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Narayan excels

Theni: A fine century by M. Lakshman Narayan (107, 108b, 9x4, 1x6), his second successive century in two days and a five-wicket haul by I. Vijay five for 33 helped Theni defeat Tirunelveli by 10 runs, for its second win in the TNCA inter-district under-22 cricket tournament here on Friday.

The scores: At Theni: Theni 222 in 45.5 overs (M. Lakshman Narayan 107 bt Tirunelveli 212 for nine in 50 overs (Suderaraj 50, Pradeep 58, I. Vijay five for 33); Ramanathapuram 87 in 33.5 overs (Naresh Babu four for 14) lost to Vellore 91 for three in 12.3 overs (Naveen 52 n.o.).

At Dindigul: Dindigul 166 in 40.2 overs (M. Mohamed Rafik 50, K.A. Dayanithi five for 67) bt Madurai 118 in 37.1 overs; Tiruchi 81 in 37.2 overs (S. Harimani four for 21) lost to Salem 85 for five in 20 overs. (Dindigul and Tiruchi qualified for the second stage).

At Karaikudi: Thiruvarur 263 for nine in 50 overs (Kavi Arasau 56, Sivakumar 49, Sampath four for 49) bt Virudhunagar 197 for nine in 50 overs (Christopher 76, Sasikumar four for 38); Karur 259 for eight in 50 overs (Ganesan 90, Saravanan 92) bt Sivagangai 220 for nine in 50 overs (Selva Ganapathy 115). (Sivagangai and Thiruvarur qualified for the second stage).

At Nagercoil: Perambalur 108 in 32.3 overs (Godson five for 24) lost to Kanyakumari 109 for two in 14.5 overs (Sahaya Babin 50 n.o.); Pudukottai 184 in 48.5 overs (S. Veerapandian 53) bt Krishnagiri 125 in 37.5 overs (A. Balakrishnan 45, J.E. Kennedy six for 25). (Kanyakumari and Pudukottai qualified for the second stage).

At Coimbatore: Kancheepuram 250 for three in 50 overs (Vijay Shankar 107, S. Ashwin Kumar 56, A.C. Pradeep 45 n.o.) bt Thanjavur 109 in 35.2 overs; Coimbatore 118 in 37.3 overs (Vinod five for 29) lost to Nilgiris 119 for nine in 30.3 overs.

At Neyveli: Tuticorin 229 for eight in 50 overs (Tirumani 54, Arun Kumar 53, Marimuthu 42) bt Villupuram 72 in 22.3 overs (K. Shiva six for 32). (Tuticorin and Villupuram qualified for the next stage)

At Cuddalore: Cuddalore 192 in 45 overs (Balaji 58, Santosh 58, Manjunath four for 33) bt Dharmapuri 70 in 26 overs (Mathan five for 26); At Nagapattinam: Nagapattinam 211 in 48.2 overs (Vigneshpathy 52, Vivek 50) bt Tiruvannamalai 97 in 35.3 overs (Jaikumar six for 49); Puducherry 209 for nine in 50 overs (Thennavan 46) bt Namakkal 135 in 24.5 overs (Karthik 52).

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