 83 (Gnanavel 24, Delhiraj 18) bt Nagarajan memorial BC 72 (Venkatesh 16, Guhan 20); Young Stars BC 60 (Jeyachandran 22, Premkumar 20, Saravanan 10) bt SAI BC, Salem 57 (Ramkumar 14, Ramakrishnan 19).

Quarterfinals: Nagarajan Memorial BC 53 bt AP Police, Chennai 38; SAI BC, Salem 54 bt South Zone Police, Madurai 34; Young Stars BC 88 bt Wings BC, Dindigul 48; BSNL Chennai 67 bt Gold Star BC, Nilakottai 58.

Anand shines

At Coimbatore, an unbeaten 78 by Anand Shankar enabled Coimbatore Friends Cricket Club score a four-wicket win over favourite Sri Ramakrishna Mills Sports Club in the semifinals of the Texcity Twenty20 cricket tournament at the GPT grounds here on Wednesday.

The scores: Semifinals: Red Diamonds CC 138 for eight in 20 overs lost to Friends RC 141 for five in 18.4 overs (Sivakumar 62); Ramakrishna Mills 144 for eight in 20 overs (K. Nazar 46) lost to Coimbatore Friends CC 145 for six in 18.4 overs (Anand Shankar 78 not out).

Premnath sparkles

Kikani MHSS students Premnath and Ramya clinched a triple title each in the 16th annual district level badminton tournament for the Sodaltech, SLV and Best Engineers rolling trophies at the Vidya Vikasini MHSS courts recently.

The results: Boys: U-10: Moulesh (Kikani MHSS) bt C.V. Thilak (Kikani) 21-6, 21-7; C.V. Thilak & Moulesh bt Munish Prabhu & Nandakumar (Kikani) 21-9, 21-7. U-13: Premnath (Kikani) bt R. Sundar (Kikani) 21-18, 21-17; D. Aravindh & Premnath bt R. Sundar & T. Abhishek 21-19, 21-16. U-16: R. Sundar (Kikani) bt Premnath 21-18, 21-19; Premanth & D. Aravindh bt R. Sundar & T. Abhishek 21-16, 21-19. U-19: Sreejesh (Laurel) bt R. Sundar 21-16, 21-19; Sreejesh & Ganesh (Laurel) bt Premnath & Aravindh (Kikani) 21-18, 21-17.

Girls: U-10: Sree Deepika (Keartiman) bt Madhuvi (Kikani) 21-11, 21-12; J. Janani & Madhuvi (Kikani) bt Sree Deepika & Mantra (Keartiman) 21-13, 21-10; U-13: Ramya (Kikani) bt S. Shruthi (Vidya Vikasini) 21-10, 21-15; Ramya & J. Janani (Kikani) bt S. Shruthi & Pooja (Vidya Vikasini) 21-11, 21-16; U-16: K. Sanghavi (Kikani) bt Ramya 21-17, 21-18; B. Ramya & K. Sanghavi bt P. Shruthi & Thrishtika (Keartiman) 21-6, 21-5. U-19: Sanghavi bt V. Chitradevi (Keartiman) 21-8, 21-17.