Date:23/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/23/stories/2008082361362100.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Good spell by Vignesh

CHENNAI: L.K. Vignesh bagged five for 17 to help St. Patrick’s HSS to a big win over Sri Sitaram Vidyalaya MHSS in the TNCA City Schools under-14 cricket tournament.

The scores: Pon Vidyashram (Ch-87) 124 for six in 30 overs bt The PSBB Millennium School (Ch.16) 113 in 22 overs; Sri Sankara Vidyalaya MHSS (Ch-75) 85 in 24.1 overs (Prem Nazeer 27, S. Rahul four for 21) bt Chettinad Vidyashram ‘B’ 51 in 21.4 overs (Akshay three for nine); Vidya Mandir SSS ‘B’ (Ch-4) 109 for six in 25 overs (S. Kailash 25, K.A. Sachin Kumar three for 20) lost to Santhome HSS ‘B’ 111 for four in 21.4 overs (Rakesh Kumar 28); DAV SSS ‘B’ (Ch-50) 118 for three in 30 overs (S. Vaibhav Jain 47 n.o.) lost to Union Christian MHSS (Ch-31) 119 for nine in 28.1 overs (E. Vignesh 57 n.o., S. Karthikeyan four for 22, Akash Jain three for 30); Chettinad Vidyashram ‘A’ (Ch-28) 116 for eight in 30 overs (Rishab 37, S. Prabhu four for 20) bt St. Mary’s MBHSS ‘A’ (Ch-11) 70 in 24.5 overs (R. Shyam four for 11); St. Patrick’s AIHSS (Ch-20) 189 in 30 overs (Nanda Kishan 33) bt Sri Sitaram Vidyalaya MHSS (Ch-33) 50 in 12.1 overs (L.K. Vignesh five for 17); Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram (Ch-10) 138 in 28.2 overs (K. Gautham 36, M. Vishnu four for 22, K. Alexander four for 14) bt Govt. HSS (Ch-83) 117 in 25.4 overs (Anmol Khandelwal three for 15).

Bilva scores century

M. Bilva Prasath was unbeaten on 118 as Districts II ended the first day of its TNCA round-robin under-19 match against City I at 277 for six.

In the other match played on Friday, Districts I lost seven wickets in scoring 244 against City II, for whom D. Giripal took three wickets.

The scores: Districts II 277 for six in 90 overs (M. Bilva Prasath 118 batting, T. Vignesh Pathy 59) vs. City I; Districts I 244 for seven in 81 overs (S. Venkatvasan 45, R. Vivek 29, A.C. Prathiban 58, Kevin Sukumar 31, J. Nijin 29 batting, D. Giripal three for 46) vs. City II.

Athletics meet

St. Joseph’s College of Engineering will conduct the South Zone inter-Collegiate athletics championship for men and women at its ground on August 25 and 26.

The meet, open for athletes of all the arts, science and engineering colleges in southern India, will have nineteen events for women and 22 for women.

Dr. Babu Manoharan, director of the college, said on Thursday that 53 colleges in men and 17 in the women’s section had send in their confirmation about participation.