Date:22/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/22/stories/2007112263472200.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Geethu shines in S. Railway’s win

CHENNAI: Geethu Anna Jose shone with 10 points as host Southern Railway scored a 46-22 win over Western Central Railway in a women’s match on Wednesday in the all-India Railway basketball championship here.

Other results: Men: S. Central 55 (Muralikrishna 14) bt Railway Board 29; Western 78 (Jasjoy Singh 21) bt SEC 50; ICF 49 bt CLW 14; Central 61 (Sikandarjit 22) bt RCF 15; NFR 57 (Ram Asre 24) bt Western Central 35 ; Northern 56 (Satvinsnu Hodda 22) bt Metro 20; RDSO 60 (Saurabh 23) bt Railway Board 39; Western 52 (Snehpaul 15) bt CPT 37; NWR 98 (Mahilipal Singh 24) bt NER 58; Eastern 77 (Chotelal 20) bt DMW 55.

Women: SEC 30 bt WCR 11; Western 62 (Rasmi 14) bt Eastern 46.

Saravana sizzles

Saravana Sundareswaran bagged seven wickets for 53 runs to help Vigneswara CC to a 22-run win over Comrades CC in a fourth division ‘B’match recently in the TNCA League.

The scores: III div. ‘B’: Jupiter SC 186 in 49.3 overs (M.S. Shivakumar 44) bt Kohinoor XI 104 in 27.4 overs (S. Aravind five for 46); Sridhar CC 196 for nine in 50 overs (G.K. Arun Kumar 60, R. Rohit 48, M.S. Sharath four for 57) bt Netaji CC 143 in 42.3 overs (P.R. Venkatasubramanian five for 57, Panneer Selvam four for 41); Garnet CC 219 for seven in 50 overs (M. Arevalagan 66, A. Arif 42) bt TNEB 185 in 48.4 overs (A. Arpudasamy 50, K. Sukumar five for 59); Venkateswara CC 155 in 49.5 overs (P. Ramajeyam five for 37, K. Arunaivel four for 51) bt Dunlop S &SC 121 in 40.2 overs (Dilli Babu five for 29).

IV div ‘B’: Vigneswara CC 234 in 45.1 overs (V. Murugesan 49) bt Comrades CC 212 in 42.5 overs (Rajesh 43, Vivek 43, T. Manohar 40, Saravana Sundareswaran seven for 53).