CHENNAI: K Mukunth scored 100 for Globe Trotters, but spinner Rahil Shah took five wickets to help Vijay CC take the first-innings lead and five points in an Elite Group match of the TNCA senior division league on Wednesday.
Youngsters Mukunth and Washington Sundar (95) shared a second-wicket partnership of 184 in 66.4 overs. When Sundar got out, Globe Trotters were 200 for one in 72.3 overs. They were all out in 22.3 overs after that.
Left-armer Shah and off-spinner Malolan Rangarajan shared nine wickets. Barring Mukunth and Sundar, none entered double figures.
At IIT, Jolly Rovers set Youngstars a target of 309 runs in a minimum of 73 overs. Despite Ganesh Satish (88) leading the chase, they suddenly lost wickets before the ninth-wicket pair of Victor (33 not out) and Goutham (31 not out) played out 11.1 overs to force a draw.
Brief scores: Elite Group: At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 194 & 243-4 (K H Gopinath 54, J Syed Mohammed 89 no, Ankeet Bawne 57 no; M Suresh Babu 3-73) drew with Youngstars 129 & 243-8 (Ganesh Satish 88; D T Chandrasekar 4-72). Points: Jolly Rovers 5 (11), Youngstars 2 (9).
At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Vijay CC 524-7 decl & 3-0 drew with Globe Trotters 255 (K Mukunth 100, M S Washington Sundar 95; Rahil Shah 5-63, Malolan Rangarajan 4-66). Points: Vijay 5 (18), Globe Trotters 2 (6).
At Murugappa: Alwarpet 417 drew with Grand Slam 250 (N Jagadeesan 57; J Kaushik 4-56, Vikas Mishra 4-110). Points: Alwarpet 5 (13), Grand Slam 2 (5).
Plate Group: At Southern Railway: Southern Railway Institute 206 (Mitchell Anthony Mannays 82, S Sundhan Sanjeevi Kandepan 54; R Sai Kishore 6-56) drew with AG’s Office 128-3 (M Adithyan 61 no). Points: AGORC 3 (11), SRI 3 (5).
At SPIC-YMCA: IOB 175 (K Vishal Vaidhya 74; Ali Murtuza 5-62) drew with Aruna 174-8 (K Syed Shahabuddin 72 no; R Karthikeyan 3-59, J Joel Joseph 3-35). Points: IOB 3 (11), Aruna 3 (8).
At CPT-IP: India Pistons 310 (G V Vignesh 60, Ganapathy Chandrasekar 53; Vignesh M Mohan 4-67, M Raja 3-70) drew with UFCC T Nagar 113/1. Points: UFCC 3 (14), India Pistons 3 (10).
Doveton Corrie Best
S Pradeep Chakravarthy’s 64 and Allen’s three for 26 helped Doveton Corrie beat Nellai Nadar in the Agarwal Vidyalaya inter-school cricket tournament final at St Bede’s grounds.
Brief scores: Doveton Corrie 131-6 in 20 ovs (S Pradeep Chakravarthy 64, David Proud Foot 34) bt Nellai Nadar 108 in 19.3 ovs (V Rupesh 37; Allen 3-26, Jishnu Kumar 2-26, Tharun Kumar 2-2). MoM: Allen. Man of the Series: S Pradeep Chakravarthi (Doveton). Best bowler: Tharun Krishnan (Doveton Corrie). Best batsman: C Barath (St Mary’s). Best fielder: R Balasubramani (Sri Nellai Nadar). Best wicketkeeper: David Proud Foot (Doveton). Best all-rounder: Mohd H Saffiullah (Sri Nellai Nadar). Most promising player: Naman Jain (Agarwal Vidyalaya). Fair Play Trophy: Agarwal Vidyalaya.