CHENNAI: A Aarif ’s 84 helped Chennai BSNL to beat Chennai Customs by 37 runs in the Venkateswara Cup, organised by TNCA on Thursday. After the league phase, IOB, IT, AG’s Office and Southern Railway entered the semis. Brief scores: CPT-IP (Turf) ground: TANGEDCO 75 in 19.3 ovs (B Gopi 5/5) lost to Tamil Nadu Postal 78/0 in 7.2 ovs; Chennai BSNL 173/3 in 20 ovs (A Aarif 84) bt Chennai Customs 136 in 19.4 ovs (N Sathya Narayanan Rao 3/14). Southern Railway ground: ICF 162/4 in 20 ovs (V Bharath Hariharan 68 n.o) bt Madras Port Trust 99/4 in 20 ovs; Reserve Bank 163/4 in 20 ovs (Sumant Jain 62 n.o) lost to Central Excise 167/4 in 19.3 ovs (J Gowjith Subash 73).
All-round display by Nirmal
An all-round display by PS Nirmal Kumar paved the way for YSCA A to thrash Korattur CC by 56 runs in the 48th All-India YSCA Trophy. Brief scores: YSCA A 187/3 in 30 ovs (P Raghavendra 55, PS Nirmal Kumar 41) bt Korattur CC 131 in 26.5 ovs (PS Nirmal Kumar 4/33, P Sanjay Kumar 3/32); YSCA B 195/7 in 30 ovs (L Siva Prasad 4/41) bt Compact Systems 168 in 29 ovs (K Muthupandi 4/35, G Sujith 3/44).
Dhaya cracks 50
Dhaya Sagar’s unbeaten 50 was the feature of Yes Kay Cricket Academy’s eight-wicket win over Little Hearts CA in an U-16 league round match of the LMCA Trophy at Little Masters - KVT grounds, Madhavaram. Brief scores: U-14: Madras Gladiator Cricket Academy B 42/6 in 20 ovs (B Chinmay 3/8) lost to Little Masters Cricket Academy A 46/0 in 5 ovs; Madras Gladiator CA A 74/6 in 20 ovs (K Jaswanth 3/10) lost to Savya Sachi CA 75/1 in 15.3 ovs. U-16: Little Hearts CA 81/9 in 20 ovs lost to Yes Kay CA 84/2 in 17.1 ovs (Dhaya Sagar 50 n.o).
Chess tourney
Sivgangai District Chess Association and Castle Chess Academy will organise the 30th Tamil Nadu State U-9 Open and girls chess championship at Chettinad Public School, Managiri, Karaikudi from May 8 to 12. For details contact: 9843136945.