CHENNAI : Alwarpet CC crushed Young Stars CC by 126 runs in a VA Parthasarathy Memorial Trophy match at SSN College.
At SSN: Sanmar Alwarpet 168 in 44.5 ovs (S Swaminathan 3/38, R Vishaal 3/42) bt Kalpathi Young Stars 42 in 14.5 ovs (R Suthesh 8/27). At MAC: India Cements Grand Slam 216/9 in 50 ovs (Bhargav Merai 95 n.o) lost to India Cements Vijay 217/5 in 43.3 ovs (M Shahrukh Khan 89 n.o). At IIT Chemplast: Nelson 351/7 in 50 ovs (Swapnil K Singh 89) bt Sanmar Jolly Rovers 283 in 44.4 ovs (B Aparajith 91; W Antony Dhas 4/47).
At TI Murugappa: Kalpathi Crom Best 238/7 in 50 ovs (Kaushik U Ram 91) lost to TI Cycles 240/3 in 45.3 ovs (S Aravind 86). At Pachaiyappa’s: MRF Globe Trotters 276 in 50 ovs (Sumant Jain 69) bt Take Solutions MRC A 176 in 39.1 ovs (NS Chaturved 77). At CPT-IP: India Pistons 272/8 in 50 ovs (GV Vignesh 80; Prasanth Parameswaran 4/46) bt MCC 231/9 in 50 ovs.
DK cricketer of the year
Dinesh Karthik bagged the Bishnuram Medhi Trophy for the Cricketer of the Year for the 2016-2017 season in the TNCA annual awards.
National bike racing
The second round of MRF MMSC FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship will be held at the MMRT track at Sriperumbudur over the weekend. Races will be held in the premier Super Sport Indian 165cc class besides the Pro-Stock (301-400cc & 165cc), Novice (Stock, 165cc) and Girls (Stock, 165cc) categories. Two of country’s leading bike manufacturers, Honda and TVS, will be running their own One-Make Championships, in the Open and Novice categories.