Chennai: R Thameem Ansari took a fifer as he helped his team, Sir Theyagaraja Recreation Club, register a five-wicket win over ICF Sports Association in TNCA Second division ‘plate’ match, recently.
Batting first, ICF Sports Association was all out in 49.2 overs, thanks to Thamim’s five-wicket haul, managing to score 235. Chasing 236, riding on half-centuries from R Kathiresan and M Abhinava Sundar, STRC chased the total in 48th over with five wickets in hand.
Brief scores:
II-DIVISION ‘PLATE’
ICF Sports Association 235 in 49.2 overs (S. Vignesh 79, S.R. Sriee Vignesh Rao 63 not out, A. Ganesh Kumar 37, R. Thameem Ansari 5 for 40) lost to Sir Theagaraya Recreation Club 236 for 5 in 47.4 overs (R. Kathiresan 55, M. Abhinava Sundar 52, D. Sudhan 47, L. Nazerene Peter Franklin 3 for 43)
SPIC Recreation Club 288 for 9 in 50 overs (Manish Golamaru 89, M. Dinesh Veda Guru 46, D.V. Pranaush 3 for 57) beat United Friends Cricket Club (T. Nagar) 268 for 9 in 50 overs (D. Prashanth Prabhu 100, T. Shakthi Eshwar 37, R. Vivek 32, Shaik Kamaruddin 3 for 51, S. Vigneshwaran 3 for 49)
Triplicane Sports Club 199 in 43.5 overs (M.S. Promoth 71, M.E. Tamil Dhileepan 51, T. Selvaganapathy 32, K. Bharat Reddy 3 for 39, S. Tarun Srinivas 3 for 40) lost to Indian Overseas Bank Staff Club 202 for 4 in 42.2 overs (C.S.D. Sri Rangan 52 not out, K. Bharat Reddy 49, S. Tarun Srinivas 35, P. Nirmal Kumar 31, K.M. Sharan 3 for 43)
II-DIVISION ‘ELITE’
Parry’s Sports and Recreation Club 212 in 44.3 overs (Aashish Srikrishan 64, Varun Narendar 36, R. Mithun 32, K. Vignesh 3 for 45, A.C. Prathiban 3 for 20) beat AG’s Office Recreation Club 147 in 35.5 overs (M. Adithyan 58, R. Mithun 4 for 19, Aashish Srikrishnan 4 for 32)
Swaraj Cricket Club 208 in 50 overs (V.A. Jagadeesh 57, S. Vasanth Saravanan 42, R. Karthikeyan 4 for 37) beat DSS Club 158 in 40.4 overs (Daryl S Ferrario 86, E.S. Dheena Dhayalu 5 for 42)
Aruna Cricket Club 285 for 7 in 50 overs (Ali Murtuza 76, A. Sarathraj 41, R. Vimal Khumar 39) beat Southern Railway Institute 254 for 8 in 50 overs (H. Khadar Basha 62, S. Raghunath 51, P. Hari Raj 34, B. Kamalanathan 32, P. Elaya Raja 3 for 50, M.S. Sailesh 3 for 50)
V-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF
National Recreation Club 150 in 45.3 overs (R. Suresh Kumar 59, C. Marimuthu 5 for 27, K. Sukumar 3 for 54) beat Hunters XI 102 in 39.3 overs (S. Sudhan Pargunan 38, R. Suresh Kumar 3 for 36, V. Murali 3 for 10)
V-DIVISION RELEGATION PLAY-OFF
Shivaji Cricket Club 289 in 47.4 overs (G. Ajith Kumar 133 (94b, 12×4, 8×6), M. Abdul Raqeeb 45, S. Senthil Kumar 34, S. Arvinda 4 for 47, K. Suriya Prakash 3 for 42) beat Jai Hind Cricket Club 162 in 34.5 overs (S. Senthil Kumar 5 for 31, A. Saravanan 3 for 33)