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Robinson Johnson bowls Fine Star to victory

Robinson Johnson took 5/35 as Fine Star CA bundled out Korattur CC for 143 in 139.5 overs in a TNCA Thiruvallur DCA League Championship 2021-22 match on Monday.

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CHENNAI: Robinson Johnson took 5/35 as Fine Star CA bundled out Korattur CC for 143 in 139.5 overs in a TNCA Thiruvallur DCA League Championship 2021-22 match on Monday. In reply, they chased down the target with three wickets to spare as Senthil Kumar topscored with 37 in rain-interrupted 40 overs per side encounter.

Brief scores: I Division: Korattur CC 143 in 39.5 ovs (Akshai 42, Robinson Johnson 5/35) lost to Fine Star CA 146/7 in 36.3 ovs (Senthil 37, Vigneshwaran 3/37) II Division: Wheels India RC 169/9 in 30 ovs (Sai Aravind 35, Lithish 4/39,Shailender 3/35) lost to Seshadhri MCC 170/5 in 28.5 ovs (Padmanaban 69, Dinesh Antony 40). III Division: Sundar CC 171/9 in 30 Overs (Nagaraj 83 n.o, Santhosh 36) bt Lucas TVS RC 151/5 in 30 ovs (Venkateswara 45 n.o, Praveen Kumar 30, I. Junaid Mustaq 3/47). IV Division: SRF RC 166 in 23.2 ovs (Rajesh 41, Esswar 47, John Praveen Kumar 34, Dhanakoti 6/57) lost to Universal CC 168/3 in 19 ovs (Gowtham Raj 86, Rajesh Kumar 44 n.o), Stag CC 184/9 in 30 ovs (Raja 32, Vignesh 27, Vijayakumar 25, Gideon 29 n.o, Risha Rajas 4/35) bt SS CA 156/7 in 30 ovs (Manoj 38,Adithya 28 n.o, T. Ramaswamy 6/32).

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