Chennai: S Sabeer (5/53) bagged a five-wicket haul as Venkat Cricket Club defeated Triplicane Cosmopolitan Club by six wickets in the TNCA Fifth Division ‘E’ match here.
Batting first, Triplicane was skittled out for 170, thanks to Sabeer’s stunning spell. Venkat cruised to its target in just 40.2 overs, losing only four wickets in the process. In another match,
Triplicane Friends United Cricket Club got the better of C Appaiah Chettiar Memorial Cricket Club by seven wickets.
Brief scores:
IV-DIVISION ‘C’: City Central League 190 for 8 in 40 overs (Prithivirajan Mohan 60, J Sam Immanel Lazar 35, G Agilesh Raghav 30) lost to Madras Emmanuel 192 for 6 in 34.2 overs (S
Mohamed Ali 82, V Saravana Guru 35*);
Vigneswara CC 219 in 49.5 overs (KR Shrreyas Raghavan 53, G Ramaswamy 34, S Logesh 4/47, S Vijayakumar 3/54) lost to Kohinoor XI 220 for 9 in 49.1 overs (K Ajayashankar 79, KR Shrreyas Raghavan 4/57, CS Santosh 3 for 55);
V-DIVISION ‘E’: Triplicane Cosmopolitan Club 170 in 49.2 overs (V Prasanna Srinivasan 44, S Sabeer 5/53, R Ram Kumar 3/33) lost to Venkat CC 175 for 4 in 40.2 overs (S Senthil Kumar 81*); C Appaiah Chettiar Memorial CC 137 for 7 in 38 overs (B Mohan 46*) lost to Triplicane Friends United CC 138 for 3 in 23.4 overs (B Bharathiraja 77*).