Vignesh stars in St Bede’s victory
CHENNAI:Vignesh S Iyer’s 141 paved the way for St Bede’s to beat St Patrick’s by 120 runs in the Suryoday Serenity Cup under-19 schools cricket tournament.
Brief scores: St. Bede’s 343/6 in 50 ovs (Vignesh S Iyer 141, Shubhang Mishra 69, S Rithik Eashwaran 45, Sri Abishek 36, Rajaganapathy S 3/62) bt St Patrick 223/5 in 50 ovs (M Rushil Kumar 84, Sabarinath N 56, Dhruv S 32 n.o). DAV Mogappair 83 in 27.2 ovs (Sidarth Suresh 3/8, Nishant R 3/13) lost to Chettinad Vidyashram 85/1 in 8.5 ovs (Arjun P Murthy 48 n.o). PSSB, KK Nagar 210 in 49.5 ovs (Srihari 34, Vasisht 32, Sathvik Athmaraman 4/47, Sandeep Praveen Kumar 3/25) bt Modern Senior Secondary School 149 in 43.1 ovs (Aravind Akshan 52, Sathvik Athmaraman 34, Nakul Madhan 4/25). PS Senior 148 in 48.1 ovs (Arnav Chauhan 51, Vimal Khumar 4/21, Harsh Devev A 3/20) lost to Santhome HSS 152/1 in 19.5 ovs (Karthick Manikandan 71 n.o, Aadi Shankar 47).
Fine Star-Parthasarathy final
Riding on K Bharath Kumar’s fifty Fine Star CA trounced MAS CC by 43 runs in the semifinals of the 9th Gopu Memorial T20 tournament.
Brief scores: Semifinals: Fine Star CA 165 in 20 ovs (K Bharath Kumar 50, G Gokul 49, A Deepak 4/34, VG Deenadayalan 3/30) bt MAS CC 122/9 in 20 ovs (S Aravind 3/19) Parthasarathy MCC 129/7 in 20 ovs tied with Standard CC 129/8 in 20 ovs (DP Prabhu 29, V Aakash 3/18). Note: Parthasarathy MCC qualified by virtue of losing less wickets.
14th Lucas TVS Trophy
B Praneesh’s 62 helped Apollo Tyres beat Michelin Tyres by 59 runs in 14th Lucas TVS Thiruvvalur DCA Trophy semifinal. In another match, Samsung India thrash Wheels India.
Semifinals: Apollo Tyres 171 in 29.5 ovs (B Praanesh 62, U Sathish 26, Immanuel P James 3/24) bt Michelin Tyres 116 in 24 ovs (AP Raj 4/27). Samsung India 176 in 29.4 ovs (A Sathya 40, D Alexander David Raj 3/43, C Sathiya Kumar 4/54) lost to Wheels India 177/4 in 26.4 ovs (D Magesh 50, Karampal Jangra 69).