After restricting Dorairaj Memorial to 131 thanks to Kaviarasan’s effort, Comrades struggled in its pursuit before scraping home.
Chennai:
M Kaviarasan’s mesmerising spell of eight for 25 paved the way for Comrades Cricket Club to record a thrilling two-wicket win over Dorairaj Memorial CC in the TNCA fifth division league. After restricting Dorairaj Memorial to 131 thanks to Kaviarasan’s effort, Comrades struggled in its pursuit before scraping home. Elsewhere, riding on centuries from D Prashanth Prabhu (133) and Kedar Hemant Devdhar (121), United Friends CC cruised to a 55-run win over Sir Theagaraya RC. Set to chase 302, Sir Theagaraya was bowled out for 246.
Brief scores: II-DIVISION ‘ELITE’
Swaraj Cricket Club 288/5 in 50 overs (A Aarif 120*, S Vasanth Saravanan 81, Y Sunny Kumar Singh 30) lost to Parry’s Sports and Recreation Club 293/5 in 48.4 overs (Sheldon Jackson 139, Varun Narendar 41, R Mithun 34*, Aashish Srikrishnan 33*); Southern Railway Institute 235/8 in 50 overs (Jafar Jamal 55, P Hari Raj 37, H Khadar Basha 36, P Prashanth 30) lost to DSS Club 238/6 in 46.3 overs (S Sujay 60, Abhinav Bali 51*, Daryl S Ferrario 38, S Senthil Nathan 35, A Baskar 3/24); AG’s Office Recreation Club 210 in 45.2 overs (S Ashwin Balaj 53, S Parameeswaran 39, RD Ashwin Kumar 35, PS Nirmal Kumar 4/35, MS Sailesh 3/43) bt Aruna Cricket Club 135 in 35.2 overs (R Vimal Khumar 67, RD Ashwin Kumar 3/22) II-DIVISION ‘PLATE’
SPIC Recreation Club 193 in 49.3 overs (G Surender 57, S Vigneshwaran 32, A Godwin Rubesh 30, J Joel Joseph 3/36) lost to Indian Overseas Bank Staff Club 194/3 in 39.1 overs (Abhishek M Hegde 89*, Andimani Ganga Pradeep 60*); ICF Sports Asssociation 269/9 in 50 overs (S Omesh 75, R Jayachandran 60, A Ganesh Kumar 50, Prashanth K Varma 3/52) bt Triplicane Sports Club 262 in 49.5 overs (MS Promoth 90, SP Nathan 43, D Rohit 38, A Ganesh Kumar 4/36); United Friends Cricket Club (T. Nagar) 301/6 in 50 overs (D Prashanth Prabhu 133, Kedar Hemant Devdhar 121) bt Sir Theagaraya Recreation Club 246 in 47.3 overs (M Abhinava Sundar 51, Pratham Singh 49, R Kathiresan 38, K Mani Bharathy 31, MK Siva Kumar 3/50) III-DIVISION ‘B’
Indian Bank Sports and Recreation Club 207 in 50 overs (Mitchell Anthony Mannays 70, D Mohsin Basha 39, Sachin Omprakash Katariya 30, T Ramesh Thangaraj 5/40) bt Bunts Cricket Club 110 in 39 overs (J Vignesh 5/28); Southern Railway Sports Association 149 in 41.1 overs (M Arul 3/41, E Gopal 3/48) lost to Rising Stars Cricket Club 151/4 in 25 overs (B Nishaanth 58*, R Yokesh Kumar 31) V-DIVISION ‘D’
Shivaji Cricket Club 126 in 43.3 overs (B Srinivasan 32, G Raju 4/44, V Kishore 4/26) lost to Vepery Cricket Club 128/4 in 24.3 overs (TD Mithilesh 45, K Sachin 38*); Nungambakkam Sports Club 162 in 48.2 overs (T Chandru 44) lost to Eccentrics Cricket Club 166/6 in 30.2 overs (R Siva Shankar 39*, N Karthick 38, N Siva 34, M Vijayakumar 3/37); National Recreation Club 172 in 34.5 overs (R Suresh Kumar 40, V Sriram 6/71, Mohammed Yasin Babu 4/62) lost to Globe Cricket Club 173/6 in 44.4 overs (P Siva Subramaniyan 37, M Thamarai Selvan 35); Triplicane United Club 239 in 49.5 overs (V Madhan 54, K Sampath Kumar 51, T Dilip Kumar 36, S Soorya Raj 31) bt Chennai P&T Audit Recreation Club 159 in 43.3 overs (K Kanibalan 37, R Senthamarai Kannan 36, K Sampath Kumar 4/25); Dorairaj Memorial Cricket Club 131 in 41.1 overs (K Silambarasan 32, M Kaviarasan 8/25) lost to Comrades Cricket Club 132/8 in 33.2 overs (WA William Rejash 35, SM Beaulet Julin 3/40, M Syed Ibrahim 3/45) V-DIVISION ‘E’
Ashok Leyland Athletic Association 95 in 33 overs (S Gopal 31, S Nikhil Viswanath 4/27) lost to George Town United Club 99 for no loss in 9.2 overs (Sudharsana Moorthi 69*); Egmore Excelsiors 283 in 46 overs (J Karan 123, M Subanandhan 37, L Naveen 5/93, Aswin Sukumaran 4/43) bt Netaji Cricket Club 277/8 in 50 overs (C Nuthan Prasad 64, R Sriram 63*, S Sridharan 53, P Murugan 34, M Subanandhan 3/81, S Jayavarshan 3/80)