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Pradeep bowls well

Tirupur: V. Pradeep picked four for 10 in Sir Robert Stanes CC’s five-wicket win over Charms CC (Dharapuram) in the TNCA-DCAT first division league here recently.

The scores:

First division: Charms CC (Dharapuram) 81 in 26.5 overs (V. Pradeep four for 10) lost to Sir Robert Stanes 85 for five in 24.2 overs (Safiq four for 20).

Second division: Tirupur CC ‘A’ 188 in 50 overs (Babu 29, Sivaprakash 27) lost to KCC 189 for nine (Srikkanth 56, Selvam 26, Jaganathan four for 39).

Easy for GHSS (Athoor)

Government HSS (Athoor) defeated TPKN MS (Dindigul) by eight wickets and qualified for the semifinals of the PSNA Trophy inter-school U-16 cricket tournament in Dindigul on Friday.

The scores: Quarterfinals: TPKN MS 103 in 18.2 overs (Alan 25, Ramapandian four for 26) lost to GHSS (Athoor) 104 for two in 11.4 overs (P. Kalaiselvan 45 n.o.)

Pre-quarterfinals: GHSS (Kannivadi) 85 in 18.1 overs (T. Balamurugan five for 13) lost to GHSS (Vedasundur) 86 for one in 11.1 overs (Senthil Kumar 38); Thambithottam HSS (Gandhigram) 194 for three in 20 overs (J. Praveen 58, A.R. Ganapathy 53) bt St. Peters MS (Palani) 55 in 9.2 overs (Balaji five for 19); TPKN MS 160 for one in 20 overs (S. Babu 94 n.o., R. Mohammed Mustaq 36 n.o.) bt Soundararaja Vidhyalaya (Dindigul) 123 for nine in 20 overs (R. Vasanth Narayanan 28, Mohammed Saliq three for 19); GHSS (Eriodu) 90 in 11.2 overs (R. Rajasekar 44, Ramapandian three for 21) lost to GHSS (Athoor) 91 for one in 9.4 overs (Gunasekaran 26).

Prem is champion

S. Prem Prakash eased to a comfortable 5-1 (151-75, 150-82, 151-111,36-150, 150-79, 150-47) win over A. Elangovan in the final of the TNBSA State-level senior men’s billiards event held in Chennai on Wednesday.

While Prem’s win made him an 18-time winner here, Elangovan was making it to the final for the first time.While Prem’s win made him an 18-time winner here, Elangovan was making it to the final for the first time. The difference in experience reflected in the early exchanges as Prem repeatedly pulled away from his opponent at the start of each frame.

The 73-point gap in the first frame (at 111-35) and 58-point gap in the second (at 58-0) proved too big a gulf for Elangovan as Prem ran up a 2-0 lead in quick time.

The results (Final): S. Prem Prakash (SVS) bt Elangovan (SIAA) 5-1 (151-75, 150-82, 151-111,36-150, 150-79, 150-47).

Salem rallies to win

Salem boys rallied to beat Chennai 22-25, 25-20, 25-21 in a league match of the State sub-junior volleyball championship at PSNA CET in Dindigul on Friday.

Other results (league):

Boys: Tiruchi bt Cuddalore 26-24, 23-25, 25-13; Kancheepuram bt Villupuram 25-20, 23-25, 25-17; bt Virudhunagar 20-25, 25-10, 25-22; Tiruvarur bt Coimbatore 25-23, 25-22; Coimbatore bt Krishnagiri 25-22, 22-25, 25-23; Tiruchi bt Pudukkottai 25-10, 25-12; Tirunelveli bt Ramanathapuram 25-6, 25-1; bt Kanyakumari 25-15, 25-12; Erode bt Villupuram 25-10, 25-12; Erode bt Karur 25-16, 25-7; Chennai bt Tiruvannamalai 25-13, 25-15; Perambalur bt Nilgiris 25-5, 25-18; Dharmapuri bt Perambalur 25-21, 25-14; Tiruvallur bt Nilgiris 25-8, 25-7; Madurai bt Tuticorin 25-18, 25-14; Dindigul bt Madurai 25-19, 25-21.

Girls: Erode bt Kanyakumari 25-18, 25-11; Chennai bt Krishnagiri 23-25, 25-23, 25-14; Kancheepuram bt Madurai 25-12, 25-9; Chennai bt Karur 25-15, 25-14; bt Virudhunagar 25-9, 25-18; Coimbatore bt Kancheepuram 25-23, 25-23; bt Villupuram 20-25, 25-16, 25-12; Dindigul bt Coimbatore 25-19, 25-17; Madurai bt Villupuram 25-18, 25-19; Salem bt Nagapattinam 25-4, 25-15; bt Cuddalore 25-10, 25-4; Tirupur bt Tiruvallur 24-26, 25-17, 25-20; bt Nagapattinam 17-25, 25-19, 25-10; Nagapattinam bt Tiruvallur 25-22, 25-18.

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