CHENNAI: An unbeaten triple century by Thalaivan Sargunam for Globe Trotters was the feature on the final day of the drawn match against Jolly Rovers in the fifth round of the Senior Division league of the TNCA at MRF-Pachaiyappa’s college grounds.
Sargunam’s effort enabled Globe Trotters to declare at a mammoth 730 for 7 in 200.4 overs. In reply, Jolly Rovers were 204 for 4 in 67 overs when play ended. Both teams got three points each (first innings incomplete).
Globe Trotters (26), Jolly Rovers (26), Youngstars (19), Vijay CC (28), Alwarpet (23), and Grand Slam (21) will play in the Elite Group in the next round.
Brief scores: At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Globe Trotters 730/7 decl in 200.4 ovs (Shri Vasudeva Das 90, Gnaneswara Rao 91, Thalaivan Sargunam 302 no; Syed Mohammed 3/115) drew with Jolly Rovers 204/4 in 67 ovs (S Jackson 73; W A Dhas 3/38). Points: GT 3; JR 3.
At SSN: Aruna 274 in 115.4 ovs drew with Young Stars 422/7 decl in 102.3 ovs (Ganesh Satish 141, S Siva 64; M Siddharth 3/132). Points: YS 5; Aruna 2.
At IC-Guru Nanak: UFCC (T Nagar) 311 and 123/2 in 41 ovs (U Sasidev 59 no) drew with IOB 263 in 91.1 ovs (Bharat Reddy 73; K Vignesh 3/88). Points: UFCC 5; IOB 2.
At CPT-IP: Vijay 364 in 136.2 ovs drew with India Pistons 206 in 103 ovs (Avaikkarasan 47; B Aparajith 4/40). Points: Vijay 5; IP 2.
At IIT-Chemplast: AG’s Office 154 in 65 ovs drew with Alwarpet 494/7 decl in 166.5 ovs (B Rahul 89, Shijit Chandran 116, Ashwin Venkataraman 96). Points: Alwarpet 5; AG 2.
At Southern Railway: Southern Rly Institute 283 and 212 in 71.2 ovs (Arun Balaji 86 no; Aushik Srinivas 5/25) lost to Grand Slam 393/4 decl in 63 ovs (L Suryapprakash 170, Shahrukh Khan 164) and 103/1 in 12.2 ovs (Ganga Sridhar Raju 54 no). Points: GS 8; SRI 0.
Anirud Sparkles
A superb all-round display by M Anirud (128 not out; 3-20) helped Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya overcome Modern Sr Sec School by 84 runs in the TNCA-Hercules Roadeo city schools U-14 tournament for the B Somasundaram trophy.
Brief scores: Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya 214/5 in 30 ovs (M Anirud 128 no; KS Ramabadhran 3/26) bt Modern Sr Sec School 130 in 26.4 ovs (M Anirud 3/20).
MCC 44 in 22.1 ovs (V Balagi 3/13, G Jagannathan 4/4) lost to Sri Padma Sarangapani 45/1 in 7.1 ovs.
Bhavan’s Rajaji A 151/4 in 30 ovs (R Vijay 81 no) lost to Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam 152/6 in 28.5 ovs (KSS Nikhil 46).
PS Sr Sec School 242/1 in 30 ovs (Anirudh Seshadhri 122 no, A Venkatesh 61 no) bt Sishya, Adyar 67 in 19.2 ovs (A Venkatesh 4/14).
National Public School 96 in 27.1 ovs lost to Bala Vidya Mandir 97/0 loss in 15.4 ovs (DR Pradeep 54 no).
SBOA School & Jr College 184/7 in 30 ovs (KH Saran 77; M Yeshwanth 3/34) bt St Bede’s B 142 in 27.3 ovs (R Rahul 3/22).
PSBB, T Nagar 252/3 in 30 ovs (Ajaya Shankar 78, PB Athindra 85) bt AVM Rajeswari School 144/8 in 30 ovs (Ram Arvindh 97; Sarvajit Narayanan 4/14).
Amrita Vidyalayam 284/3 in 30 ovs (S Nitheesh 56, Abishek 116 no) bt Pon Vidyashram, Injambakkam 101 in 21.5 ovs (V Kundan 55; S Nitheesh 3/16, Tanmay 3/17).
Deeban Shines
K Deeban Lingesh’s 3 for 14 enabled Districts I to restrict City IV to 143 on the first day of the TNCA Round Robin U-16 tournament, at SPIC-YMCA grounds.
Brief scores: City IV 143 in 64.2 ovs (Krish Aasik 40; Deeban Lingesh 3/14, SK Tendulkar 3/24) vs Districts I 91/1 in 30 ovs (G Sriram 61 batting).