Chennai: Avinash Upadhyay’s 109 went in vain as Milkyway CC lost to Sir Ashley Biggs Institute by 17 runs in the TNCA lower division league.
Chasing 233 for win, Milkyway was bowled out for 215. PK Pranav Gopalan was the star performer with the ball for Sir Ashely Biggs as he took six for 66.
Elsewhere, Manoj’s five for 36 paved the way for IAF (Tambaram) to record a 24-run win over United Friends CC.
BRIEF SCORES:
V – DIVISION ‘C’:
T V Sivaprakasam Memorial Sports Club 217 in 46.2 overs (R Dinesh Kumar 85, J Parthiban 43, P Bharathwaj 3/32) lost to Vijay’s Recreation Club 220/6 in 43.2 overs (T Shikeeshwar 47, RN Natesan 42)
Hunters XI 336/8 in 50 overs (PT Rama Rao 93, K Sukumar 55, M Vinith Kumar 52, S Sudhan Pargunan 47) bt Chennai Corporation Official Association 148 in 35.4 overs (M Devaraj 49, J Sanjay Prakash 44, Rishabh Sudhir 3/19)
Sir Ashley Biggs Institute 232/8 in 50 overs (MR Rejith 53, PS Gowtham Raaj 39, T Deeparasu 39) bt Milkyway Cricket Club 215 in 49.4 overs (Avinash Upadhyay 109, R Logesh 42, PK Pranav Gopalan 6/66, B Manikandan 3/48)
Venkat Cricket Club 202 in 40.4 overs (R Ram Kumar 57, Harish Sasi Kumar 3/35, Srijay V Srinivas 3/44, M Pradeep 3/59) lost to Gandhi Cricket Club 206/8 in 50 overs (K Anirudh 58, L Ramnath 45, K Prabhu 3/65)
IAF (Tambaram) 176 in 45.2 overs (Bharat Kumar Sahoo 71, Mahipal Singh 37, PB Madava Ramanaa 4/40, R Ajith Kumar 3/39) bt United Friends Cricket Club (Chengalpet) 152 in 47.5 overs (R Somasundaram 55, Manoj 5/36)
VI – DIVISION ‘A’:
Saidapet Gymkhana 152 in 25.1 overs (J Vimal Raj 57, D Mohan Kumar 31, MV Ganesh Kumar 3/24) lost to Madras Indians Cricket Club 155/4 in 28.3 overs (K Ram Kumar 32*)
Madras Fertilisers Limited Recreation Club 143 in 30 overs (R Richard 40, S Utsav Varadh 3/29, T Jayvelu 3/29) lost to South Indian Athletic Association 147/4 in 23.1 overs (S Ganesh 50, P Suriya Prakash 48*)
Egmore Club 234/9 in 30 overs (N Ganesh 59, A Deivaguru 43*, J Panneer Selvam 37, TM Hari Bashyam 4/49) bt Varsity Occasionals 52 in 24.4 overs (Y Sibi Chakravarthy 3/3, M Senthil Kumar 3/10).
VI – DIVISION ‘B’:
National Cricket Club 384/4 in 30 overs (S Devaneshwaran 109*, R Naveen 105, A Arun Aanand 88) bt Bank of India Sports and Recreation Club 148/4 in 27 overs (Prince Packianathan 100)
YMCA (Royapettah) 167/7 in 30 overs (T Prasanth 48, V Boopathi 4/48) bt Free Lancers Cricket Club 123 in 22.5 overs (V Boopathi 44*, D Sam Daniel Raj 3/19, S Kadirvel 3/39).