Date:30/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/30/stories/2008083057341800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Pradeep misses century

CHENNAI: J. Pradeep missed a century by just one run but helped Districts I reach 231 against City I on the opening of the TNCA round-robin under-16 cricket tournament being held here.

In reply, City I was 65 for no loss in 15 overs.

The scores:

A t Murugappa ground: Districts I 231 in 80.5 overs (J. Pradeep 99, K.G. Siranjeevi 75, Jitinder Scidanandh four for 63, Shikar Hukku three for 41) vs. City I 65 for no loss in 15 overs (V. Ganga Sridhar Raju 37 n.o., Abhishek Mehra 25 n.o.)

At Jaya Engineering: Districts II 232 in 81.4 overs (B. Gowtham 39, P.S. Nirmal Kumar 35, R. Gugan 26, V. Vijay Anand 29, K. Karthik 26 n.o., R. Nilesh Subramaniam 25, M. Siddharth three for 24) vs. City III 18 for no loss in six overs.