Tanjore hammered Perambulur 6-0 and advanced to the second round of the Chief Minister’s Trophy football tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday. Trichy, Madurai and Dindigul also advanced, defeating Erode, Karur and Tiruvarur respectively.
In the women’s category, Chennai, Pudukottai, Trichy, Tiruvallur and Salem advanced to the second round.
Results: Men: Trichy bt Erode 2-0, Madurai bt Karur 3-0, Tanjore bt Perambulur 6-0, Dindigul bt Tiruvarur 4-0.
Women: Salem bt Tuticorn 6-0, Tiruvallur bt Vellore 11-0, Trichy bt Krishnagiri 5-0, Pudukottai bt Tirunelveli 3-0, Chennai bt Perambulur 7-0.
All-round show by Srivatsan
All-round display by AB Srivatsan (3 for 24, 54 no) helped PSBB Junior school, T Nagar, beat Devi Academy Sr Sec School by seven wickets in the TNCA–City schools U-14 cricket tournament for B Somasundaram Trophy.
Brief scores: Devi Academy Sr Sec School (Ch-87) 150-5 in 30 overs (N Venkata Krishna Prasad 58 no, V Rahul 42, AB Srivatsan 3-24) lost to PSBB Jr Sec School, T Nagar, 151-3 in 26.4 overs (S Abhishek 29, AB Srivatsan 54 no, S Arjun 25 no);
St Mary’s Mat Hr Sec School, Perambur (Ch-11) 140 in 29.3 overs (David Proudfoot 33, Arya Yohan Menon 3-35) bt Vaels International School, Injambakkam (Ch-115) 109 in 29.3 overs (Ashwin Ravishankar 28 no, Anirudh Pradeep 28, Yusuf 4-22);
Union Christian Hr Sec School (Ch-31) 171-9 in 30 overs (Mohammed Zufar 30, Akash Mills 56, Vaideesh 3-18) bt SBOA Mat Hr Sec School (Ch-101) 96-8 in 30 overs (M Visaal 25 no, Richard Barnabas 3-19);
St Bede’s AIHSS ‘A’, Mylapore (Ch-4) 176-6 in 30 overs (S Abishiek 39, Mohammed Adnan Khan 51 no, S Kalaiselvan 3-28) bt Dominic Savio MHSS, Mylapore (Ch-4) 59 in 29.1 overs (Mohammed Mustajah 29);
PSBB ‘A’, KK Nagar 95 in 29.4 overs (S Mano Balaji 5-11) bt Nellai Nadar MHSS, Kottivakkam (Ch-41) 49 in 19 overs (Akshay Giridhar 3-15);
St John’s Mat Hr Sec School (Ch-49) 153-6 in 30 overs (V. Prince Xavier 35, S Kishan Kumar 45, KN Siddarth 26) bt Sri Sankara Sr Sec School, Adyar (Ch-20) 73 in 22.1 overs (S Kishan Kumar 3-10);
St John’s English School & Jr College (Ch-90) 116 in 29.3 overs lost to Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram, Kilpauk 118-5 in 24 overs (Premal M Joshi 50);
St Michael’s Academy MHSS, Adyar (Ch-20) 73 in 28.1 overs (E. Ragavendar 30, P Ajith Kumar 3-9) lost to Santhome Hr Sec School ‘A’, Mylapore 74-1 in 15.1 overs (D Aditya Barooah 40).
Diana To Lead SZ
Diana David will lead the South Zone women’s team in the inter-zonal one-day limited overs cricket tournament at Indore from Dec 1 to 7.
Team: Diana David (captain), Niranjana Nagarajan (Vice-Captain), MD Thirush Kamini, Karuna Jain (wk), Mamtha Kanojia, Shravathi Krishnamurthy, Sunita Anand (wk), Anusha Prabakaran, S Asha, Shika Pandey, Soujanyanath, CV Swetha, PV Sudha Rani, T Shani, Sunanda Yethrekar.
Team Officials: Manager: K Pushpavathy; Coach: K Hema Maalini.