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Vishnu and Sandeep hog the limelight

KOCHI: Central Zone’s P.M. Vishnu (101) and South mediumpacer Sandeep (six for 43) shared the honours in the Kerala State under-19 inter-zone cricket championship here on Friday. However, the day’s two matches ended in a draw.

The scores: Central 311 for six & 250 in 54.4 overs (P.M. Vishnu 101, Nihal Unni 71, E.A. Irshad five for 32) v North 149 in 39.3 overs (Velgin Baby 33) & 34 for two in 10 overs. Match drawn at St. Paul’s College (Central 3 pts); South 231 & 143 for eight in 45 overs (Sachin Mohan 45, Vipin Chatterjee three for 40) v Combined Districts XI 165 in 56.2 overs (Monish Jayan 41, Saddam A. Das 40, Sandeep six for 43). Match drawn at BPCL Kochi Refinery Ground (South 3 pts).

Viraj advances

Coronation Club’s Viraj Ruparel, making a comeback after three years, defeated Kottayam YMCA’s Anil Kuruvilla 297-227 to enter the semifinals of the 49th State senior billiards championship at the Regional Sports Centre, here on Friday.

Meanwhile, the host club’s Akhil Johnson, a second year B.Com student of Bharatha Matha College, retained the junior billiards and snooker titles on Thursday.

The results: Senior billiards semifinals (90 minutes): Viraj Ruparel (Coronation, Mattancherry) bt Anil Kuruvilla (YMCA, Kottayam) 297-227.

Junior billiards final (45 minutes): Akhil Johnson (RSC) bt Taral D. Shah (Lotus) 174-71. Semifinals: Akhil bt Arjun George Eapen (Lotus) 127-47; Taral Shah bt Chacko Joseph (RSC) 82-32.

Junior snooker final (best of 3 frames): Akhil Johnson (RSC) bt Hussain Cochinwala (Coronation) 55-31, 36-28. Semifinals: Akhil bt Yash Shah (Lotus, Ernakulam) 62-28; Hussain bt Taral Shah 45-17.

VPS HSS wins

At Thiruvananthapuram, VPS HSS (Venganoor) won the TDCA under-16 inter-district cricket tournament on Friday, defeating SMV Model HSS (Thiruvananthapuram) by four runs in a thrilling match.

Batting first, VPS set a challenging target of 221 for SMV.

The Thiruvananthapuram side suffered a collapse and was staring at defeat when a rollicking 100-run eighth-wicket stand between Krishnaraj and Lopez George brought them close to victory.

The scores (final):

VPS HSS, Venganoor 220 for nine in 35 overs (S.S. Vishnu 77, R.O. Vishnu 31, Akhil Raj three for 35) bt SMV Model HSS, Thiruvananthapuram 216 in 30.1 overs (Krishnaraj 61).

SKVC posts win

At Thrissur, Host Sree Kerala Varma College started its campaign on a winning note in SKVC all-India inter-collegiate basketball tournament on Friday.

SKVC scored a comfortable 81-60 win over SIET, Madurari in a league match.

In the women’s section, S.Mary’s, Thrissur scored a 52-37 win over Assumption College, Changanassery.

The results (league): Men: SKVC, Thrissur 81 (Amal James 26, Eudrick Pereira 20) bt SIET, Madurai 60 (Sasikumar 22, Puranivel Rajan 21); MCC, Calicut 69 (Boney Mathew 16, Robin James 13) bt Karunya University 50 (Thiyagarajan 11).

Karunya Univeristy 63 (Dibumon 30, Satheesh 11) bt SKR Engineering College Chennai 39 (Ramesh 14 Mohan Kumar 10); Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram 74 (Anoop Devasia 19, V.G.Ajeth 13) bt MCC, Calicut 33 (Boney Mathew 10, Sajeer 10).