CHENNAI: Mathivanan’s 4 for 25 ensured a 67-run win for Standard CC over Finestar CA in a First Division match of the TNCA-Thiruvallur DCA league.
Brief scores: I Division: Standard CC 206 in 44.4 ovs (R Dinesh 4/54, Shijit Chandran 4/53) bt Finestar CA 139 in 40.2 ovs (M Mathivanan 4/25). II Division: Sundar CC 154/6 in 30 ovs (R Varun 53, A Murali 3/23) bt United CC 119 in 25.1 ovs (P Viswanathan 5/21); Mugappair CC 140 in 29.5 ovs (K Vijayan 7/31) bt SSCA 106 in 23.4 ovs (R Rajagiri 4/17, S Vinoth 3/14).
Murali misses ton
U Murali Shambavi Girinath’s 97 enabled Fox Trotters Cricket Club to beat Netaji Cricket Club by eight wickets in a TNCA Fourth Division A Zone league match.
Brief scores: IV Division A: Madras Emmanuel Cricket Club 182/7 in 50 ovs (Streejan Dass 74 n.o) lost to DSS Club 186/5 in 32 ovs (D Gokulakrishnan 68, Venkata Reddy 56); Netaji Cricket Club 207 in 45.2 ovs (D Mani 55; S Hariharan 4/40) lost to Fox Trotters Cricket Club 211/2 in 42.3 ovs (Murali Girinath 97, S Balaji 84 n.o); Madras United Club 222/8 in 50 ovs (Shasanth Kumar 51; RS Thillak 4/41) lost to Sir Ashley Biggs Institute 223/9 in 49.5 ovs (K Sudhakar 98; Prateek Bokaria 3/54); BSNL Chennai Telephones Recreation Club 243/9 in 50 ovs bt Magnet Cricket Club 122 in 38.1 ovs (RS Murali Mohan 3/25).
Mylapore Club A win
Mylapore Club A beat Nungambakkam Tennis Club Z (NTC) 3-0 to annex the D Zone title in the Sanmar-TNTA Chennai city club tennis league championship.
Results: Mylapore A bt Nungambakkam Tennis Club Z 3-0 (Sooraj Viswanathan/Akash bt Rajeev Sridhar/Vignesh K 6-4, 7-5; M Veerenthiran/Revanth bt Chandrasekar/Mahadevan 7-5, 6-4; Vikram Prabhakar/Raghuraman bt Karan Vasudevan/Suresh Kumar 6-2, retd).
CCFC sneak past gritty IB
Chennai City FC struggled as they beat Indian Bank 2-1 during a St Joseph’s CFA Senior Division League game here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Senior Division: Chennai City FC 2-1 Indian Bank; First Division: Central Excise 3-2 Rangoon FC.
Ram honoured
Ram Murali Krishnan was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of athletics at the 18th-anniversary celebrations of the St Joseph’s Sports Academy. Dr MS Nagarajan bagged the Special Vision award for his outstanding contribution towards the development of sports for physically challenged people in the Asian Pacific region. A total cash prize of `7 lakhs was distributed to various athletes, which included a scholarship for promising athletes.
Best athlete awards: Men: K Ganapathi (bronze medallist in Asian race walking c’ship 2016, qualified for world race walking c’ship 2016 and also participated in Rio Olympics 2016). Women: G Gayathry (bronze medalist in 60m hurdles at Asian indoor athletics c’ship at Doha in 2016).