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Raghavendran, Senthil share the spoils as Parry’s overwhelms Eagles

Chennai: Off-spinner N. Raghavendran and left-arm spinner S. Senthil Kumar came up with ten-wicket match hauls as Parry’s defeated Eagles by 138 runs at the Murugappa-TI Cycles ground on the third day of the seventh round in the TNCA first division league here on Saturday.

A valuable 161 (211b, 23x3, 2x6) by Amit Pathak saved the match for IOB against Indian Bank at the MRF-Pachaiyappa’s ground. Trailing by 204 and beginning the day at 29 for two, IOB was dismissed for 294 late on day three, leaving Indian Bank with little time to force a win.

Grand Slam held on to a draw against Globe Trotters at the ICL-Guru Nanak ground, progressing to 256 for six in its second innings when play concluded. Trotters was docked a point for slow over rate.

Vijay gains lead

With left-arm spinner Sreekumar Nair returning a five-wicket haul, Vijay dismissed India Pistons for 266 to gain the first innings lead at the CPT-IP ground. For the host, Vikram Mani made 88 (159b, 14x4) and S. Lakshmi Kumar contributing 64 (162b, 4x4, 3x6).

At the IIT-Chemplast ground, Aruna — with Noorul-Riaz (62, 227b, 6x4) and Aaditya Ganesh (63, 165b, 11x4) contributing usefully — salvaged a draw against Jolly Rovers. The visitor finished at 216 for five.

Sadagopan Ramesh scored 80 (115b, 4x4, 3x6) at MAC as Young Stars denied Alwarpet an outright win, progressing to 234 for six in its second innings.

The scores:

At Muruguppa-TI Cycles: Parry’s 277 & 119 for seven in 28 overs (Wilkins Victor four for 30) bt Eagles 143 in 57.1 overs (N. Raghavendraan five for 78, S. Senthil Kumar five for 45) & 115 in 37 overs (Raghavendran five for 63, Senthil Kumar five for 48). Parry’s 8 points; Eagles 0.

At ICL-Guru Nanak: Grand Slam 162 & 256 for six in 92 overs (X. Thalaivan Sargunam 43, A.C. Prathiban 41, E. Ashwin 48) drew with Globe Trotters 292. Trotters 4 (penalised a point for slow over rate), Grand Slam 2.

At CPT-IP: Vijay 472 for six decl. drew with India Pistons 266 in 109.4 overs (Vikram Mani 88, S. Lakshmi Kumar 64, Sreekumar Nair five for 83). Vijay 5; India Pistons 2.

At IIT-Chemplast: Aruna 246 & 216 for five in 90 overs (Noorul Riaz 62, Aadiya Ganesh 63) drew with Jolly Rovers 335. Rovers 5; Aruna 2.

At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: IOB 113 & 294 in 101.2 overs (A.S.K. Varma 40, Amit Pathak 161, V. Rajnikanth four for 94) drew with Indian Bank 317 for eight decl. Indian Bank 5; IOB 2.

At MAC: Young Stars 169 & 234 for six in 75.5 overs (S. Ramesh 80) drew with Alwarpet 274. Alwarpet 5; Young Stars 2.

Ashwin shines

M. Ashwin (four for 18) enabled Santhome ‘A’ script a 10-wicket win over Vidya Mandir ‘A’ in a quarterfinal league match of the TNCA-Boost city schools under-17 cricket tournament for C. Ramaswamy Trophy held recently.

In another contest, Rochin’s four for 16 helped St. Patrick’s overcome DAV by six wickets.

The scores:

Vidya Mandir ‘A’ 94 in 33 overs (M. Ashwin four for 18) lost to Santhome ‘A’ 95 for no loss in 11.3 overs (S.S. Pon Xavier 50 n.o., R.D. Ashwin Kumar 38 n.o.).

St. Bede’s ‘A’ 185 for nine in 50 overs (M. Haaris Farvaz 64 n.o., Vignesh M. Mohan 29, R. Rohith 28, Mohan Raj four for 47) bt Govt. HSS 116 in 36 overs (Govindaraj 42, Ram Kumar 31).

DAV 105 in 41 overs (P. Sanjay 36, Rochin four for 16, N. Aravind three for 16) lost to St. Patrick’s 106 for four in 21.4 overs (U. Sasi Dev 55 n.o., Suraj Patel four for 25).

PSBB (K.K. Nagar) 161 in 45.2 overs (D.S. Girish 29, Kiran Kashyap 33, A. Sachin Kumar 25, V.S. Sudarshan 25, R. Deepak three for 23, V. Sivarama Krishnan three for 15) bt Vyasa Vidyalaya 132 in 45 overs (S. Uday Praveen 35, R. Aasish Kumar 34 n.o., M. Athreya three for 22, Kiran Kashyap three for 23).

St. Bede’s reigns

St. Bede’s defeated Santhome HSS by 48 runs in the final of the Goms city invitation inter-school cricket tournament recently.

Special awards: Player of the series: B. Inderjith (St. Bede’s); Best batsman: Ganga Sridhar Raju (Santhome); Best bowler: Selva (Santhome); Promising youngster: Kaushik U. Ram (Chettinad Vidyashram).

The scores:

Final: St. Bede’s 174 for six in 40 overs (Leonard Bruno 41, W.S. Balaji 41, B. Inderjith 43, Jai Ganesh three for 27) bt Santhome HSS 126 in 34.5 overs (Ricky Jones 34, Bharat Shanker three for 34). Player of the Match: Inderjith (St. Bede’s).

Semifinals:

Chettinad Vidyashram 109 for seven in 25 overs (Abhishek Mehra 35, Jitinder three for 30, B. Inderjith three for 16) lost to St. Bede’s 112 for two in 22 overs (Leonard Bruno 41 not out, W.S. Balaji 25). Player of the match: Inderjith (St. Bede’s).

Santhome 207 for six in 30 overs (Ganga Sridhar Raju 62, Vishnu 71) bt Don Bosco MHSS 71 for nine in 30 overs (Abdul 35 not out).

Freedom BC posts win

Freedom BC defeated Vigneshwara BC 61-47 on the opening day of the All-Star Trophy basketball tournament at Corporation ground, Venkatnarayana Road, on Saturday.

The results:

Men: Freedom BC 61 (Murugesh 20, Sathish 16, Logeshraja 10, Esha 10) bt Vigneshwara BC 47 (Ranjith 19, Ragav 12, Rohit 10).

Women: IOB AllStar BC 74 (Jayamala 33, Vishnupriya 13, Jeyachitra 10) bt Slammers BC 47 (Divya 25, Jananipinki 10).

Johnny pips Sunder

Qualifying matches of the T.S. Santhanam memorial veteran’s tennis tournament began on Saturday.

Six plus 55 and 15 plus 45 singles matches were conducted. In one of the exciting plus 45 first round qualifying matches, Johnny of Andhra Pradesh edged out C.S. Sunder (Tamil Nadu) 9-6.

Twenty meet marks set

Twenty new meet records — 12 by boys and eight by girls — were created on the second and penultimate day of the Tamil Nadu short-course age-group swimming championship at the SDAT-Dolphin Academy, Mogappair West, on Saturday. Twenty-four meet records were made on Friday.

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