Chennai: Defending a modest total of 130, Sir Theagaraya RC found its saviour in bowler S Manigandan who starred with the ball taking six for 28 to dismiss Triplicane SC to 124, thereby handing his team a six-run win in the TNCA lower division league.
In another low-scoring match, Madras United Club’s Darshan Khicha rose to the occasion taking six for 44 to bowl his team to a 22-run win over Jubilee CC.
Brief scores:
II-DIVISION ‘A’: Sir Theagaraya Recreation Club 130 in 39.2 overs (Pratham Singh 44, S Rithik Easwaran 40, Jikendra V Jadhav 3/23, Prashanth K Varma 3/21) bt Triplicane Sports Club 124 in 31 overs (T Selvaganapathy 31, S Manigandan 6/28).
IV-DIVISION ‘A’: Bharathi Cricket Club 103 in 38 overs (N Sunil Krishna 51, Ela Porco 4/43) lost to Park Town Recreation Club 107/2 in 21.3 overs (CB Pasupathan 45*, M Boopathy Vaishna Kumar 31); State Bank of India Recreation Club 195/9 in 50 overs (M Anand 56, A Badrinath 43, K Dhilepan 42, KM Harish 31, Vikraman Narayana Sami 3/60) bt Book Sellers XI 177 in 47 overs (B Tamil Selvan 69, S Manoj Prabhakar 36, V Bhuvaneshwar 6/34); Galaxy Sports Club 53 in 23.1 overs (SR Karthikeyan 4/14, B Gopi 3/21) lost to Madras Emmanuel Cricket Club 55/1 in 9.2 overs; Gandhi Nagar Starlets Cricket Club 89 in 34.3 overs (S Sabarinathan 4/26) lost to Madras Aryan Club 91/1 in 9.5 overs (VP Subash 50, S Vijay 37*).
IV-DIVISION ‘D’: Youngsters Cricket Club 178 in 44.5 overs (T Manoj Kumar 54, R Karthik 38, Akash Dev Kumar 5/45, G Bharath 3/46) lost to Kohinoor XI 180/7 in 47 overs (SJ Mahathevan 44*, S Sanjay 38, M Ragavan 31, J Kathiravan 4/33); City Central League 220/7 in 50 overs (Syed Sadiq Pasha 53, MF Jim Israel 53, D Thiyagarajan 3/52) bt Gems Cricket Club 125 in 43.1 overs (V Rupesh 53, R Kaushik 51*, B Vinoth Kumar 4/17, MD Saad Hussain 3/24); Purasawalkam Cricket Club 68 in 24 overs (Ravindran John 40, K Surendar 3/28, WNA Mohammad Rahim 3/10) lost to Fox Trotters Cricket Club 69/1 in 17.1 overs (R Francis Frankfort 39*); Sridhar Cricket Club 204/6 in 50 overs (J Karthik 48, M Anbu 46*, K Aditya Vikram 36, V Arunkumar 3/49) lost to Triplicane Cricket Club 205/8 in 47.4 overs (S Saravanan 43, NR Aravindh 39, M Anbu 3/30); Madras United Club 160 in 47.2 overs (Prateek Bokaria 33, Anish S Wadhwa 30, J Michael Antony 4/23, S Harish 3/33) bt Jubilee Cricket Club 138 in 41.4 overs (S Manchanda Singh 51, Darshan Khicha 6/44, Prateek Bokaria 3/46).
V-DIVISION ‘A’: Air India Sports Club 217 in 48.5 overs (N Guruprasad 54*, V Lokesh Babu 47, D Gopinath 37, R Sathish Kumar 3/40) lost to Perambur United Club 221/7 in 39 overs (RS Murali Mohan 79, SD Suresh Kumar 77, M Kaushik 7/55); Triplicane Recreation Club 218/9 in 50 overs (T Ashwin 69, M Rahul Rangarajan 56, S Vasanthraj 30, M Huzefa 5/51) bt Youth Centre Cricket Club 165 in 43.2 overs (Mustansir Rohawala 52, Hussain J Darbar 30, R Yogender Sharma 5/33)